Here are some world-famous short stories for your reference: 1 Waiting for Godot (The Waiting for Godot)-Chekhov The Three-Body Problem (Liu Cixin) 3 One Hundred Years of Solitude (One Hundred Years of Solitude)-Garcia Marquez The Catcher in the Rye-J. D. Salinger 5 Sherlock Holmes (Detective novel)-Conan Doyle 6 Hamlet-shakespeare 7."Les Misérables"-Victor Hugo 8 "White Night Walk"(A's White Night Walk)-Keigo Higashino 1984-George Orwell Dream of the Red Chamber-Cao Xueqin These novels were all literary classics with far-reaching influence. Their stories, plots, characters, and depth of thought were widely praised and influenced many cultures and art forms.