Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 2000s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 2000s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Yellow Sign and Other Stories

Robert W. Chambers

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

2001

Pump Six and Other Stories

Paolo Bacigalupi

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

February 1, 2008

H. P. Lovecraft: The Fiction

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

2008

Quartet

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

2001

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

2001

The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

2004

The Dread Empire

An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

May 20, 2009

Fairy Tail #1

Fairy Tail: Volume 1

Hiro Mashima

Fantasy · Short Stories · Adventure · Comics

2008

Best Mythos Tales #2

Haggopian and Other Stories

Brian Lumley

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

May 26, 2008

The Gabble and Other Stories

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Short Stories

October 28, 2008

The Collected Fantasies #2

The Door to Saturn

Clark Ashton Smith

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

2007

A Taste of the Unexpected

Roald Dahl

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

2005

Conan

The Conquering Sword of Conan

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

2005

Conan

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

2003

Fantasy Masterworks

The Emperor of Dreams

Clark Ashton Smith

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

2002

Punktown

Punktown

Jeffrey Thomas

Horror · Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

2000

The Vampire Archives

Otto Penzler

Horror · Crime Fiction · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires

September 29, 2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

The Beast with Five Fingers: Supernatural Stories

David Stuart Davies, W. F. Harvey

Horror · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

May 2009

Zoo

Otsuichi

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

2009

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Oriental Ghost Stories

Lafcadio Hearn, David Stuart Davies

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology

June 2007

Joe Pickett #6

The Master Falconer

C. J. Box

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

2006

The Impelled and Other Head Trips

Gary Fry

Horror · Short Stories

2006

Urban Fantastic

Allen Ashley

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

2006

Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City

Robin Spriggs

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2006

Limekiller

Avram Davidson

Fantasy · Short Stories

2003

Night Lives: Nine Stories of the Dark Fantastic

Phyllis Eisenstein

Fantasy · Short Stories

2003

Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural

Gothic Ghost Stories

David Blair

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

October 5, 2002

Eternal Frontier

James H. Schmitz

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2002

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories

Jeffrey Ford

Fantasy · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

2002

Dreamsongs: A RRetrospective

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

2003

Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

March 27, 2008

Shadows of Death

H. P. Lovecraft

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

2005

Waking Up Screaming

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

2003

The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

2003

Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter

Micah and Strange Candy

Laurell K. Hamilton

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Short Stories

2007

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Demigod Files

Rick Riordan

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories · Non-fiction

February 2009