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A Journalist's 170 Favorite Short Stories

This list is in order of my preferences, with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" at number one. I tried to mix masterpieces by James Joyce and Raymond Carver with short stories like "Three-Ten to Yuma" and "An Alpine Divorce" that I found highly entertaining.
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
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The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
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Cat Person (Kristen Roupenian)
Cat Person (Kristen Roupenian)
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The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
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Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
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A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
8
For Esme – With Love and Squalor (J. D. Salinger)
For Esme – With Love and Squalor (J. D. Salinger)
9
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
10
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
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Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
12
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
13
Pastoralia - George Saunders
Pastoralia - George Saunders
14
Paul's Case (Willa Cather)
Paul's Case (Willa Cather)
15
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
16
An Alpine Divorce (Barr)
An Alpine Divorce (Barr)
17
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
18
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
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The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
20
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
21
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
22
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
23
The Body (Stephen King)
The Body (Stephen King)
24
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
25
Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving, Washington)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving, Washington)
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No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel García Márquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel García Márquez)
28
A Telephone Call (Dorothy Parker)
A Telephone Call (Dorothy Parker)
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
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Rain (W. Somerset Maugham)
Rain (W. Somerset Maugham)
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"Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier
"Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
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Will You Please Be Quiet Please? (Raymond Carver)
Will You Please Be Quiet Please? (Raymond Carver)
34
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
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The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (1915)
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (1915)
36
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
37
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
38
Lawns (Mona Simpson)
Lawns (Mona Simpson)
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Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
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By the River (Joyce Carol Oates)
By the River (Joyce Carol Oates)
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