Collections of Short Stories

Single-author short story collections.

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1	Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger 4.18 avg rating — 153,442 ratings score: 24,595, and 250 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.84 avg rating — 171,548 ratings score: 20,147, and 208 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.16 avg rating — 48,911 ratings score: 18,238, and 187 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating — 292,603 ratings score: 17,635, and 182 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.18 avg rating — 203,941 ratings score: 17,024, and 175 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver 4.01 avg rating — 75,569 ratings score: 14,759, and 153 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 281,254 ratings score: 12,985, and 134 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.39 avg rating — 40,491 ratings score: 11,986, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,667 ratings score: 11,160, and 117 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.51 avg rating — 215,038 ratings score: 9,920, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories by Flannery O'Connor 4.23 avg rating — 21,857 ratings score: 9,622, and 101 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov 4.37 avg rating — 31,777 ratings score: 8,824, and 94 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.44 avg rating — 33,414 ratings score: 8,582, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka 4.33 avg rating — 28,157 ratings score: 8,513, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury 4.13 avg rating — 105,999 ratings score: 8,406, and 89 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe 4.20 avg rating — 5,325 ratings score: 8,019, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Cathedral by Raymond Carver 4.24 avg rating — 39,323 ratings score: 7,905, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories by Raymond Carver 4.41 avg rating — 22,274 ratings score: 7,699, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,652 ratings score: 7,164, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 4.29 avg rating — 108,281 ratings score: 7,139, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges 4.40 avg rating — 76,765 ratings score: 7,039, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.14 avg rating — 95,917 ratings score: 6,842, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.13 avg rating — 63,772 ratings score: 6,710, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 73,342 ratings score: 6,510, and 68 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro 4.02 avg rating — 22,631 ratings score: 6,337, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Night Shift by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 195,168 ratings score: 6,293, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 3.84 avg rating — 36,490 ratings score: 5,880, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson 4.13 avg rating — 39,516 ratings score: 5,544, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 135,288 ratings score: 5,155, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4.22 avg rating — 14,894 ratings score: 5,031, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro 3.97 avg rating — 27,514 ratings score: 4,818, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl 3.97 avg rating — 1,186 ratings score: 4,806, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 4.02 avg rating — 82,986 ratings score: 4,770, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 87,001 ratings score: 4,666, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Everything's Eventual by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 107,621 ratings score: 4,570, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 71,726 ratings score: 4,561, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe 4.17 avg rating — 74,666 ratings score: 4,540, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	After the Quake by Haruki Murakami 3.77 avg rating — 57,668 ratings score: 4,532, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft 4.23 avg rating — 9,494 ratings score: 4,529, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx 3.99 avg rating — 18,200 ratings score: 4,494, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 46,921 ratings score: 4,385, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry 4.12 avg rating — 6,245 ratings score: 4,320, and 48 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Arabian Nights by Anonymous 4.03 avg rating — 80,630 ratings score: 4,268, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	CivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders 4.21 avg rating — 22,153 ratings score: 4,108, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 4.25 avg rating — 121,523 ratings score: 4,028, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy 4.12 avg rating — 16,732 ratings score: 4,025, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami 3.82 avg rating — 57,218 ratings score: 3,795, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 114,971 ratings score: 3,627, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Collected Stories by Amy Hempel 4.25 avg rating — 7,279 ratings score: 3,526, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer 3.88 avg rating — 7,815 ratings score: 3,470, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Self-Help by Lorrie Moore 4.11 avg rating — 15,560 ratings score: 3,465, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Pastoralia by George Saunders 4.06 avg rating — 25,875 ratings score: 3,441, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore 4.09 avg rating — 16,477 ratings score: 3,409, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Drown by Junot Díaz 4.01 avg rating — 37,050 ratings score: 3,405, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 339,281 ratings score: 3,400, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 44,163 ratings score: 3,395, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Selected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant 4.14 avg rating — 3,337 ratings score: 3,294, and 38 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie 4.09 avg rating — 26,723 ratings score: 3,260, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka 4.09 avg rating — 20,681 ratings score: 3,257, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 321,868 ratings score: 3,246, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 262,052 ratings score: 3,185, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Tenth of December by George Saunders 3.98 avg rating — 80,542 ratings score: 3,061, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Complete Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde 4.17 avg rating — 33,767 ratings score: 3,044, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter 3.91 avg rating — 63,672 ratings score: 3,044, and 34 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond Carver 4.19 avg rating — 19,159 ratings score: 2,844, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.52 avg rating — 235,447 ratings score: 2,782, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Twenty-Four Stories by Haruki Murakami 3.84 avg rating — 42,766 ratings score: 2,723, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 8,030 ratings score: 2,627, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London 4.07 avg rating — 5,088 ratings score: 2,608, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.23 avg rating — 48,845 ratings score: 2,551, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme 4.18 avg rating — 3,513 ratings score: 2,521, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar 4.20 avg rating — 7,872 ratings score: 2,515, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	How to Breathe Underwater by Julie Orringer (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 6,575 ratings score: 2,509, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol by Nikolai Gogol 4.35 avg rating — 15,205 ratings score: 2,486, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Just After Sunset by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 59,628 ratings score: 2,448, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4.07 avg rating — 342,953 ratings score: 2,419, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges 4.33 avg rating — 47,380 ratings score: 2,348, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	In the Garden of the North American Martyrs by Tobias Wolff 4.12 avg rating — 2,726 ratings score: 2,307, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme 4.18 avg rating — 6,101 ratings score: 2,284, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Selected Stories by O. Henry 4.17 avg rating — 17,677 ratings score: 2,275, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Collected Stories by William Trevor 4.45 avg rating — 1,744 ratings score: 2,262, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov by Vladimir Nabokov 4.30 avg rating — 7,600 ratings score: 2,220, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock 3.98 avg rating — 11,041 ratings score: 2,067, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Open Secrets by Alice Munro 4.03 avg rating — 6,571 ratings score: 2,037, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 13,047 ratings score: 2,024, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 4.23 avg rating — 219,730 ratings score: 1,987, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski 3.85 avg rating — 30,348 ratings score: 1,982, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft 4.02 avg rating — 116,476 ratings score: 1,979, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Dear Life by Alice Munro 3.74 avg rating — 39,787 ratings score: 1,753, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman Capote 4.18 avg rating — 6,423 ratings score: 1,720, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 18,827 ratings score: 1,697, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton 3.89 avg rating — 4,911 ratings score: 1,697, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Syrian Brides by Anna Halabi (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 1,695, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Collected Stories by Gabriel García Márquez 4.17 avg rating — 8,716 ratings score: 1,662, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis Singer 4.38 avg rating — 2,208 ratings score: 1,636, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke by Arthur C. Clarke 4.30 avg rating — 6,292 ratings score: 1,596, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones 4.07 avg rating — 3,499 ratings score: 1,568, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Night in Question by Tobias Wolff 4.16 avg rating — 5,935 ratings score: 1,566, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson 3.71 avg rating — 1,829 ratings score: 1,555, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders 4.09 avg rating — 10,380 ratings score: 1,503, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Petra X (new)

Jul 18, 2008 04:13PM

These look like some interesting books however, the only one I've read is Interpreter of Maladies which I didn't enjoy. I haven't read short stories in living memory so I can't vote on this list, but thanks for asking anyway.

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message 2: by Terri (new)

Aug 20, 2009 08:45AM

Unaccustomed Earth is on the list twice.

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message 3: by Thom (new)

Sep 03, 2009 04:11PM

I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here.

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message 4: by juliet/ (new)

Dec 04, 2009 02:31PM

I haven't read most of these but it's a good list. Some good writers on it. Thanks!

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message 5: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 30, 2009 07:30AM

Thom wrote: "I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here."

If you spell his name "Stefan Zweig" you should get all his major works ...

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message 6: by Thom (new)

Dec 30, 2009 10:14AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Thom wrote: "I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here."

If you spell his name "Stefan Zweig" you should get all his major works ..."

I had in mind "Unsichtbare Sammlung" and "The Sleep Seller" (sp Silberzweig ?)

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 30, 2009 01:49PM

I've already exhausted my 100 permitted entries, so I can't add them myself, but the ISBN nos. of the first one are:

1885586000 - "Invisible Collection" (English version)
3920856252 - "Unsichtbare Sammlung" (German version)

Couldn't find "The Sleep Seller" ... do you mean "Silberne Saiten"? (That's a collection of poetry, though, I think.)

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message 8: by Thom (new)

Dec 31, 2009 05:38AM

Themis-Athena wrote: "I've already exhausted my 100 permitted entries, so I can't add them myself, but the ISBN nos. of the first one are:

1885586000 - "Invisible Collection" (English version)
3920856252 - "Unsichtbare..."

Guy can't sleep. Wandering through the night he finds (or dreams) of a below-street-level shop where a mad proprietor charges old people to sleep sitting at a large table. He wakes them periodically to charge them for sleeping. Narrator decides that's where he belongs, but can't find it. Basically, a surreal older man's dream vision. Could it be by Ilse Aichinger ?

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message 9: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 31, 2009 08:32AM

Sorry -- I'm drawing a blank (probably because I'm in a mental year-end twilight zone anyway). Sounds like an inquiry for that What's That Book site! (http://www.whatsthatbook.com)

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message 10: by Jc11king (new)

Jan 02, 2011 04:11PM

Different Seasons is NOT a collection of short stories
It's a collection of 4 NOVELLAS!

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message 11: by Trang (new)

Jul 12, 2011 12:39AM

Any list of best short story collections without Akutagawa would be a mistake. He's the master of short stories.

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message 12: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Jul 12, 2011 03:15AM

Trang wrote: "Any list of best short story collections without Akutagawa would be a mistake. He's the master of short stories."

Anybody can add books to a list on GR, so feel free to do so yourself! It's easy: Just click on the tab "add books to this list," up above next to "all votes," and then add any books you like, either from your own bookshelves or by performing a search in the GR database.

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message 13: by Choyang (new)

Jun 23, 2014 11:55PM

any new story

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message 14: by Micha (new)

Jul 11, 2014 04:29PM

So many great new short stories to read!!!

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message 15: by Danm (new)

Aug 06, 2014 05:19PM

Choyang wrote: "any new story"

Twisted Sick.

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message 16: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 17, 2014 01:33AM

Ender's Game definitely isn't a short story book -- looks like there are a few other novels on here too.

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message 17: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jan 11, 2015 04:21AM

Are collections of fairy tales considered to be short stories? Haven't added any, as I wasn't sure...

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jan 11, 2015 04:24AM

Isn't The Captain's Daughter (currently #402) a novel?

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message 19: by Bob (new)

Feb 10, 2015 12:52PM

About a month ago, Bookloving lady wrote:
>> Are collections of fairy tales considered to be short stories?
Good question, I think... Particularly where the fairy tales have been altered or extended by the collector/author/editor's own prose, such as the works of Angela Carter -- eg. "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories", or "The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book".

And what about mythology, such as Edith Hamilton's or Thomas Bullfinch's ? Or Hamilton Wright Mabie's "Norse Stories" ? I'm inclined to say that yes, these are types of short stories, but I was a physics and math major with a pathetic background in the humanities... I'd appreciate other opinions.

In a similar vein, what about the "New Journalism" style of Tom Wolfe, eg. "The Kandy-Kolored Tangering-Flake Streamline Baby" and "The Pump House Gang", presented in short story style ? Or Hunter S. Thompson's Gonzo Journalism, such as "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" ? Should those be considered as types of short stories ? I would welcome any input.

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message 20: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Feb 11, 2015 12:51AM

Bob wrote: "And what about mythology..."

You're right... Hadn't even thought of that, even though I have several, but most mythological stories come into question as well ...

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message 21: by Shadowjac (new)

Nov 09, 2015 07:53AM

# 34 is a poetry collection. Do you want me to remove it?

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message 22: by Donna (new)

Mar 03, 2016 11:44PM

This is an awesome list, one of my favorites.

The system found and removed one duplicate.

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message 23: by Donna (last edited Apr 24, 2016 09:35PM) (new)

Apr 24, 2016 09:34PM

The list still looks pretty strong, but I notice that some collections of nonfiction are creeping in. Nicole, do you want those yanked?

Also, I want to advocate for Edward P. Jones's Lost in the City, which I don't think deserves to be buried on page 2. If others think likewise, they should vote for his book if not already done.

The system found and removed 4 duplicates.

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message 24: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 04, 2016 10:10PM

I deleted two nonfiction books. Yes, Donna, I think you should definitely delete books you are certain are nonfiction.

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message 25: by Donna (last edited Jun 05, 2016 09:33AM) (new)

Jun 05, 2016 09:31AM

The system found and removed 1 duplicate, and I removed David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day, which classifies as memoir/nonfiction, from #37.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

And from #74, David Sedaris again, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

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message 26: by Victor (new)

Oct 21, 2017 07:38AM

The Infinite Library and Other Stories

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message 27: by Donna (new)

Oct 21, 2017 04:47PM

Victor wrote: "The Infinite Library and Other Stories"

Victor, if you want to add that collection, you have to do it yourself. Go to the list and click the tab at the top that says "Add Book to this List". All of your own titles should come up, each with a button to add the title to the list. Nobody else will do this for you. Amazon employees don't work on this list; volunteers like me do. And when you drop a title into this comment section, which is intended for technical issues, you summon a volunteer to come and see what the problem is. I can't help you with this one.

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message 28: by Elyse✨ (new)

Mar 16, 2018 07:34PM

I removed #1001, Ender's Game. It's a novel.

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message 29: by TheJoyousWatcher (new)

Jun 30, 2024 04:08PM

Looking at the first page:

-the Pattaya Youtuber and Morley Roberts books are clearly spammed by bots.

-those Egyptian books all by the same author are obviously being shilled by the same group, looking at a few other short stories lists, they're all there in the exact same order.

Hope those get removed ASAP

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message 30: by Lobstergirl (new)

Jun 30, 2024 07:06PM

Removed.

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message 31: by Daniela (new)

Mar 22, 2025 03:36PM

Notes From A Turkish Whorehouse

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message 32: by Donna (new)

Mar 23, 2025 08:53PM

Daniela wrote: "Notes From A Turkish Whorehouse"

Daniela, if you would like this book added to the list, you have to do that yourself. Use the tabs at the top of the list. If the book is already on the list and you believe it should be removed, please tell me what page it is on, and in what way it falls outside the parameters set by the list maker.

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