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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The Old Die Rich and Other Science Fiction Stories

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

A Handful of Darkness

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Tyrant of Time

Lloyd Arthur Eshbach

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Far and Away: Eleven Master Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Anthony Boucher

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

No Boundaries

Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

The Mindworm and Other Stories

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

The Martian Way and Other Stories

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1955

Galaxy Reader #2

The Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

1954

The Science-Fiction Subtreasury

Wilson Tucker

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Deep Space

Eric Frank Russell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

The Incredulist

Lionel Roberts

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Born of Man and Woman

Richard Matheson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

The White Wand and Other Stories

L. P. Hartley

Horror · Short Stories

1954

Angels and Spaceships

Fredric Brown

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Look Behind You

Arthur J. Burks

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Untouched by Human Hands

Robert Sheckley

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Jizzle

John Wyndham

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

Line to Tomorrow and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Lewis Padgett

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

The Explorers

C. M. Kornbluth

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1954

The Sword of Welleran and Other Tales of Enchantment

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1954

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Jorkens #5

Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey

Lord Dunsany

Fantasy · Short Stories

1954

The Brighton Monster and Others

Gerald Kersh

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Curse of Yig

Zealia Bishop

Horror · Short Stories

1953

Tales from Gavagan's Bar

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Pusadian Series

The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales

L. Sprague de Camp

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1953

Shambleau and Others

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

Viagens Interplanetarias

The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens

L. Sprague de Camp

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1953

The Ghost Book #2

The Second Ghost Book

Cynthia Asquith

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Anthology

1952

Galaxy Reader #1

Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction

H. L. Gold

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

February 1952

The Apple Tree: A Short Novel and Several Long Stories

Daphne du Maurier

Horror · Short Stories · Mystery

1952

A Pad in the Straw

Christopher Woodforde

Horror · Short Stories

1952

Space Hawk: The Greatest of Interplanetary Adventurers

Anthony Gilmore

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

The Titan

P. Schuyler Miller

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

Tales from Underwood

David H. Keller

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

Cloak of Aesir

John W. Campbell

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1952

Mary Poppins

Stories from Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories

1952