Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1960s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 1960s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Cyberiad

Stanislaw Lem

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Translation

1967

The Moomin Books #6

Tales from Moominvalley

Tove Jansson

Fantasy · Childrens · Short Stories · Translation

1962

Tree and Leaf

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1964

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Middle-earth · Poetry · Short Stories

1962

Harold Shea #3

Wall of Serpents

L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt

Fantasy · Short Stories

1960

Barsoom #11

John Carter of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

Agent of Vega

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1960

The War Book

James Sallis

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Anthology · Short Stories

November 20, 1969

Between the Minute & the Hour: Stories of the Unseen

A. M. Burrage

Horror · Short Stories

1967

The Disaster Area

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1967

Galaxy Reader #9

The Ninth Galaxy Reader

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

1966

View from the Stars

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1965

Rod McBan

The Planet Buyer

Cordwainer Smith

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

The Inhabitant of the Lake & Less Welcome Tenants

Ramsey Campbell

Horror · Short Stories

1964

Twilight Zone Collections #5

Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling, Walter B Gibson

Horror · Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories · TV Series

1963

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

1961

Lankhmar #4

Swords Against Wizardry

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1968

The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales

Kathleen Lines

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

1967

Eight Stories from The Rest of the Robots

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1966

The Terminal Beach

J. G. Ballard

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

The Night of the Puudly

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1964

Horror-7

Robert Bloch

Horror · Short Stories

1963

Four for Tomorrow

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1967

Elric

The Stealer of Souls

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1963

Conan

Conan

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1967

Dreams and Fancies

H. P. Lovecraft

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

1962

The Small Assassin

Ray Bradbury

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1962

Jirel of Joiry

C. L. Moore

Fantasy · Short Stories

1969

Welcome to the Monkey House

Kurt Vonnegut

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1968

The Time Dweller

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1969

Conan

Conan of Cimmeria

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1969

I Sing The Body Electric

Ray Bradbury

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1969

The Square Root of Man

William Tenn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1968

Conan

Conan the Freebooter

L. Sprague de Camp, Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1968

So Bright the Vision

Clifford D. Simak

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1968

The Living Demons

Robert Bloch

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1967