Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Short Short Books
581 books — 510 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,896 books — 2,040 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Story Collections
1,552 books — 856 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonTales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
Best Fiction Short Stories
665 books — 386 voters

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Best American Short Story Collections
123 books — 66 voters