Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1980s

Lost Moons

Jack Vance

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

Pan Book of Horror Stories #21

The 21st Pan Book of Horror Stories

Herbert van Thal

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Weird Fiction

January 1, 1980

The Last Defender of Camelot

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1980

The Stories of Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1980

Riverworld War: The Suppressed Fiction of Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1980

The Door in the Hedge

Robin McKinley

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1981

Sandkings

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1981

Burning Chrome

William Gibson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Hammer's Slammers #2

At Any Price

David Drake

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

Lord Valentine Trilogy (Majipoor) #2

Majipoor Chronicles

Robert Silverberg

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

The Misadventure of Sherlock Holmes

Sebastian Wolfe

Science Fiction · Crime Fiction · Anthology · Sherlock Holmes · Short Stories

1989

Tomorrow's Crimes: Anarchaos and Other Stories of Fantastic Suspense

Donald E. Westlake

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

October 1989

Lankhmar #7

The Knight and Knave of Swords

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1988

Conan

The Pool of the Black One

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

1986

The Sentinel

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983

World of a Thousand Colors

Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1982

The Tales of Viriconium #4

Viriconium Nights

M. John Harrison

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

Night Train to the Stars and Other Stories

Kenji Miyazawa

Fantasy · Collection · Short Stories

January 1, 1987

Tales from the Other Side

R. Chetwynd-Hayes

Horror · Short Stories

1983

Scholars and Soldiers

Mary Gentle

Fantasy · Short Stories

1989

Cold Print

Ramsey Campbell

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1985

Witch World Stories

Four from the Witch World

Andre Norton

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1989

The Girl Who Heard Dragons

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

1989

Patterns

Pat Cadigan

Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1988

Witch World Stories #2

Tales of the Witch World 2

Andre Norton

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1988

Azazel

Isaac Asimov

Fantasy · Short Stories

1988

The Toynbee Convector

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1988

Tabitha Jute

The Plenty Principle

Colin Greenland

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

1988

Lacey and His Friends

David Drake

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1986

Dragonfield and Other Stories

Jane Yolen

Fantasy · Short Stories

1985

Elak of Atlantis

Henry Kuttner

Fantasy · Short Stories

1985

The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1985

With Friends... #2

...Who Needs Enemies?

Alan Dean Foster

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

1984

The Grand Adventure

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1984

Midas World

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1983