Best Fiction Short Stories

1.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,481 ratings
2.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,365 ratings
3.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,271 ratings
4.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,097 ratings
5.
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected 3.97 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
6.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,386 ratings
7.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,142 ratings
8.
Night Shift
Night Shift 4.04 avg rating — 194,124 ratings
8.
We Love Anderson Cooper
We Love Anderson Cooper 3.75 avg rating — 1,062 ratings
10.
Watering Heaven
Watering Heaven 4.16 avg rating — 152 ratings
10.
The Cloud Diary
The Cloud Diary 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings
12.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
13.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,396 ratings
14.
Evolution of Insanity
Evolution of Insanity 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings
14.
Beware the Little White Rabbit
Beware the Little White Rabbit 3.67 avg rating — 139 ratings
16.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 35,875 ratings
17.
Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories 4.14 avg rating — 3,325 ratings
18.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,033 ratings
19.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,528 ratings
20.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
21.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Close Range: Wyoming Stories 3.99 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
22.
2013: A Stellar Collection
2013: A Stellar Collection 4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings
22.
Nine Facts That Can Change Your Life
Nine Facts That Can Change Your Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
24.
The Castle (Suri Series, #0.5)
The Castle (Suri Series, #0.5) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
25.
A World of Joy (ASMSG Collections #5)
A World of Joy (ASMSG Collections #5) 4.14 avg rating — 87 ratings
25.
Palette of Love
Palette of Love 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
27.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,387 ratings
28.
Tales of Enticement (Volume I)
Tales of Enticement (Volume I) 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
29.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,217 ratings
30.
A Man and His God
A Man and His God 4.45 avg rating — 96 ratings
31.
Tales of Enticement (Volume II)
Tales of Enticement (Volume II) 4.92 avg rating — 13 ratings
32.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
33.
To Begin Again
To Begin Again
by: Jen Knox
4.17 avg rating — 414 ratings
33.
After the Gazebo
After the Gazebo
by: Jen Knox
4.42 avg rating — 50 ratings
35.
Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories
Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories 3.88 avg rating — 2,906 ratings
36.
Masquerade
Masquerade 4.51 avg rating — 75 ratings
36.
Tempus
Tempus 4.15 avg rating — 261 ratings
38.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,896 ratings
39.
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy 4.33 avg rating — 2,674 ratings
40.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.17 avg rating — 8,691 ratings
41.
Sea of Ink : A Creative Writing Anthology
Sea of Ink : A Creative Writing Anthology 4.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
41.
Elven Silver: The Irreverent Faery Tales of Zardoa Silverstar
Elven Silver: The Irreverent Faery Tales of Zardoa Silverstar 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
41.
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
44.
Chronology of an Egg
Chronology of an Egg 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
45.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.33 avg rating — 28,034 ratings
46.
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Pretty Monsters: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 6,163 ratings
47.
The Infernal Republic
The Infernal Republic 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings
47.
Interview with the Devil
Interview with the Devil 4.42 avg rating — 48 ratings
49.
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales 3.61 avg rating — 4,524 ratings
49.
Mrs Durham's Girl: And the Stories That She Told
Mrs Durham's Girl: And the Stories That She Told
by: Ann Perry
4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings
51.
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction 3.95 avg rating — 3,738 ratings
52.
Writers' Anarchy
Writers' Anarchy 4.46 avg rating — 24 ratings
53.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4.06 avg rating — 71,344 ratings
54.
After the Quake
After the Quake 3.77 avg rating — 57,210 ratings
55.
The Awakening and Selected Stories
The Awakening and Selected Stories 3.92 avg rating — 10,668 ratings
56.
Deathbird Stories
Deathbird Stories 4.14 avg rating — 4,579 ratings
57.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories 4.06 avg rating — 8,177 ratings
58.
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances 3.91 avg rating — 62,822 ratings
59.
Short Stories
Short Stories 4.36 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
60.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.46 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
61.
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol 4.35 avg rating — 15,179 ratings
62.
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions 4.56 avg rating — 25,156 ratings
63.
Tales
Tales 4.23 avg rating — 9,484 ratings
64.
Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey #4)
Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey #4) 4.13 avg rating — 15,509 ratings
65.
Jigs & Reels
Jigs & Reels 3.51 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
65.
Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
65.
Large Garbage: A Radio Belly Single
Large Garbage: A Radio Belly Single 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
65.
Volt
Volt 3.89 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
65.
Renaissance
Renaissance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
65.
Beginner Mind
Beginner Mind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
65.
So it Goes: a Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut
So it Goes: a Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
65.
Tornado Days
Tornado Days 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
65.
Impromptu Scribe
Impromptu Scribe 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
65.
Stories
Stories 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings
65.
Glimmer
Glimmer 4.68 avg rating — 53 ratings
65.
Bits and Pieces: Short Stories from a Writer's Soul
Bits and Pieces: Short Stories from a Writer's Soul
by: C.J. Heck
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
65.
Trauma Room Two
Trauma Room Two 4.26 avg rating — 4,629 ratings
65.
The Theory of Light and Matter
The Theory of Light and Matter 4.28 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
65.
The Middle Ground: Stories
The Middle Ground: Stories 4.03 avg rating — 75 ratings
80.
The Doorman
The Doorman
by: Zack Love
4.48 avg rating — 97 ratings
80.
In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett
In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett 4.21 avg rating — 178 ratings
80.
Sabrina & Corina
Sabrina & Corina 4.18 avg rating — 14,680 ratings
83.
Cathedral
Cathedral 4.24 avg rating — 38,961 ratings
83.
Conjugations of the Verb To Be: Stories
Conjugations of the Verb To Be: Stories 3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings
83.
Penny Dread Tales: Volume Three: In Darkness Clockwork Shine
Penny Dread Tales: Volume Three: In Darkness Clockwork Shine 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings
83.
The Ransom of Red Chief
The Ransom of Red Chief
by: O. Henry
4.15 avg rating — 6,648 ratings
83.
The Road Home
The Road Home 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings
88.
Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
88.
Holiday in Cambodia
Holiday in Cambodia 3.49 avg rating — 143 ratings
88.
Christmas Stories and Related Tales
Christmas Stories and Related Tales 4.14 avg rating — 58,830 ratings
88.
The Triumph
The Triumph 4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
92.
Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior 3.87 avg rating — 13,207 ratings
92.
Science Fiction Trails 8
Science Fiction Trails 8 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
92.
Harvest (Harvest Trilogy #1)
Harvest (Harvest Trilogy #1) 4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings
95.
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde 4.47 avg rating — 15,293 ratings
95.
The Fisherman & His Soul, The Star-Child, and Other Stories
The Fisherman & His Soul, The Star-Child, and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
97.
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity 3.80 avg rating — 1,572 ratings
98.
The Well Collector
The Well Collector 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
98.
The Ivory Tower
The Ivory Tower 3.81 avg rating — 166 ratings
98.
iWarriors
iWarriors it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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