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Cover of Tenth of December by George Saunders

Tenth of December

George Saunders

Cover of Collected Stories by Anton Chekhov

Collected Stories

Cover of Cathedral by Raymond Carver

Cover of Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

Cover of Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies

1999 · USA/India

Cover of A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Cover of Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

1962 · Argentina

Cover of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson

Cover of The Collected Stories by Grace Paley

The Collected Stories

Cover of In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Cover of Collected Stories by Vladimir Nabokov

Collected Stories

Vladimir Nabokov

1995 · Russia/USA

Cover of Blow-Up and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar

Blow-Up and Other Stories

Julio Cortázar

1967 · Argentina

Cover of The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

The Complete Stories

1946 · Czech Republic/Austria-Hungary

Cover of The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever

The Stories of John Cheever

Cover of Runaway by Alice Munro

Cover of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower

Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

Cover of Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Cover of The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

The Elephant Vanishes

Haruki Murakami

Cover of A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Flannery O'Connor

Cover of Selected Stories by Alice Munro

Selected Stories

Cover of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Cover of Florida by Lauren Groff

Cover of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Cover of Self-Help by Lorrie Moore

Cover of Birds of America by Lorrie Moore

Birds of America

Cover of The Complete Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway

The Complete Short Stories

Ernest Hemingway

Cover of The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by Breece D'J Pancake

The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake

Breece D'J Pancake

Cover of Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

Gorilla, My Love

Toni Cade Bambara

Cover of The Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield

The Short Stories

Katherine Mansfield

1945 · New Zealand/UK

Cover of Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme

Cover of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

The Things They Carried

Cover of White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky

White Nights and Other Stories

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of The Collected Tales by Nikolai Gogol

The Collected Tales

1831 · Russia/Ukraine

Cover of Leopoldina's Dream by Silvina Ocampo

Leopoldina's Dream

1988 · Argentina

Cover of The Burning Plain and Other Stories by Juan Rulfo

The Burning Plain and Other Stories

Cover of Too Loud a Solitude / The Little Town Where Time Stood Still by Bohumil Hrabal

Too Loud a Solitude / The Little Town Where Time Stood Still

1976 · Czech Republic

Cover of Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul

1959 · Trinidad/UK

Cover of East, West by Salman Rushdie

1994 · India/UK

Cover of The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

The Stories of Eva Luna

Cover of The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant by Mavis Gallant

The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant

Cover of Complete Short Stories by Saki (H.H. Munro)

Complete Short Stories

Saki (H.H. Munro)

Cover of The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud

The Magic Barrel

Bernard Malamud

Cover of The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa

The Diving Pool

Cover of The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

Cover of The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson

Cover of A Curtain of Green by Eudora Welty

A Curtain of Green

Cover of The Sense of the Past / Complete Stories by Henry James

The Sense of the Past / Complete Stories

Cover of Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

Selected Short Stories

Rabindranath Tagore

Cover of Kingdom of this World / specifically: War of Time (collected stories) by Alejo Carpentier

Kingdom of this World / specifically: War of Time (collected stories)

Alejo Carpentier

Cover of Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan

Cover of Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe

Girls at War and Other Stories

1972 · Nigeria

Cover of The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Thing Around Your Neck

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2009 · Nigeria

Cover of The River Between / specifically: Secret Lives by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

The River Between / specifically: Secret Lives

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Cover of The River and the Source / specifically: Land Without Thunder by Grace Ogot

The River and the Source / specifically: Land Without Thunder

Cover of Drown by Junot Díaz

1996 · Dominican Republic/USA

Cover of Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

1995 · Haiti/USA

Cover of Collected Short Stories by W. Somerset Maugham

Collected Short Stories

W. Somerset Maugham

Cover of The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel

The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

Cover of Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Twice-Told Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cover of Love of Life and Other Stories by Jack London

Love of Life and Other Stories

Cover of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / specifically: After the Quake by Haruki Murakami

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / specifically: After the Quake

Haruki Murakami

Cover of Selected Short Fiction by Lu Xun

Selected Short Fiction

Cover of Akutagawa's Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Akutagawa's Rashomon and Other Stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Cover of Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis

Varieties of Disturbance

Cover of Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories

Cover of Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado

Cover of Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Cover of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

Cover of Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

Cover of Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge

Elizabeth Strout

Cover of What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Lesley Nneka Arimah

2017 · Nigeria/USA

Cover of Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh

Cover of Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Cover of The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans

The Office of Historical Corrections

Cover of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Cover of You Know You Want This by Kristen Roupenian

You Know You Want This

Kristen Roupenian

Cover of The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

2017 · Vietnam/USA

Cover of Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

Cover of The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher

Cover of The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

The Tsar of Love and Techno

2015 · USA/Russia

Cover of Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Heads of the Colored People

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Cover of How Long til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin

How Long til Black Future Month

Cover of Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

Cover of Where Are You Going Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates

Where Are You Going Where Have You Been

Joyce Carol Oates

Cover of Rock Springs by Richard Ford

Cover of The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber

Cover of The Doll's Alphabet by Camilla Grudova

The Doll's Alphabet

Camilla Grudova

2017 · UK/Canada

Cover of Taking Care by Joy Williams

Cover of Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut

Welcome to the Monkey House

Cover of The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

1982 · Poland/USA

Cover of Lost in the Funhouse by John Barth

Lost in the Funhouse

Cover of Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx

Close Range: Wyoming Stories

Cover of The Collected Stories of William Faulkner by William Faulkner

The Collected Stories of William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Cover of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl

2010 · China/USA

Cover of The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg

The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg

Deborah Eisenberg

Cover of Battleborn by Claire Vaye Watkins

Claire Vaye Watkins

Cover of Lot by Bryan Washington

Bryan Washington

Cover of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cover of The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Cover of Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Cover of Pastoralia by George Saunders

George Saunders

Cover of Train Dreams by Denis Johnson