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The Ultimate Short Stories Collection

Short stories can showcase an author's talents and enthrall readers, even in a story as short as 5-10 pages. Their narratives can move at speed, whilst also conveying the full range of emotions and writing techniques. This list showcases stories from a wide range of genres, but I've found that the best short stories tend to be science-fiction or horror stories, genres that, ironically, I don't seem to read much in terms of novels. The list also includes what I consider to be the best collections of short stories, and many specific short stories themselves which I consider to be the best to have ever been written. I hope you enjoy the list and some of these stories.
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The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (Agatha Christie)
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
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Agatha Christie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2
Arthur Conan Doyle
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
3
Aesop
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
4
Ambrose Bierce
An Outpost of Progress (Joseph Conrad)
An Outpost of Progress
5
Joseph Conrad
Araby (James Joyce)
Araby
6
James Joyce
Bartleby the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby the Scrivener
7
Herman Melville
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
8
Lefanu
Big Two-Hearted River (Ernest Hemingway)
Big Two-Hearted River
9
Ernest Hemingway
The Birds (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds
10
Daphne Du Maurier
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
11
Edgar Allan Poe
The Book of Imaginary Beings (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Imaginary Beings
12
Jorge Luis Borges
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
13
Annie Proulx
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales
14
H. P. Lovecraft
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
15
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
16
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
17
Edgar Allan Poe
Cat Person (Kristen Roupenian)
Cat Person
18
Kristen Roupenian
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
19
Charles Dickens
Cinderella (Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm)
Cinderella
20
Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Civil Peace (Chinua Achebe)
Civil Peace
21
Chinua Achebe
The Classic Horror Stories (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Classic Horror Stories
22
H.P. Lovecraft
Close Range: Wyoming Stories (Annie Proulx)
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
23
Annie Proulx
Collected Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Collected Fictions
24
Jorge Luis Borges
Collected Short Stories (E.M. Forster)
Collected Short Stories
25
E.M. Forster
Collected Short Stories (Patrick White)
Collected Short Stories
26
Patrick White
Collected Short Stories (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Collected Short Stories
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Collected Short Stories (Graham Greene)
Collected Short Stories
28
Graham Greene
The Collected Short Stories (Jean Rhys)
The Collected Short Stories
29
Jean Rhys
Collected Short Stories (Anthony Trollope)
Collected Short Stories
30
Anthony Trollope
Collected Short Stories Volume 1 (W. Somerset Maugham)
Collected Short Stories Volume 1
31
W. Somerset Maugham
Collected Short Stories Volume 2 (W. Somerset Maugham)
Collected Short Stories Volume 2
32
W. Somerset Maugham
Collected Short Stories Volume 3 (W. Somerset Maugham)
Collected Short Stories Volume 3
33
W. Somerset Maugham
Collected Short Stories Volume 4 (W. Somerset Maugham)
Collected Short Stories Volume 4
34
W. Somerset Maugham
Collected Stories (Vladimir Nabokov)
Collected Stories
35
Vladimir Nabokov
Collected Stories (Saul Bellow)
Collected Stories
36
Saul Bellow
Collected Stories (Elizabeth Bowen)
Collected Stories
37
Elizabeth Bowen
Collected Stories (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories
38
William Faulkner
Collected Stories
Collected Stories
39
Collected Stories (Raymond Chandler)
Collected Stories
40
Raymond Chandler
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