Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 20th century

Cold Hand in Mine: Eight Strange Stories

Robert Aickman

Horror · Short Stories

1975

Hub

The Telzey Toy

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

Hub

The Lion Game

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1973

Kane #2

Death Angel's Shadow

Karl Edward Wagner

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1973

Ghost Stories and Mysteries

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1971

The Priests of Psi

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

Alone Against Tomorrow

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

Prime Number

Harry Harrison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1970

At the Edge of the World

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1970

The War Book

James Sallis

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Anthology · Short Stories

November 20, 1969

Between the Minute & the Hour: Stories of the Unseen

A. M. Burrage

Horror · Short Stories

1967

The Disaster Area

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1967

Galaxy Reader #9

The Ninth Galaxy Reader

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

1966

View from the Stars

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1965

Rod McBan

The Planet Buyer

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

The Inhabitant of the Lake & Less Welcome Tenants

Ramsey Campbell

Horror · Short Stories

1964

Twilight Zone Collections #5

Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling, Walter B Gibson

Horror · Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · TV Series

1963

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

1961

Nine Tomorrows

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

Time in Advance

William Tenn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

The Survivor and Others

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

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

1957

Northwest of Earth

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts

Daniel Defoe

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

1945

Mist and Other Ghost Stories

Richmal Crompton

Horror · Short Stories

1928

Father Brown Collection #3

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery

1926

The Elemental

Ulric Daubeney

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

1919

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #6

Return of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cozy Mystery · Collection · Sherlock Holmes · Short Stories · Historical Fiction

1905

Songs of a Dead Dreamer

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

1986

Nightflyers and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1970

Sherlock Holmes - The Original Stories #9

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Cozy Mystery · Crime Fiction · Collection · Sherlock Holmes · Short Stories

1927

The Gods of Pegāna

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1905

The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1996

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1982

A Song for Lya and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1976

The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1971