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A Short Story Collection From Each of the Past 100 Years

This list represents a chronological selection of short story collections, from 1924 through 2023. No author is repeated, which was more challenging than I expected.
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A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
1
Franz Kafka
A Gallery of Children (A.A. Milne)
A Gallery of Children
2
A.A. Milne
All the Sad Young Men (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
All the Sad Young Men
3
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
4
Arthur Conan Doyle
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories (Joyce Lankester Brisley)
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories
5
Joyce Lankester Brisley
Partners in Crime (Agatha Christie)
Partners in Crime
6
Agatha Christie
Brief Candles (Aldous Huxley)
Brief Candles
7
Aldous Huxley
Odessa Stories (Isaac Babel)
Odessa Stories
8
Isaac Babel
The Pastures of Heaven (John Steinbeck)
The Pastures of Heaven
9
John Steinbeck
Death in the Woods (Sherwood Anderson)
Death in the Woods
10
Sherwood Anderson
The Ways of White Folks (Langston Hughes)
The Ways of White Folks
11
Langston Hughes
Flowering Judas and Other Stories (Katherine Anne Porter)
Flowering Judas and Other Stories
12
Katherine Anne Porter
Bones of Contention (Frank O'Connor)
Bones of Contention
13
Frank O'Connor
The Crime Wave at Blandings (P.G. Wodehouse)
The Crime Wave at Blandings
14
P.G. Wodehouse
Uncle Tom's Children (Richard Wright)
Uncle Tom's Children
15
Richard Wright
The Wall (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Wall
16
Jean-Paul Sartre
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Dylan Thomas)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
17
Dylan Thomas
A Curtain of Green (Eudora Welty)
A Curtain of Green
18
Eudora Welty
Tales From Bective Bridge (Mary Lavin)
Tales From Bective Bridge
19
Mary Lavin
The Way Some People Live (John Cheever)
The Way Some People Live
20
John Cheever
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (Virginia Woolf)
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
21
Virginia Woolf
Trial Balance (William March)
Trial Balance
22
William March
Tales of the South Pacific (James A. Michener)
Tales of the South Pacific
23
James A. Michener
Nine Stories (Vladimir Nabokov)
Nine Stories
24
Vladimir Nabokov
One Arm & Other Stories (Tennessee Williams)
One Arm & Other Stories
25
Tennessee Williams
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
26
Shirley Jackson
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
27
Isaac Asimov
The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951)
28
Carson McCullers
The Birds and Other Stories (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds and Other Stories
29
Daphne Du Maurier
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
30
J.D. Salinger
Twenty-One Stories (Graham Greene)
Twenty-One Stories
31
Graham Greene
Stories and Texts for Nothing (Samuel Beckett)
Stories and Texts for Nothing
32
Samuel Beckett
Five Stories (Willa Cather)
Five Stories
33
Willa Cather
Gimpel the Fool & Other Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool & Other Stories
34
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories (Muriel Spark)
The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories
35
Muriel Spark
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
36
Philip Roth
R Is for Rocket (Ray Bradbury)
R Is for Rocket
37
Ray Bradbury
Tell Me a Riddle (Tillie Olsen)
Tell Me a Riddle
38
Tillie Olsen
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (Richard Yates)
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
39
Richard Yates
Up the Junction (Nell Dunn)
Up the Junction
40
Nell Dunn
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