Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)

1.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,034 ratings
2.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,562 ratings
3.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,024 ratings
4.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories 4.18 avg rating — 152,901 ratings
5.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,133 ratings
6.
Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Metamorphosis and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 7,113 ratings
7.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,608 ratings
8.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love 4.02 avg rating — 74,790 ratings
9.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,593 ratings
10.
Dear Life
Dear Life 3.75 avg rating — 39,624 ratings
11.
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories 4.41 avg rating — 22,205 ratings
12.
Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating — 36,958 ratings
13.
The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes 3.83 avg rating — 56,804 ratings
14.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating — 16,399 ratings
14.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings 4.44 avg rating — 33,252 ratings
16.
No One Belongs Here More Than You
No One Belongs Here More Than You 3.80 avg rating — 43,860 ratings
17.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,777 ratings
18.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 63,236 ratings
19.
Jesus’ Son
Jesus’ Son 4.13 avg rating — 39,233 ratings
20.
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories 3.79 avg rating — 13,004 ratings
21.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,387 ratings
22.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 21,771 ratings
23.
Cathedral
Cathedral 4.24 avg rating — 38,961 ratings
24.
Willful Creatures
Willful Creatures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,375 ratings
25.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories 3.68 avg rating — 23,817 ratings
26.
We Love Anderson Cooper
We Love Anderson Cooper 3.75 avg rating — 1,062 ratings
27.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
28.
Too Much Happiness
Too Much Happiness 3.83 avg rating — 24,578 ratings
29.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,435 ratings
30.
The UnAmericans
The UnAmericans 3.97 avg rating — 2,515 ratings
31.
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt 3.86 avg rating — 8,013 ratings
32.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
33.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,622 ratings
34.
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories 4.02 avg rating — 22,465 ratings
35.
Bobcat and Other Stories
Bobcat and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 4,876 ratings
36.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,488 ratings
37.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,092 ratings
38.
Magic for Beginners
Magic for Beginners 3.80 avg rating — 10,116 ratings
39.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 4.24 avg rating — 6,877 ratings
40.
The Color Master: Stories
The Color Master: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 3,621 ratings
40.
Self-Help
Self-Help 4.11 avg rating — 15,450 ratings
42.
After the Quake
After the Quake 3.77 avg rating — 57,208 ratings
43.
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls 3.81 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
44.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 3.84 avg rating — 31,108 ratings
45.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline 4.21 avg rating — 22,038 ratings
46.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.46 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
47.
Selected Stories
Selected Stories 4.27 avg rating — 7,179 ratings
48.
The Complete Cosmicomics
The Complete Cosmicomics 4.11 avg rating — 4,632 ratings
49.
The Isle of Youth: Stories
The Isle of Youth: Stories 3.89 avg rating — 1,968 ratings
50.
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl 4.39 avg rating — 7,628 ratings
51.
How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater 3.95 avg rating — 6,554 ratings
52.
Pastoralia
Pastoralia 4.07 avg rating — 25,637 ratings
53.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,597 ratings
54.
The Tent
The Tent 3.68 avg rating — 7,221 ratings
54.
Battleborn
Battleborn 4.12 avg rating — 5,353 ratings
56.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.13 avg rating — 3,361 ratings
57.
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It 3.83 avg rating — 6,308 ratings
58.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank 3.74 avg rating — 8,193 ratings
59.
We Live in Water
We Live in Water 3.91 avg rating — 6,545 ratings
60.
Stories
Stories 4.18 avg rating — 890 ratings
61.
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self 4.06 avg rating — 5,036 ratings
62.
The Dead Fish Museum
The Dead Fish Museum 3.93 avg rating — 1,722 ratings
63.
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs 4.12 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
64.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,619 ratings
65.
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 25,466 ratings
66.
Seven Gothic Tales
Seven Gothic Tales 3.87 avg rating — 3,695 ratings
67.
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories 3.88 avg rating — 9,090 ratings
68.
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories 4.18 avg rating — 6,083 ratings
69.
Break It Down: Stories
Break It Down: Stories 4.02 avg rating — 2,187 ratings
70.
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake 4.15 avg rating — 6,510 ratings
71.
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales 3.58 avg rating — 4,093 ratings
72.
Love in a Fallen City
Love in a Fallen City 3.94 avg rating — 4,334 ratings
73.
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories
by: Ron Rash
4.03 avg rating — 2,785 ratings
74.
The Stories of Richard Bausch
The Stories of Richard Bausch 4.23 avg rating — 528 ratings
75.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,325 ratings
76.
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 4.18 avg rating — 4,620 ratings
77.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.20 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
78.
The Garden Party and Other Stories
The Garden Party and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 13,135 ratings
79.
The Theory of Light and Matter
The Theory of Light and Matter 4.28 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
80.
Enough! Thirty Stories of Fielding Life's Little Curve Balls
Enough! Thirty Stories of Fielding Life's Little Curve Balls 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
81.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 46,666 ratings
82.
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel 4.25 avg rating — 7,260 ratings
82.
Delta of Venus
Delta of Venus 3.61 avg rating — 24,712 ratings
84.
Stay Awake
Stay Awake
by: Dan Chaon
3.67 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
85.
The Secret Lives of People in Love
The Secret Lives of People in Love 4.04 avg rating — 2,464 ratings
86.
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 23,064 ratings
87.
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories
Dance of the Happy Shades: And Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 4,582 ratings
88.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,844 ratings
89.
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories 3.40 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
90.
The October Country
The October Country 4.11 avg rating — 20,536 ratings
91.
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,526 ratings
92.
Nine Inches
Nine Inches 3.76 avg rating — 4,450 ratings
93.
Like Life
Like Life 4.06 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
94.
Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories 3.86 avg rating — 1,130 ratings
95.
Migrations
Migrations 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
96.
Sabrina & Corina
Sabrina & Corina 4.18 avg rating — 14,679 ratings
97.
I Want to Show You More
I Want to Show You More 3.65 avg rating — 1,504 ratings
98.
You Know When the Men Are Gone
You Know When the Men Are Gone 3.73 avg rating — 4,946 ratings
98.
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales 3.89 avg rating — 26,320 ratings
100.
Ms. Hempel Chronicles
Ms. Hempel Chronicles 3.38 avg rating — 1,939 ratings
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