Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1950s

Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

Citizen in Space

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

Dying Earth #1

The Dying Earth

Jack Vance

Fantasy · Short Stories

1950

The October Country

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

1955

City

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1951

Heinlein's Future History

Revolt in 2100

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Birds and Other Stories

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1952

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

E Pluribus Unicorn

Theodore Sturgeon

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Menace from Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

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

The Star Diaries

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1957

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

A Touch of Strange

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Conan

Conan the Barbarian

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1954

Judgment Night

C. L. Moore

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Robert Heinlein Omnibus

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Hoka

Earthman's Burden

Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Conan

The Coming of Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1953

Ahead of Time

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

Robots Have No Tails

Henry Kuttner

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

Heinlein's Future History

The Green Hills of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1951

Assignment in Eternity

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

A Medicine for Melancholy

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Mask of Cthulhu

August Derleth

Horror · Short Stories

1958

Conan

King Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1953

Caviar

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Hercule Poirot #31

The Under Dog and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

July 1, 1951

Hercule Poirot #30

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

Crime Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1950