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Short Story Collections That Belong On Every Novel-Reader's Shelf

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By Olivia Mason | Updated Sep 4, 2020 | Published Oct 11, 2017

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The Awkward Black Man

The Awkward Black Man

By Walter Mosley

The Awkward Black Man

The Lady with the Dog

The Lady with the Dog

By Anton Chekhov

The Lady with the Dog

A Model World

A Model World

By Michael Chabon

A Model World

Short Stories

Short Stories

By Irwin Shaw

Short Stories

The Golden Apples

The Golden Apples

By Eudora Welty

The Golden Apples

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The Stories of Erskine Caldwell

The Stories of Erskine Caldwell

The Stories of Erskine Caldwell

Marcovaldo

Marcovaldo

By Italo Calvino

Marcovaldo

One Way or Another

One Way or Another

By Peter Cameron

One Way or Another

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

By Alice Walker

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down

The Toughest Indian in the World

The Toughest Indian in the World

By Sherman Alexie

The Toughest Indian in the World

Selected Stories

Selected Stories

By Andre Dubus

Selected Stories

Another Marvelous Thing

Another Marvelous Thing

By Laurie Colwin

Another Marvelous Thing

The Art of Living

The Art of Living

By John Gardner

The Art of Living

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