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Novellas/Short Stories That You Should Read

A non-exhaustive list of shorter literary works that I have read or want to read. I like reading these as little "snack" breaks between books.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
2
Albert Camus
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
3
Shirley Jackson
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
4
Ernest Hemingway
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
5
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
6
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar)
This Is How You Lose the Time War
7
Amal El-Mohtar
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
8
Shirley Jackson
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
9
Nnedi Okorafor
All Systems Red (Martha Wells)
All Systems Red
10
Martha Wells
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
11
John Steinbeck
The Pearl (John Steinbeck)
The Pearl
12
John Steinbeck
The Raven (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Raven
13
Edgar Allan Poe
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
14
Oscar Wilde
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
15
Frederick Douglass
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
16
Leo Tolstoy
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
17
Becky Chambers
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
18
Edgar Allan Poe
Elevation (Stephen King)
Elevation
19
Stephen King
Ring Shout (P. Djèlí Clark)
Ring Shout
20
P. Djèlí Clark
84, Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff)
84, Charing Cross Road
21
Helene Hanff
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (Nghi Vo)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune
22
Nghi Vo
Coraline (Neil Gaiman)
Coraline
23
Neil Gaiman
Carmilla (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
24
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Ballad of Black Tom (Victor Lavalle)
The Ballad of Black Tom
25
Victor Lavalle
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
The Great Divorce
26
C. S. Lewis
Small Things Like These (Claire Keegan)
Small Things Like These
27
Claire Keegan
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood)
The Penelopiad
28
Margaret Atwood
Signs Preceding the End of the World (Yura Herrari)
Signs Preceding the End of the World
29
Yura Herrari
The Body (Stephen King)
The Body
30
Stephen King
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
31
H.P Lovecraft
Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)
Rip Van Winkle
32
Washington Irving
Even Though I Knew the End (C.L. Polk)
Even Though I Knew the End
33
C.L. Polk
Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Letters to a Young Poet
34
Rainer Maria Rilke
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
35
Washington Irving
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion (Margaret Killjoy)
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
36
Margaret Killjoy
And Then I Woke Up (Malcolm Devlin)
And Then I Woke Up
37
Malcolm Devlin
Ms Ice Sandwich (Mieko Kawakami)
Ms Ice Sandwich
38
Mieko Kawakami
Genesis (Bernard Beckett)
Genesis
39
Bernard Beckett
The Hole (Hiroko Oyamada)
The Hole
40
Hiroko Oyamada
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