Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1999

Dagon and Other Macabre Tales

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1987

Tuf Voyaging

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

1986

H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus #3

The Haunter of the Dark

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1985

The Dunwich Horror and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

1984

E Pluribus Unicorn

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

Swamp Foetus

Poppy Z. Brite

Horror · Short Stories

1993

Mythago Cycle

The Bone Forest

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · Short Stories

1991

Classics of the Macabre

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1987

All My Sins Remembered

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

Callahan's Place #1

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

Spider Robinson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1977

The Menace from Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

Dream Archipelago

The Dream Archipelago

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1999

The Invisible Country

Paul McAuley

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1996

Wormwood

Terry Dowling

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1991

Doctor Eszterhazy

The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy

Avram Davidson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1990

City Jitters

Christopher Fowler

Horror · Short Stories

1986

Eye

Frank Herbert

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

The Art of Living and Other Stories

John Champlin Gardner

Short Stories · Mainstream

1981

The Golden Helix

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1979

Return to Nevèrÿon #1

Tales of Nevèrÿon

Samuel R. Delany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1979

The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1978

Weird Legacies

Mike Ashley

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

August 30, 1977

Out of Space and Time: Volume 1

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1974

The Worlds of Theodore Sturgeon

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1972

Beyond the Fields We Know

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1972

The Shuttered Room and Other Tales of Horror

H. P. Lovecraft, August Derleth

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1971

Moderan

David R. Bunch

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1971

Lankhmar #4

Swords Against Wizardry

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1968

The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales

Kathleen Lines

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

1967

Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1966

The Terminal Beach

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

The Night of the Puudly

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

Pan Book of Horror Stories #1

The Pan Book of Horror Stories

Johnny Mains, Herbert van Thal

Fantasy · Horror · Cthulhu · Ghosts · Gothic Horror

1959

A Way Home

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Out of Space and Time

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1942