Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1930s

The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1938

The Outsider and Others

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1939

The Shadow Over Innsmouth and Other Stories of Horror

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1936

Hercule Poirot #20

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

December 19, 1938

The Room Opposite & Other Tales

F. M. Mayor

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Anthology · Short Stories

April 1, 1935

Hercule Poirot #28

The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1932

The Hound of Death and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Horror · Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

1933

Hercule Poirot #21

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

June 1, 1939

Hercule Poirot #16

Murder in the Mews

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 15, 1937

The Willows and Other Queer Tales

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1932

The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James

M. R. James

Horror · Short Stories

1931

Seven Gothic Tales

Isak Dinesen

Horror · Short Stories

1934

The Clock Strikes Twelve

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1939

Past the End of the Pavement

Charles G. Finney

Short Stories · Mainstream

1939

The Vigilante

John Steinbeck

Adult · Short Stories

January 1, 1938

Flight

John Steinbeck

Short Stories · Historical Fiction

January 1, 1938

The Night Wind Howls

Frederick Cowles

Horror · Short Stories

1938

One Foot in Fairyland: Sixteen Tales

Eleanor Farjeon

Fantasy · Short Stories

1938

The Tales of Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1938

The Chrysanthemums

John Steinbeck

Short Stories

January 1, 1937

The Fourth Pig

Naomi Mitchison

Fantasy · Short Stories

1936

Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales

Tod Robbins

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Wind Blows Over

Walter de la Mare

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Cosy Room

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Children of the Pool and Other Stories

Arthur Machen

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Horror on the Asteroid and Other Tales of Planetary Horror

Edmond Hamilton

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1936

Devil's Spawn

Charles Birkin

Horror · Short Stories

1936

The Reformed Pirate

Frank R. Stockton

Fantasy · Short Stories

1936

Father Brown Collection #5

The Scandal Of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton

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

1935

A Ghostly Company

H. Russell Wakefield

Horror · Short Stories

1935

The Invisible Voices

M. P. Shiel

Short Stories

1935

The Collected Ghost Stories of Oliver Onions

Oliver Onions

Horror · Short Stories

1935

Shocks

Algernon Blackwood

Horror · Short Stories

1935

The Devil and All

John Collier

Fantasy · Short Stories

1934

The Foghorn

Gertrude Atherton

Horror · Short Stories

1934

More Spook Stories

E. F. Benson

Horror · Short Stories

1934