Here’s a helpful list of popular American short stories. Learn more about each short story by clicking on the links below:
- “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe
- “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “Rappacini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain
- “Daisy Miller” by Henry James
- “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett
- “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- “The Blue Hotel” by Stephen Crane
- “To Build a Fire” by Jack London
- “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
- “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry
- “An Occurrence at Own Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce
- “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe
- “A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce
- “The Purloined Letter” by Edgar Allan Poe
- “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
- “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes
- “Rip Van Winkle” by Washington Irving
- “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
- “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell