Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 2010s

Discover popular Short Stories books from the 2010s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Witcher #2

Sword of Destiny

Andrzej Sapkowski

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation

May 18, 2015

The Legend of Drizzt

The Legend of Drizzt Anthology: The Collected Stories

R. A. Salvatore

Fantasy · Dungeons and Dragons · Forgotten Realms · Short Stories

January 28, 2011

Hannu Rajaniemi: Collected Fiction

Hannu Rajaniemi

Science Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

May 6, 2015

Divergent

Four: A Divergent Collection

Veronica Roth

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Young Adult · Short Stories

July 8, 2014

Full Dark, No Stars

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award · Short Stories

November 1, 2010

Tales from Alagaësia #1

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm

Christopher Paolini

Fantasy · Dragons · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Young Adult

December 31, 2018

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

9 from the Nine Worlds

Rick Riordan

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

October 8, 2018

Red Queen

Cruel Crown

Victoria Aveyard

Fantasy · Young Adult · Short Stories

January 2016

The Spirit of the Place and Other Strange Tales: The Complete Short Stories of Elizabeth Walter

Elizabeth Walter

Fantasy · Horror · Short Stories

March 31, 2017

Rome's Revolution Universe

The Vuduri Companion

Michael Brachman

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Space Opera · Short Stories

October 2016

The Private Life of Elder Things

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Keris McDonald, Adam Gauntlett

Horror · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

September 2016

Terence, Mephisto & Viscera Eyes

Chris Kelso

Science Fiction · Short Stories

September 2014

Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre

H. P. Lovecraft

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

July 2011

Once Upon a Short Story #3

The Bruised Princess

A. G. Marshall

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · HEA Ending · No Spice Romance · Young Adult

April 7, 2019

Taaqtumi #1

Taaqtumi

Neil Christopher

Fantasy · Horror · Ghosts · Post-Apocalyptic · Psychological Horror

September 10, 2019

Keyhole

Matthew G. Rees

Horror · Short Stories

2019

Arms Against a Sea (and Other Troubles)

Rhys Hughes

Fantasy · Short Stories

October 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #8

The Weird Tales of William Hope Hodgson

William Hope Hodgson, Xavier Aldana Reyes

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

April 2019

Black Shuck Shadows #15

Flowers of War

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection · Short Stories

August 29, 2019

Eibonvale Chapbook Line #12

Animals of the Exodus

Alexander Zelenyj

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

August 2019

British Library Tales of the Weird #3

Glimpses of the Unknown

Mike Ashley

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

September 20, 2018

Of Echoes Born

'Nathan Burgoine

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

June 2018

A Test Tube Family

Alexander Zelenyj

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Short Stories

December 2018

At the Cemetery Gates #2

At the Cemetery Gates: Volume Two

John Brhel, J. Sullivan

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

October 26, 2018

A Deep Horror That Was Very Nearly Awe

J. R. Hamantaschen

Horror · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

September 24, 2018

Blacker Against the Deep Dark

Alexander Zelenyj

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Short Stories

December 2018

Resonance and Revolt

Rosanne Rabinowitz

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

March 2018

How Many Times?

Rhys Hughes

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mainstream

March 2018

There is a Way to Live Forever

Terry Grimwood

Horror · Short Stories

February 2018

Nothing Is Everything

Simon Strantzas

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

October 2018

Her Mourning Portrait and Other Paranormal Oddities

John Brhel, J. Sullivan

Fantasy · Horror · Dark Fantasy · Short Stories

January 2018

Daughters of Apostasy

Damian Murphy

Fantasy · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

September 2017

Eibonvale Chapbook Line #2

The Big-Headed People and Other Stories

D. F. Lewis

Horror · Short Stories

December 2017

Eibonvale Chapbook Line #1

The Drone Outside

Kristine Ong Muslim

Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

December 2017

World Muses

Rhys Hughes

Fantasy · Short Stories

September 2017

The Frail Soul and Other Stories

Camille Mauclair

Fantasy · Short Stories · Translation · Mainstream

December 2017