Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 2020s

Holly Gibney #2

If It Bleeds

Stephen King

Horror · Short Stories

April 21, 2020

Tales Nocturnal

Tim Foley

Horror · Ghosts · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Collection

January 1, 2025

The Wendlelow Mysteries #1

Fireside Horror

P. A. Sheldon

Horror · Ancient Mythology · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction · Witches

May 12, 2024

Saga of the Jewels #1

Fire and Lightning

Thomas Tarasios

Fantasy · Steampunk · Sword and Sorcery · Young Adult · Short Stories

May 1, 2025

British Library Tales of the Weird #57

Weird Sisters

Mike Ashley

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

January 16, 2025

Hope Ever After #9

A Charming Dance - A Cinderella Short Story

Ashley Evercott

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Short Stories · Retellings · Romance

2024

At The Alien Hotel #3

Oh No, I Shot A Spaceship And Kissed An Alien Cyberchef

Kate Sinner

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Short Stories · Romance

October 3, 2024

Rumbling Rattlers - A MC Monster Romance Short

Elliot Ason

Monster Romance · Paranormal Romance · Adult · Short Stories · Romance

August 2, 2024

Waterlore Romance

Crystalline

Riona Beck

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Short Stories

April 22, 2024

Faye and the Feline Feat

Sarah Beran

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Young Adult · Cats · Once Upon a Pen Fairy Tale Book Awards

July 5, 2024

Weird Tales

Jonathan Maberry

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Cthulhu · Weird Fiction

October 10, 2023

The Canal and Other Weird Stories

Everil Worrell

Horror · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Psychological Horror · Vampires

February 15, 2023

Obscure Academy #5

Pumpkin Carving For Superstitious Witches

Laura Greenwood

Fantasy · New Adult · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy

December 9, 2022

These Long Teeth of the Night: The Best Short Stories 1999-2019

Alexander Zelenyj

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

2022

Night Huntress #1

The Other Half of the Grave

Jeaniene Frost

Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Short Stories

April 26, 2022

The Expanse

Memory's Legion

James S. A. Corey

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Collection · Short Stories

March 15, 2022

Eibonvale Chapbook Line #19

Affairs of a Cardiovascular Nature

Terry Grimwood

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Short Stories

March 2021

The Shadow Series (Ender) #6

The Last Shadow

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Short Stories

November 16, 2021

The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle #3

The Teleporting Tomb and Other Tales

Vaughn Entwistle

Fantasy · Short Stories · Mystery

October 2020

Ruby

Nina Allan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

October 6, 2020

Better than the Movies #1

Better than the Prom

Lynn Painter

Young Adult · Short Stories · Romance

August 22, 2022

The Final Score

Don Winslow

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 27, 2026

The Men of Orc Mountain #1

Saved by the Mountain Man Orc

Pippa Rae Brook

Fantasy · Cozy Fantasy · Fated Mates · Instalove Romance · Monster Romance

September 23, 2025

Nanny Ever After #1

Mated to Her Dragon Boss

Destiny Fox

Fantasy · Dragons · Instalove Romance · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance

April 24, 2024

Anthropologists Like It Wet - A Paranormal Romance Short Story

Elliot Ason

Instalove Romance · Monster Romance · Paranormal Romance · Adult · Shapeshifters

November 23, 2024

Escape to Haven County

Alien Instalove Trick or Treat

Olivia Sinclair

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Instalove Romance · Adult · Halloween Fiction

November 8, 2024

Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales

Dreams of Roses

Kenzie Skye

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · New Adult · Romantasy

September 24, 2024

Escape to Haven County

The Alpha's Off-Limits Mate

Olivia Sinclair

Fantasy · Fated Mates · Instalove Romance · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance

September 6, 2024

Tales from the Rain

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

February 6, 2024

Orphan X #8

The Recital

Gregg Hurwitz

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Thriller

November 7, 2023

Tales of Askarr

The Complete Tales of Askarr

Lucy Winton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Young Adult · Collection · Short Stories

April 11, 2023

Tales of Askarr

The Bear and the Butterfly

Lucy Winton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Young Adult · Short Stories · Retellings

March 28, 2023

British Library Tales of the Weird #29

The Ghost Slayers

Mike Ashley

Horror · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction

March 24, 2022

Obscure Academy #1

Bonfire Night For Flammable Dragons

Laura Greenwood

Fantasy · Dragons · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Urban Fantasy

October 31, 2022

Colter Shaw #2

Forgotten

Jeffery Deaver

Crime Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

March 4, 2021

Judge Dredd: The Early Years #3

Judge Dredd Year Three

Michael Carroll, Matt Smith, Lauren Sills

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Collection · Short Stories

February 2, 2021