Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 19th century

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 19th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1895

6.7/10 19 ratings

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Oscar Wilde

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream

1891

10/10 1 ratings

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #4

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

19th century · Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Sherlock Holmes

1894

9/10 1 ratings

In a Glass Darkly

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1872

9/10 1 ratings

The Second Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Short Stories

1895

8/10 1 ratings

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents

H. G. Wells

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1895

8/10 1 ratings

The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1894

7.5/10 4 ratings

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Short Stories

1894

6.7/10 3 ratings

The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde

Fantasy · Short Stories

1888

6.7/10 3 ratings

Tales of Space and Time

H. G. Wells

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1899

6/10 1 ratings

The Maker of Moons

Robert W. Chambers

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1896

5/10 2 ratings

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

Fantasy · Short Stories

1892

5/10 1 ratings

At a Winter's Fire

Bernard Capes

Horror · Short Stories

1899

Gambles with Destiny

George Griffith

Short Stories

1899

Fantastic Fables

Ambrose Bierce

Fantasy · Short Stories

1899

The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales

Elia Wilkinson Peattie

Horror · Short Stories

1898

Shapes in the Fire

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1896

Prince Zaleski

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Short Stories · Thriller

1895

The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1895

The Mark O' the Deil, and Other Northumbrian Tales.

Howard Pease

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1894

The Haunted Station, and other stories

Hume Nisbet

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1894

The Watcher and Other Weird Stories

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1894

Can Such Things Be?

Ambrose Bierce

Fantasy · Short Stories

1893

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Ambrose Bierce

Fantasy · Horror · Gothic Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream

1892

Nightmare Tales

H. P. Blavatsky

Horror · Short Stories

1892

In a Canadian Canoe

Barry Pain

Short Stories

1891

Stories and Interludes

Barry Pain

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1891

Told After Supper

Jerome K. Jerome

Horror · Short Stories

1891

The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales

Richard Garnett

Fantasy · Ancient Mythology · Greek Mythology · Roman Mythology · Collection

1888

The Bee-Man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales

Frank R. Stockton

Fantasy · Short Stories

1887

The Ghost of Charlotte Cray and Other Stories

Florence Marryat

Horror · Short Stories

1883

Eleusinia

Arthur Machen

Short Stories

1881

The Floating Prince and Other Fairy Tales

Frank R. Stockton

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories

1881

A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest

Amelia B. Edwards

Horror · Short Stories

1874

Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

Ambrose Bierce

Horror · Short Stories

1874

Monsieur Maurice

Amelia B. Edwards

Horror · Short Stories

1873