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The 50 Best Short Stories of All Time

The 50 best short stories/short story collections as according to onlineclasses.org. Have a nice day.
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"Signs and Symbols" (Vladimir Nabokov)
"Signs and Symbols"
1
Vladimir Nabokov
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2
Flannery O'Connor
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
3
Ernest Hemingway
The Fly (Katherine Mansfield)
The Fly
4
Katherine Mansfield
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
5
Franz Kafka
A Hunger Artist
A Hunger Artist
6
"The Lame Shall Enter First" (Flannery O'Connor)
"The Lame Shall Enter First"
7
Flannery O'Connor
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
8
Shirley Jackson
"The Use of Force" (William Carlos Williams)
"The Use of Force"
9
William Carlos Williams
"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
"The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
10
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
11
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (Joyce Carol Oates)
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
12
Joyce Carol Oates
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
13
Isaac Asimov
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
14
Elizabeth Strout
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
15
Tim O'Brien
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
16
James Joyce
NINE STORIES
NINE STORIES
17
Steps
Steps
18
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
19
Jhumpa Lahiri
Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
20
The Celebrated Jumping Frog (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
21
Mark Twain
Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling
Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling
22
The Body
The Body
23
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
24
Washington Irving
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
25
Edgar Allan Poe
Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
Sound of Thunder
26
Ray Bradbury
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
27
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
28
"Three Questions" (Leo Tolstoy)
"Three Questions"
29
Leo Tolstoy
"The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
"The Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"
30
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
31
Edgar Allan Poe
Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
32
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
The Nose
33
Nikolai Gogol
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz & Other Stories
34
"The Looking Glass" (Anton Chekhov)
"The Looking Glass"
35
Anton Chekhov
"The South" (Jorge Luis Borges)
"The South"
36
Jorge Luis Borges
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
37
To Build a Fire by Jack London
To Build a Fire by Jack London
38
The Nightingale and the Rose (Oscar Wilde)
The Nightingale and the Rose
39
Oscar Wilde
"Meneseteung" (Alice Munro)
"Meneseteung"
40
Alice Munro
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