Best Short Stories of All Time

1.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,219 ratings
2.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,239 ratings
3.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,483 ratings
4.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 4.01 avg rating — 26,410 ratings
5.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,144 ratings
6.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,175 ratings
7.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,706 ratings
8.
Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron 4.14 avg rating — 21,949 ratings
9.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,097 ratings
10.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,386 ratings
11.
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes 3.98 avg rating — 15,200 ratings
12.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,926 ratings
13.
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Stories 4.51 avg rating — 214,390 ratings
14.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,327 ratings
15.
The Last Question
The Last Question 4.53 avg rating — 28,888 ratings
16.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings
17.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3.58 avg rating — 77,970 ratings
18.
The Dead
The Dead 3.98 avg rating — 23,599 ratings
19.
The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories 4.33 avg rating — 28,034 ratings
20.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 3.68 avg rating — 8,604 ratings
21.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw 3.84 avg rating — 17,004 ratings
22.
A Hunger Artist
A Hunger Artist 4.09 avg rating — 21,914 ratings
23.
City Solipsism
City Solipsism
by: Zack Love
3.99 avg rating — 142 ratings
24.
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince 4.19 avg rating — 36,800 ratings
25.
The Rocking-Horse Winner
The Rocking-Horse Winner 3.84 avg rating — 7,074 ratings
26.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories 4.18 avg rating — 152,907 ratings
27.
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony 3.98 avg rating — 1,629 ratings
28.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat 4.15 avg rating — 49,043 ratings
29.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating — 74,792 ratings
30.
Complete Shorter Fiction
Complete Shorter Fiction 4.11 avg rating — 4,692 ratings
31.
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
32.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,597 ratings
33.
2br02b
2br02b 3.95 avg rating — 20,091 ratings
34.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu 4.02 avg rating — 115,388 ratings
35.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops 4.07 avg rating — 19,678 ratings
36.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 49,652 ratings
37.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour 4.06 avg rating — 25,994 ratings
38.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro & The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
The Snows of Kilimanjaro & The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber 3.91 avg rating — 468 ratings
39.
The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades 3.92 avg rating — 15,451 ratings
40.
There Will Come Soft Rains
There Will Come Soft Rains 4.22 avg rating — 9,185 ratings
41.
The Nose
The Nose 3.72 avg rating — 16,390 ratings
42.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
A Perfect Day for Bananafish 4.27 avg rating — 12,724 ratings
43.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.08 avg rating — 85,823 ratings
44.
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 4.14 avg rating — 9,822 ratings
45.
The Necklace
The Necklace 3.84 avg rating — 8,479 ratings
46.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat 4.03 avg rating — 54,340 ratings
47.
The Lady or the Tiger? And, the Discourager of Hesitancy
The Lady or the Tiger? And, the Discourager of Hesitancy 3.92 avg rating — 5,160 ratings
48.
Classic Fairy Tales
Classic Fairy Tales 4.13 avg rating — 3,152 ratings
49.
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl 4.10 avg rating — 28,260 ratings
50.
The Swimmer
The Swimmer 4.03 avg rating — 5,165 ratings
51.
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller 3.37 avg rating — 36,982 ratings
52.
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected 3.97 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
53.
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings 4.14 avg rating — 39,629 ratings
54.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid 3.98 avg rating — 29,689 ratings
55.
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales 4.17 avg rating — 74,601 ratings
56.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,254 ratings
57.
Collected Ghost Stories
Collected Ghost Stories 4.13 avg rating — 7,689 ratings
58.
Signs and Symbols
Signs and Symbols 3.92 avg rating — 2,468 ratings
59.
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories 3.86 avg rating — 9,650 ratings
60.
The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant 4.08 avg rating — 9,817 ratings
61.
Benito Cereno
Benito Cereno 3.53 avg rating — 9,676 ratings
61.
Rock Springs
Rock Springs 4.06 avg rating — 5,688 ratings
63.
The Veldt
The Veldt 4.14 avg rating — 13,783 ratings
64.
The Silence Dividend: A short dystopian fiction story
The Silence Dividend: A short dystopian fiction story
by: Izzy Bond
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
65.
The Last Leaf
The Last Leaf
by: O. Henry
4.32 avg rating — 6,758 ratings
66.
Axolotl
Axolotl 4.13 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
67.
A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily 3.83 avg rating — 13,136 ratings
68.
The Nightingale and the Rose
The Nightingale and the Rose 4.28 avg rating — 11,954 ratings
69.
Short Stories
Short Stories 4.36 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
70.
The Open Window and Other Short Stories
The Open Window and Other Short Stories
by: Saki
3.95 avg rating — 2,033 ratings
71.
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 3.70 avg rating — 12,077 ratings
72.
The Man Who Would Be King & Other Stories
The Man Who Would Be King & Other Stories 3.61 avg rating — 2,377 ratings
73.
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants 3.83 avg rating — 18,494 ratings
73.
The Egg
The Egg
by: Andy Weir
4.21 avg rating — 36,049 ratings
75.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 13,137 ratings
76.
Syrian Wives
Syrian Wives 4.27 avg rating — 51 ratings
77.
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles 3.98 avg rating — 13,381 ratings
78.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
79.
Misery
Misery 3.95 avg rating — 3,089 ratings
80.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,772 ratings
80.
The Works of Anton Checkov (100+ stories and plays with an active table of contents)
The Works of Anton Checkov (100+ stories and plays with an active table of contents) 4.33 avg rating — 286 ratings
82.
A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder 4.08 avg rating — 8,326 ratings
83.
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner 3.78 avg rating — 7,110 ratings
84.
They're Made Out of Meat
They're Made Out of Meat 4.05 avg rating — 4,496 ratings
85.
A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories
A Blessed Olive Tree: A Spiritual Journey in Twenty Short Stories 4.01 avg rating — 156 ratings
86.
Syrian Brides
Syrian Brides 4.21 avg rating — 248 ratings
87.
Even the Queen, & Other Short Stories
Even the Queen, & Other Short Stories 3.83 avg rating — 524 ratings
88.
Sea Prayer
Sea Prayer 4.11 avg rating — 59,561 ratings
89.
Again, Dangerous Visions
Again, Dangerous Visions 4.15 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
90.
Yesterday
Yesterday 3.75 avg rating — 1,362 ratings
91.
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Beyond the Wall of Sleep 3.68 avg rating — 3,326 ratings
92.
Going For a Beer: Selected Short Fictions
Going For a Beer: Selected Short Fictions 3.85 avg rating — 496 ratings
93.
First Love and Other Stories
First Love and Other Stories 4.11 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
94.
The Screwfly Solution
The Screwfly Solution 4.08 avg rating — 623 ratings
95.
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew 3.97 avg rating — 134,443 ratings
96.
Nightfall
Nightfall 4.15 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
97.
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
How Much Land Does a Man Need? 4.10 avg rating — 16,366 ratings
98.
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
The Girl Who Was Plugged In 3.55 avg rating — 2,306 ratings
99.
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,527 ratings
100.
Lamb to the Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter 4.17 avg rating — 13,254 ratings
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