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Best Short Stories Books from International
The short story is a distinct art form, not a failed novel. International has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in short stories, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best short stories from International by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Анна Каренина
Лев Толстой· 1876
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#2
literary-fiction
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling· 1887
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#3
literary-fiction
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling· 1893
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#4
literary-fiction
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories
Bram Stoker· 1937
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#5
literary-fiction
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson· 1875
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#6
literary-fiction
Daisy Miller
Henry James· 1877
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#7
literary-fiction
Heidi
Spyri, Johanna· 1885
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#8
literary-fiction
The Vampyre
John William Polidori· 1819
Library Journal
Editorial Score55/100
#9
literary-fiction
In the Midst of Life. Tales of Civilians
Ambrose Bierce· 1891
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score55/100
#10
science-fiction
Beast Quest
Adam Blade· 2007
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score55/100
#11
literary-fiction
The Call of the Wild
Jack London· 1903
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#12
literary-fiction
Decamerone
Giovanni Boccaccio· 1516
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#13
literary-fiction
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James· 1898
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#14
literary-fiction
Pollyanna
Eleanor Hodgman Porter· 1912
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#15
literary-fiction
Baum's American Fairy Tales
L. Frank Baum· 1901
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#16
literary-fiction
The Awakening
Kate Chopin· 1899
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#17
literary-fiction
Plain tales from the hills
Rudyard Kipling· 1888
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#18
literary-fiction
The Amateur Cracksman
Ernest William Hornung· 1899
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#19
literary-fiction
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter· 1900
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#20
literary-fiction
Indian Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs· 1892
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#21
literary-fiction
Bliss, and other stories
Katherine Mansfield· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#22
literary-fiction
Future perfect
H. Bruce Franklin· 1955
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#23
literary-fiction
Fiction
R. S. Gwynn· 1993
Library Journal
Editorial Score50/100
#24
literary-fiction
The Best Short Stories of the Modern Age -- Revised
Douglas Angus· 1974
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#25
classic-literature
Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
Barrett Harper Clark· 1922
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#26
classic-literature
Crucial Instances
Edith Wharton· 1901
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#27
classic-literature
21 Great Stories
Abraham Harold Lass· 1969
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score50/100
#28
mystery-thriller
More Stories to Remember -- Volume II
Thomas Bertram Costain· 1958
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#29
mystery-thriller
Short Stories
Schweikert, Harry Christian· 1925
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score50/100
#30
short-stories
Mother West Wind's animal friends
Thornton W. Burgess· 1912
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#31
short-stories
Knight's Gambit
William Faulkner· 1919
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#32
![Cover of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) [15 stories]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcovers.openlibrary.org%2Fb%2Fid%2F12670963-M.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
short-stories
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians) [15 stories]
Ambrose Bierce· 1909
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#33
short-stories
Mother West Wind's neighbors
Thornton W. Burgess· 1913
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#34
short-stories
Don't Look Now
Daphne du Maurier· 1686
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#35
short-stories
Hawthorne's Short Stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne· 1946
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#36
short-stories
De republica
Cicero· 1553
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#37
short-stories
Geography and Plays
Gertrude Stein· 1922
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#38
short-stories
Medical essays, 1842-1882
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.· 1883
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#39
short-stories
Prose works
John Milton· 1809
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#40
short-stories
One Man's Meat
E. B. White· 1941
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#41
short-stories
The essays of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon· 1900
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#42
short-stories
The undergraduate essay
Robin Sutton Harris· 1900
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#43
short-stories
The aims of education, and other essays
Alfred North Whitehead· 1929
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#44
short-stories
The crisis of psychoanalysis
Erich Fromm· 1932
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#45
short-stories
Iraq
Philip Willard Ireland· 1937
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#46
short-stories
The aims of education
Alfred North Whitehead· 1929
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#47
short-stories
Lectures in America
Gertrude Stein· 1935
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#48
short-stories
Star papers
Henry Ward Beecher· 1855
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#49
short-stories
Modern essays
Christopher Morley· 1921
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
#50
short-stories
A history of American political theories
Charles Edward Merriam· 1903
Notable Work
Editorial Score46/100
