Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 1990s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 1990s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm

Fantasy · Childrens · Fairy Tale · Short Stories

1993

Miracle and Other Christmas Stories

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1999

Dreamweaver's Dilemma

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1996

Confederation Universe

A Second Chance at Eden

Peter F. Hamilton

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1998

Xeelee Sequence #5

Vacuum Diagrams

Stephen Baxter

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Philip K. Dick Award · Short Stories

1997

Six Stories

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

1997

James Penney's New Identity

Lee Child

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1999

Newford

Moonlight and Vines

Charles de Lint

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1999

What You Make It

Michael Marshall Smith

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1999

Runcible Tales

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1999

The Engineer

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1998

Luminous

Greg Egan

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1998

Reave the Just and Other Tales

Stephen R. Donaldson

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

October 1998

One Day Closer to Death

Bradley Denton

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1997

The Forest of Time and Other Stories

Michael Flynn

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1997

The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions

Clive Barker

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

1997

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories

David Stuart Davies, Rex Collings

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror

1996

Carmilla and 12 Other Classic Tales of Mystery

Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror · Short Stories

1996

Standard Candles: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt

Jack McDevitt

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1996

Newford

The Ivory and the Horn

Charles de Lint

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories

1995

Flatlander

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1995

The Panic Hand

Jonathan Carroll

Fantasy · Bram Stoker Award · Short Stories

1995

White Crow #3

Left to His Own Devices

Mary Gentle

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1994

Known Space

Crashlander

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1994

Chronicles of the Kencyrath

Blood & Ivory: A Tapestry

P. C. Hodgell

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories

1994

Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordperson: The Complete Stories

George Alec Effinger

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1993

The Mammoth Book of ...

The Mammoth Book of Zombies

Stephen Jones

Horror · Psychological Horror · Splatterpunk · Zombies · Anthology

1993

Transients and Other Disquieting Stories

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Short Stories

1993

Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories

Terry Bisson

Science Fiction · Short Stories

1993

Newford

Dreams Underfoot

Charles de Lint

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories

1993

LoveDeath

Dan Simmons

Horror · Short Stories

1993

The Tale of the Eternal Champion #13

Earl Aubec and Other Stories

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1993

The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

1998

The Culture

The State of the Art

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

1991

Forgotten Realms

Silverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters

Ed Greenwood

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms · Short Stories

1999

Fiddler Fair

Mercedes Lackey

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

1998