Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1940s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 1940s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Barsoom #10

Llana of Gathol

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1948

6.1/10 17 ratings

Beyond the Wall of Sleep

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1943

10/10 2 ratings

Tales of Piracy, Crime and Ghosts

Daniel Defoe

Horror · Short Stories · Mainstream · Thriller

1945

10/10 1 ratings

Out of Space and Time

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1942

9/10 1 ratings

Best Supernatural Stories of H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1945

8.5/10 4 ratings

Hercule Poirot #27

The Labors of Hercules

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1947

8/10 2 ratings

Genius Loci and Other Tales

Clark Ashton Smith

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

1948

8/10 1 ratings

Night's Black Agents

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1947

8/10 1 ratings

Dark Carnival

Ray Bradbury

Horror · Short Stories

1947

8/10 1 ratings

The Opener of the Way

Robert Bloch

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1945

8/10 1 ratings

Hercule Poirot #26

The Hollow

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1946

7.7/10 3 ratings

Harold Shea #1

The Incomplete Enchanter

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1941

7.5/10 2 ratings

Hercule Poirot #25

Five Little Pigs

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

May 1, 1942

7.3/10 3 ratings

Hercule Poirot #22

Sad Cypress

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 1, 1940

7.3/10 3 ratings

Hercule Poirot #24

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

June 1, 1941

7/10 3 ratings

Hercule Poirot #23

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

November 11, 1940

7/10 3 ratings

The Women of the Wood

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

1948

7/10 1 ratings

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson

Horror · Short Stories

1949

6.3/10 3 ratings

The People of the Pit

A. Merritt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1948

6/10 1 ratings

Over to You

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

1945

6/10 1 ratings

The Vaivaisukko Bride

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

1949

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories

Marjorie Bowen

Horror · Gothic Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1949

The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories

A. N. L. Munby

Horror · Short Stories

1949

The Kingslayer

L. Ron Hubbard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Triton

L. Ron Hubbard

Fantasy · Short Stories

1949

Things That Go Bump in the Night

Louis Clark Jones

Horror · Short Stories

1949

John Carstairs: Space Detective

Frank Belknap Long

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Life Everlasting and Other Tales of Science, Fantasy and Horror

David H. Keller

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1949

Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1949

The Man Who Ate the Phoenix

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1949

Not for the Squeamish

D Scott-Moncrieff

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Vampires · Weird Fiction

1948

Sleep No More: Twelve Stories of the Supernatural

L. T. C. Rolt

Horror · Short Stories

1948

Spooks in the Valley

Louis Clark Jones

Horror · Short Stories

1948

Fires Burn Blue

Andrew Caldecott

Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Ghostly Tales of Henry James

Henry James

Horror · Short Stories

1948

The Best Short Stories of M. P. Shiel

M. P. Shiel

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1948