Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 20th century

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1967

Night Shift

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1978

The Moomin Books #6

Tales from Moominvalley

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories · Translation

1962

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

Books of Blood #1

Books of Blood: Volume One

Clive Barker

Horror · Splatterpunk · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1984

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1975

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award · Short Stories

1985

Four Past Midnight

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1990

Dying Earth #1

The Dying Earth

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Short Stories

1950

City

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1951

Tree and Leaf

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1964

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1982

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1993

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1970

A Fisherman of the Inland Sea

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1994

Hearts in Atlantis

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1999

Lankhmar #1

Swords and Deviltry

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1970

Tales from Watership Down

Richard Adams

Fantasy · Animal Fantasy · Short Stories

1996

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Middle-earth · Poetry · Short Stories

1962

The Complete Robot

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

Dragonlance

The Second Generation

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fantasy · Dragonlance · Dungeons and Dragons · Short Stories

1994

Tarzan #6

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Short Stories · Mainstream

1919

Portraits of His Children

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1987

Shadows Over Innsmouth #1

Shadows Over Innsmouth

Stephen Jones

Horror · Cthulhu · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

1994

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 1-3

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

Dark Gods

T. E. D. Klein

Horror · Short Stories

1985

Agent of Vega

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1960

The Birds and Other Stories

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1952

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1943

The Connoisseur and Other Stories

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1926

Refugees from an Imaginary Country

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Short Stories

1999

Horowitz Horror

Anthony Horowitz

Horror · Short Stories

1999

More Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1999

The Best of Interzone

David Pringle

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Dystopia · Anthology · Collection

October 29, 1997