Hijack your reading challenge : Best Short Stories

1.
Happy Endings
Happy Endings 3.96 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
2.
Eleven
Eleven 4.05 avg rating — 974 ratings
3.
The Last Night of the World
The Last Night of the World 3.59 avg rating — 1,463 ratings
4.
Reunion
Reunion 3.67 avg rating — 493 ratings
5.
The Egg
The Egg
by: Andy Weir
4.21 avg rating — 36,038 ratings
6.
Lamb to the Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter 4.17 avg rating — 13,250 ratings
7.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.14 avg rating — 197 ratings
8.
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants 3.83 avg rating — 18,492 ratings
9.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour 4.06 avg rating — 25,995 ratings
10.
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.37 avg rating — 49,645 ratings
11.
Adams
Adams 3.41 avg rating — 196 ratings
12.
The School
The School 3.57 avg rating — 959 ratings
13.
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains 3.15 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
14.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,205 ratings
15.
The Sock
The Sock 3.04 avg rating — 83 ratings
15.
The Last Question
The Last Question 4.53 avg rating — 28,887 ratings
15.
The Storm
The Storm 3.60 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
18.
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band 4.02 avg rating — 14,265 ratings
19.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw 3.84 avg rating — 16,999 ratings
20.
Girl
Girl 4.08 avg rating — 2,847 ratings
21.
Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls 3.69 avg rating — 678 ratings
22.
The Looking Glass
The Looking Glass 3.23 avg rating — 617 ratings
23.
The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion 3.61 avg rating — 121 ratings
23.
The Wicked Sister
The Wicked Sister 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
23.
All the Troubles of the World
All the Troubles of the World 4.24 avg rating — 257 ratings
23.
The Egyptian Cigarette
The Egyptian Cigarette 3.36 avg rating — 105 ratings
23.
Covenant
Covenant 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
23.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,385 ratings
23.
Seonag and the Seawolves
Seonag and the Seawolves 3.70 avg rating — 145 ratings
23.
A Rose for Emily
A Rose for Emily 3.82 avg rating — 13,132 ratings
23.
A Christmas Memory
A Christmas Memory 4.24 avg rating — 17,526 ratings
23.
The Green Door
The Green Door
by: O. Henry
3.79 avg rating — 217 ratings
23.
Girls, at Play
Girls, at Play 3.84 avg rating — 251 ratings
34.
The Star
The Star 4.08 avg rating — 2,349 ratings
34.
Violet
Violet 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
34.
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow 3.93 avg rating — 648 ratings
34.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,198 ratings
34.
Notes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,184 ratings
34.
The Demon Lover
The Demon Lover 3.58 avg rating — 777 ratings
34.
They're Made Out of Meat
They're Made Out of Meat 4.05 avg rating — 4,496 ratings
34.
Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown 3.65 avg rating — 15,977 ratings
42.
Emancipation. A Life Fable
Emancipation. A Life Fable 3.44 avg rating — 103 ratings
42.
The Necklace
The Necklace 3.84 avg rating — 8,475 ratings
42.
The Phantom Coach
The Phantom Coach 3.78 avg rating — 566 ratings
42.
The Grownup
The Grownup 3.55 avg rating — 148,563 ratings
42.
During the Dance
During the Dance 4.31 avg rating — 1,698 ratings
42.
The Circular Ruins
The Circular Ruins 4.22 avg rating — 1,760 ratings
48.
The Nine Billion Names of God
The Nine Billion Names of God 4.06 avg rating — 8,477 ratings
48.
A Nice Cup Of Tea
A Nice Cup Of Tea 3.84 avg rating — 253 ratings
48.
The Last Crop
The Last Crop really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
48.
The Stolen Bacillus
The Stolen Bacillus 3.55 avg rating — 402 ratings
48.
The Last Leaf
The Last Leaf
by: O. Henry
4.32 avg rating — 6,759 ratings
48.
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate 4.38 avg rating — 5,695 ratings
54.
The Tiger's Bride
The Tiger's Bride 3.63 avg rating — 338 ratings
54.
Hello, Moto
Hello, Moto 3.45 avg rating — 864 ratings
54.
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens 3.62 avg rating — 2,482 ratings
57.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,921 ratings
57.
Real Food
Real Food 3.19 avg rating — 124 ratings
57.
Puss-in-Boots
Puss-in-Boots 3.12 avg rating — 155 ratings
57.
The Lady or the Tiger?
The Lady or the Tiger? 3.94 avg rating — 2,838 ratings
57.
The Child Who Believed
The Child Who Believed 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
62.
Turned
Turned 3.84 avg rating — 146 ratings
62.
The Terrible Old Man
The Terrible Old Man 3.31 avg rating — 2,455 ratings
62.
Seaton's Aunt
Seaton's Aunt 3.47 avg rating — 148 ratings
65.
The Story of an Hour
The Story of an Hour 4.06 avg rating — 25,995 ratings
65.
If I Were a Man
If I Were a Man 3.75 avg rating — 318 ratings
65.
The Tailor (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1.5)
The Tailor (The Shadow and Bone Trilogy, #1.5) 3.72 avg rating — 29,487 ratings
65.
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl 4.10 avg rating — 28,260 ratings
65.
The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops 4.07 avg rating — 19,678 ratings
70.
In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony 3.93 avg rating — 31,026 ratings
70.
If It Ain't Love
If It Ain't Love 3.88 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
70.
The Story of a Panic
The Story of a Panic 3.58 avg rating — 185 ratings
73.
The Burrow
The Burrow 3.79 avg rating — 1,838 ratings
73.
The State of Grace
The State of Grace 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
75.
A Conversation with My Father
A Conversation with My Father 3.54 avg rating — 269 ratings
75.
A Ghost Story
A Ghost Story 3.27 avg rating — 331 ratings
77.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Ant and the Grasshopper 3.71 avg rating — 103 ratings
77.
The Tell-Tale Heart (Penguin Little Black Classics, #31)
The Tell-Tale Heart (Penguin Little Black Classics, #31) 4.24 avg rating — 117,083 ratings
77.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,705 ratings
80.
Overture and Incidental Music
Overture and Incidental Music 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
80.
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut 3.65 avg rating — 584 ratings
82.
Aunt Liu
Aunt Liu
by: Luo Shu
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
82.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
A Perfect Day for Bananafish 4.27 avg rating — 12,722 ratings
84.
The Long Trail
The Long Trail 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
85.
A Woman Young and Old
A Woman Young and Old liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
86.
The Muse's Tragedy
The Muse's Tragedy 3.62 avg rating — 53 ratings
87.
The Three Fat Women of Antibes (Perfect Presents Story-Gifts Series)
The Three Fat Women of Antibes (Perfect Presents Story-Gifts Series) 3.56 avg rating — 50 ratings
88.
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life 3.55 avg rating — 42 ratings
89.
The Train from Rhodesia
The Train from Rhodesia 3.21 avg rating — 57 ratings
90.
The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen 3.30 avg rating — 140 ratings
91.
The Dream
The Dream 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
92.
Louise
Louise 3.57 avg rating — 44 ratings
93.
Episode
Episode 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
94.
A Friend in Need
A Friend in Need 3.58 avg rating — 36 ratings
95.
The Lotus Eater
The Lotus Eater 3.89 avg rating — 247 ratings
96.
My Watch
My Watch 3.61 avg rating — 163 ratings
97.
Mr. Know-All
Mr. Know-All 3.67 avg rating — 284 ratings
98.
Significant Moments in the Life of my Mother
Significant Moments in the Life of my Mother 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings