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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Honeymoon in Hell

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Tales of the Werewolf Clan

The Werewolf of Ponkert

H. Warner Munn

Horror · Short Stories

1958

Nine Horrors and a Dream

Joseph Payne Brennan

Horror · Short Stories

1958

Terror in the Night and Other Stories

Robert Bloch

Horror · Short Stories

1958

The Deadly Streets

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

A Mile Beyond the Moon

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

Station in Space

James Gunn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1958

The Case Against Tomorrow

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Secret of the Snows

R. L. Fanthorpe

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Resurgam

R. L. Fanthorpe

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

The Singing Wreath and Other Stories

Barbara Sleigh

Fantasy · Short Stories

1957

The Shores of Space

Richard Matheson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

The Hunger and Other Stories

Charles Beaumont

Horror · Short Stories

1957

Tales from the White Hart

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

In the Realm of Terror: Eight Haunting Tales

Algernon Blackwood

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1957

Thunder and Roses

Theodore Sturgeon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Robots and Changelings

Lester del Rey

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

The Variable Man and Other Stories

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Pilgrimage to Earth

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

The Third Level

Jack Finney

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1957

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Two Sought Adventure

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1957

Border Town Girl

John D. MacDonald

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1956

Alternating Currents

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

The Human Angle

William Tenn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

The Screaming Ghost and Other Stories

Carl Carmer

Horror · Short Stories

1956

Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter

John Wyndham

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

The Seeds of Time

John Wyndham

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

Strangers in the Universe

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1956

The Ghost Book #3

The Third Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

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

1955

Sardonicus and Other Stories

Ray Russell

Horror · Short Stories

1955

Of All Possible Worlds

William Tenn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Men Without Bones

Gerald Kersh

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

The Space Frontiers

Roger Lee Vernon

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Men, Martians and Machines

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Alien Landscapes

Jonathan Burke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Another Kind

Chad Oliver

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955