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Short stories

The best books on short stories, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (174 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  2. 2
    The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (20 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  3. 3
    The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe · 1704
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (23 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Gothic Short stories
  4. 4
    The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe · 1846
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (22 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Gothic Short stories
  5. 5
    An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce · 1980
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (16 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Short stories
  6. 6
    The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1988
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (12 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
  7. 7
    The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe · 1922
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (21 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Gothic Short stories
  8. 8
    The Wisdom of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1913
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (4 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Crime & detective Classics Short stories
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    American Indian Stories Zitkála-Šá, Desmond gahan · 1921
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Memoir Classics Short stories
  10. 10
    The Son of the Wolf Jack London · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Short stories
  11. 11
    The king in yellow Robert W. Chambers · 1895
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (18 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Horror Short stories
  12. 12
    Dubliners James Joyce · 1914
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (83 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics Short stories
  13. 13
    Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Stephen Leacock · 1900
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction Short stories
  14. 14
    A Tangled Tale Lewis Carroll · 1881
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction Short stories
  15. 15
    Short Fiction Robert Sheckley · 2021
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Science fiction Short stories
  16. 16
    Short Fiction H.P. Lovecraft · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Horror Supernatural horror Short stories
  17. 17
    Short Fiction Ernest Hemingway · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics Short stories
  18. 18
    The empty house Algernon Blackwood · 1906
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Horror Supernatural horror Short stories
  19. 19
    Three Lives Gertrude Stein · 1909
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (6 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Literary fiction Classics Short stories
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    Fifty-One Tales Lord Dunsany · 1915
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Classics Short stories
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    In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu · 1872
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Supernatural horror Gothic Short stories
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    The Gods of Pegāna Lord Dunsany · 1905
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Classics Short stories
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    Love and Freindship Jane Austen · 1995
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (8 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics Humorous fiction Short stories
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    In the Midst of Life Ambrose Bierce, A Bierce · 1891
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Classics War fiction Short stories
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