Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 2000s

The Collected Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London #2

The Iron Heel & Other Stories

Jack London

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Short Stories

2005

The Motion Demon

Stefan Grabinski

Horror · Short Stories · Translation

2005

The White Sybil and Other Stories

Clark Ashton Smith

Fantasy · Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

2005

MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe

Philip José Farmer

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2005

The Nightmare and Other Tales of Dark Fantasy

Francis Stevens

Fantasy · Short Stories

2004

Innocents Aboard

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

2004

The Grand Tour

Tales of the Grand Tour

Ben Bova

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2004

The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson #1

The Boats of the ”Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures

William Hope Hodgson

Horror · Short Stories

2004

Secret Life

Jeff VanderMeer

Fantasy · New Weird · Short Stories

2004

Twisted

Jeffery Deaver

Horror · Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Anthology · Collection

December 2, 2003

Shadows Over Baker Street

Michael Reaves, John Pelan

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Sherlock Holmes

October 2003

Bittersweet Creek and Other Stories

Christopher Rowe

Fantasy · Short Stories

2003

Aye, and Gomorrah, and Other Stories

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2003

Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria #1

Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933)

Robert E. Howard

Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery · Short Stories

2003

Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales

Ray Bradbury

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

2003

The King's Head

Susan Price

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

2002

My Work Is Not Yet Done: Three Tales of Corporate Horror

Thomas Ligotti

Horror · Short Stories

2002

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2002

London Bone

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories · Mainstream

May 2001

The Veteran

Frederick Forsyth

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Anthology · Short Stories · Thriller

2000

Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical

Darrell Schweitzer

Fantasy · Short Stories

2000

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

January 2009

Zima Blue and Other Stories

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2006

Revelation Space #3

Galactic North

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

October 2006

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2002

Changing Planes

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2003

The Best of the Realms #3

The Best of the Realms Book III: The Stories of Elaine Cunningham

Elaine Cunningham

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms · Short Stories

May 2007

The Black Jewels #5

Dreams Made Flesh

Anne Bishop

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories · Romance

2005

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

Susanna Clarke

Fantasy · Short Stories

October 2006

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Short Stories

2002

Tales of Terror

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

Chris Priestley

Horror · Young Adult · Short Stories

2007

The Engineer Reconditioned

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Short Stories

2006

Tales from Outer Suburbia

Shaun Tan

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

2008

M Is for Magic

Neil Gaiman

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

June 2007

Chrestomanci #5

Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci

Diana Wynne Jones

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

2000

Rite

Tad Williams

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

January 2007