Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1950s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 1950s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Heinlein's Future History

The Man Who Sold the Moon

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1950

7.3/10 6 ratings

Someone Like You

Roald Dahl

Horror · Short Stories

1953

6.7/10 3 ratings

Conan

The Sword of Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1952

6.7/10 3 ratings

Expedition to Earth

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

6.5/10 2 ratings

The Seedling Stars

James Blish

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6.6/10 12 ratings

Space, Time and Nathaniel

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6/10 1 ratings

Earth Is Room Enough

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

6/10 1 ratings

Reach for Tomorrow

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

6/10 1 ratings

The Golden Apples of the Sun

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

6/10 1 ratings

Conan

Tales of Conan

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1955

4/10 1 ratings

Galaxy Reader #4

The Fourth Galaxy Reader

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

April 1959

Tomorrow Times Seven

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Return

Leo Brett

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Drud

Leo Brett

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

No Time Like Tomorrow

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Canopy of Time

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

Across the Sea of Stars

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

Aliens 4

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Dark Returners

Joseph Payne Brennan

Horror · Short Stories

1959

Monsters and Such

Murray Leinster

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

Galactic Cluster

James Blish

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Invasion from Aldebaran

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1959

The Marching Morons

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1959

The Haunted Looking Glass

Edward Gorey

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

January 1, 1958

Galaxy Reader #3

The Third Galaxy Reader

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

June 6, 1958

On an Odd Note

Gerald Kersh

Horror · Short Stories

1958

The Void Beyond and Other Stories

Robert Moore Williams

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Six Worlds Yonder

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Pictures in the Fire

John Collier

Fantasy · Short Stories

1958

The Golden Warrior

Lionel Roberts

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

The Haunted Pool

Trebor Thorpe

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Call of the Werewolf

R. L. Fanthorpe

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

The Flight of the Valkyries

R. L. Fanthorpe

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Tomorrow's Gift

Edmund Cooper

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Yonder: Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Charles Beaumont

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

The Other Side of the Sky

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958