Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 20th century

The Annotated H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1997

The Loved Dead and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1997

His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C.M. Kornbluth

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1997

The Rhinoceros Who Quoted Nietzsche and Other Odd Acquaintances

Peter S. Beagle

Fantasy · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1997

The Nightmare Factory

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award · Short Stories

1996

Darkness Creeping #2

More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep

Neal Shusterman

Horror · Young Adult · Short Stories

1995

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1995

The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

Fantasy · Short Stories

1995

Noctuary

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1994

The Mammoth Book of ...

The Mammoth Book of Vampires

Stephen Jones

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Anthology

1992

Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Fantasy · Short Stories

1990

Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1990

Doctor Departure and Others

Alan Nelson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1989

Endangered Species

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

Books of Blood (omnibus editions)

Books of Blood: Volumes 4-6

Clive Barker

Horror · Short Stories

1988

Agent of Byzantium

Harry Turtledove

Short Stories · Alternate History

1987

The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1987

Callahan's Place #3

Callahan's Secret

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Deryni

The Deryni Archives

Katherine Kurtz

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories

1986

The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Beyond the Dar Al-Harb

Gordon R. Dickson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Dealing in Futures

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Return to Nevèrÿon #3

Flight from Nevèrÿon

Samuel R. Delany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1985

Kane

The Book of Kane

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1985

Chessboard Planet and Other Stories

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

The Compass Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1982

We Are All Legends

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1981

The Golden Man

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1980

Painted Devils: Strange Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Short Stories

1979

The Instrumentality of Mankind

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

Callahan's Place #2

Time Travelers Strictly Cash

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

Kane #5

Night Winds

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1978

The Book of Sand

Jorge Luis Borges

Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

1977

The Best of Fredric Brown

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

The Best of C.M. Kornbluth

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976

The Best of Jack Vance

Jack Vance

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1976