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Collections of Short Stories Everyone Should Read

As voted by Goodreads users, these are some of the greatest short story collections that everyone should check out.
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Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
J.D. Salinger
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Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
Edgar Allan Poe
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Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
James Joyce
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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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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
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The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Flannery O'Connor
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The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
Ray Bradbury
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The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
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Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
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Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
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Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
Neil Gaiman
15
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
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Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
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Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
Stephen King
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Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
Raymond Carver
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Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
Stephen King
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The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
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Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
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Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
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Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
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Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
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The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
Stephen King
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Stephen King
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The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
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The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
O. Henry
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Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (H.P. Lovecraft)
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
H.P. Lovecraft
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Ernest Hemingway
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Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
Four Past Midnight
Stephen King
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After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
Haruki Murakami
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy
37
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
38
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
Alice Munro
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No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Sherman Alexie
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