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Can You Read at Least 7 of These Short Story Collections?

This is a list of widely acclaimed, highly regarded short story collections full of stories that will stay with you long after you put the book down.
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20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill)
20th Century Ghosts
Joe Hill
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The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
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The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
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Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
Mary Gaitskill
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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
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Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
Lorrie Moore
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
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Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
Octavia Butler
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Angela Carter
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The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
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By Light We Knew Our Names (Anne Valente)
By Light We Knew Our Names
Anne Valente
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Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
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Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
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Dance of the Happy Shades (Alice Munro)
Dance of the Happy Shades
Alice Munro
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Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
Alice Munro
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Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
Stephen King
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Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
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Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
Daphne Du Maurier
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
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The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
James Joyce
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The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
Haruki Murakami
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Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
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Fireworks (Angela Carter)
Fireworks
Angela Carter
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Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
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The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
Katherine Mansfield
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Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
Kelly Link
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The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Aimee Bender)
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
Aimee Bender
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Girl With Curious Hair
Girl With Curious Hair
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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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Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
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A Guide to Being Born
A Guide to Being Born
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Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
Chinelo Okparanta
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Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
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How to Breathe Underwater (Julie Orringer)
How to Breathe Underwater
Julie Orringer
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The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury
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In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff)
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
Tobias Wolff
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In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
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Jagannath
Jagannath
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