short stories to read

A favorites list by One Story Blog:

Top Ten List:

“For Esmé – with Love and Squalor” by JD Salinger

“Silver Water” by Amy Bloom

“The Dead” by James Joyce

“Brownies” by ZZ Packer

“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“White Angel” by Michael Cunningham

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor

“Emergency” by Denis Johnson

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver

“Dance in America” by Lorrie Moore

Long List:

“What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie

“The School” by Donald Barthelme

“The Dolt” by Donald Barthelme

“I Bought a Little City” by Donald Barthelme

“The Man Who Knew Belle Starr” by Richard Bausch

“Love is Not a Pie” by Amy Bloom

“Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot” by Robert Olen Butler

“Why Don’t You Dance?” by Raymond Carver

“Goodbye, My Brother” by John Cheever

“The Swimmer” by John Cheever

“Mother’s Reaction to my Travel Plans” by Lydia Davis

“Aguantando” by Junot Diaz

“When We Were Nearly Young” by Mavis Gallant

“Do Not Disturb” by AM Homes

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

“Work” by Denis Johnson

“The Hunger Artist” by Franz Kafka

“Sexy” by Jhumpa Lahiri

“Dungeon Master” by Sam Lipsyte

“Travis B” by Maile Meloy

“People Like That Are the Only People Here” by Lorrie Moore

“Friend of my Youth” by Alice Munro

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates

“A Perfect Day for Bananafish” by JD Salinger

“Sea Oak” by George Saunders

“Bullet in the Brain” by Tobias Wolff

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