Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1920s

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The Connoisseur and Other Stories

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1926

Mist and Other Ghost Stories

Richmal Crompton

Horror · Short Stories

1928

10/10 1 ratings

Father Brown Collection #3

The Incredulity of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

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

1926

10/10 1 ratings

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

9.5/10 2 ratings

The Moon Maid

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Fantasy · Short Stories

1926

6.3/10 3 ratings

Kai Lung #2

Kai Lung's Golden Hours

Ernest Bramah

Fantasy · Short Stories

1922

8/10 1 ratings

Hercule Poirot #3

Poirot Investigates

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1924

7/10 1 ratings

Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1923

7/10 1 ratings

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1922

5.7/10 3 ratings

The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Horror · Short Stories

1922

6.5/10 2 ratings

The Shadow and Other Stories

Jeffery Farnol

Fantasy · Short Stories

1929

Old Man's Beard

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1929

The Painted Face

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1929

Money and Other Stories

Karel Capek

Short Stories · Translation

1929

Strange Stories

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1929

Handheld Fantasy Classics #1

The Runagates Club

John Buchan

Fantasy · Horror · Anthology · Collection · Short Stories

October 30, 1928

They Return at Evening

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1928

Spook Stories

E. F. Benson

Horror · Short Stories

1928

Here Comes the Lady

M. P. Shiel

Short Stories

1928

Father Brown Collection #4

The Secret of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

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

1927

Ghost Stories

Michael Arlen

Horror · Short Stories

1927

Some Ghost Stories

A. M. Burrage

Horror · Short Stories

1927

Lukundoo and Other Stories

Edward Lucas White

Horror · Short Stories

1927

Ancient Sorceries and Other Tales

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1927

The Dance of Death and Other Tales

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1927

The Ghost Book #1

The Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1926

More Tales of the Uneasy

Violet Hunt

Horror · Short Stories

1925

Faithful Jenny Dove and Other Tales

Eleanor Farjeon

Fantasy · Short Stories

1925

A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories

M. R. James

Horror · Short Stories

1925

Masquerades: Studies in the Morbid

Shane Leslie

Horror · Short Stories

1924

Ghosts in Daylight

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1924

Night Fears

L. P. Hartley

Horror · Short Stories

1924

The Glorious Mystery

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1924

Ornaments in Jade

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1924

Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Short Stories

1924

The Other End

R Ellis Roberts

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1923