Most Popular Short Stories Books of the 2020s

Occult Detective Magazine #7

Occult Detective Magazine #7

John Linwood Grant, Dave Brzeski

Horror · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction · Short Stories · Mystery

May 30, 2020

Orphan X #5

The List

Gregg Hurwitz

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Thriller

August 4, 2020

Star-Spawned

Mark Howard Jones

Horror · Weird Fiction · Short Stories

March 29, 2022

Five Dancing Sisters

Cassandra B. Leigh

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · Jane Austen Retellings · Regency · Young Adult

May 1, 2020

Afterglow

Matti Järvinen, Sara Norja

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Anthology · Poetry

June 26, 2025

The Murderbot Diaries #4

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory

Martha Wells

Science Fiction · Short Stories

April 19, 2021

Of the Flesh

Uncredited

Horror · Psychological Horror · Weird Fiction · Anthology · Short Stories

October 10, 2024

Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales

The Devil's Mask

Kenzie Skye

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

November 12, 2024

Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales

Fairest Rose

Kenzie Skye

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

October 9, 2024

Once Upon a Twisted Time

Rumpelstiltskin's Bargain

Kendra E. Ardnek

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

January 17, 2024

Spicy Romantasy Fairy Tales

Dreams in Time

Kenzie Skye

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

August 13, 2024

Instalove Ice Monsters #2

Sheltered by the Polar Bear King

Allegra Rose

Fantasy · Instalove Romance · Monster Romance · Paranormal Fantasy · Shapeshifters

January 23, 2024

World of the First Law

The Great Change (and Other Lies)

Joe Abercrombie

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Short Stories

September 28, 2023

Lincoln Rhyme #15

Swiping Hearts

Jeffery Deaver

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

September 26, 2023

The Shifter Season #7

The Heir and the Tiger

Laura Greenwood

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Paranormal Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Regency

November 23, 2023

A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Short Stories

October 10, 2023

Sparring Partners

John Grisham

Crime Fiction · Legal Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Adult · Short Stories

May 31, 2022

Tales of Tessagonia #1

The Blazing Princess

Mary W. Jensen

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

March 12, 2022

Once Upon a Twisted Time

The Wolf's Daughter

Kendra E. Ardnek

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

June 15, 2022

Lincoln Rhyme #14

A Perfect Plan

Jeffery Deaver

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

September 28, 2021

British Library Tales of the Weird #25

I Am Stone

R. Murray Gilchrist, Daniel Pietersen

Horror · 19th century · Ghosts · Gothic Horror · Weird Fiction

August 19, 2021

Tales of Askarr

Lady Kestrel

Lucy Winton

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

August 9, 2021

Tales of Askarr

The Princess and the Handmaid

Lucy Winton

Fantasy · Fairy Tale Retellings · No Spice Romance · Young Adult · Short Stories

March 30, 2021

Broken

Don Winslow

Crime Fiction · Adult · Novella · Short Stories · Mystery

October 7, 2020

Colter Shaw #1

The Second Hostage

Jeffery Deaver

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

March 3, 2020

The Great Detective Universe #1

Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume I

John Linwood Grant

Horror · Crime Fiction · Ghosts · Occult Detective · Weird Fiction

May 7, 2020

British Library Tales of the Weird #18

Queens of the Abyss

Mike Ashley

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

September 24, 2020

A Seven Kingdoms Faery Tale #3

The Scarred Shepherdess

Kelsie Engen

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

October 27, 2020

A Seven Kingdoms Faery Tale #2

Three Nights

Kelsie Engen

Fantasy · Fairies · Fairy Tale Retellings · Short Stories · Retellings

February 25, 2020

Rivers of London

Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection

Ben Aaronovitch

Fantasy · Occult Detective · Urban Fantasy · Short Stories · Mystery

July 2020

Kitty Norville #16

Kitty's Mix-Tape

Carrie Vaughn

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Vampires · Werewolves · Short Stories

October 16, 2020

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Mariana Enríquez

Horror · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

September 17, 2024

The City of Mist

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · Short Stories · Translation

November 23, 2021

Slough House #6

The Catch

Mick Herron

Crime Fiction · Spy Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 9, 2020

Orphan X #10

The Code

Gregg Hurwitz

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Thriller

September 2, 2025

Pike Logan #17

The Honeymoon Heist

Brad Taylor

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Thriller

October 24, 2023