Science Fiction Short Story Collections

1.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating — 120,090 ratings
2.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,357 ratings
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Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating — 106,296 ratings
4.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,122 ratings
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The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth
The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth 4.06 avg rating — 4,010 ratings
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The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (Hainish Cycle, #9)
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (Hainish Cycle, #9) 4.33 avg rating — 6,031 ratings
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The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,617 ratings
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Pump Six and Other Stories
Pump Six and Other Stories 4.04 avg rating — 8,739 ratings
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Crystal Express
Crystal Express 3.92 avg rating — 944 ratings
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Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron 4.14 avg rating — 21,949 ratings
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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,884 ratings
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The Last Defender of Camelot
The Last Defender of Camelot 4.04 avg rating — 456 ratings
13.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
4.36 avg rating — 36,812 ratings
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters 4.06 avg rating — 7,605 ratings
15.
Nightfall and Other Stories
Nightfall and Other Stories 4.25 avg rating — 14,864 ratings
16.
Fire Watch
Fire Watch 3.84 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
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Strange Science Fiction and Fantasy Omnibus
Strange Science Fiction and Fantasy Omnibus 2.84 avg rating — 25 ratings
18.
Beyond
Beyond 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories 4.15 avg rating — 1,720 ratings
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Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)
Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3) 4.26 avg rating — 11,883 ratings
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Looking for Jake: And Other Stories
Looking for Jake: And Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
22.
Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House 4.13 avg rating — 63,546 ratings
23.
The Book of Philip K. Dick
The Book of Philip K. Dick 3.90 avg rating — 176 ratings
23.
A Second Chance at Eden
A Second Chance at Eden 4.04 avg rating — 5,114 ratings
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Manhattan in Reverse
Manhattan in Reverse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,853 ratings
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Tuf Voyaging
Tuf Voyaging 4.11 avg rating — 12,912 ratings
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever 4.18 avg rating — 4,620 ratings
28.
The Rediscovery of Man
The Rediscovery of Man 4.13 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
29.
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith
The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith 4.35 avg rating — 1,212 ratings
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Changing Planes
Changing Planes 3.86 avg rating — 7,021 ratings
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Vermilion Sands
Vermilion Sands 3.89 avg rating — 1,852 ratings
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Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea 4.16 avg rating — 1,844 ratings
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The Changed Man (Maps in a Mirror #1)
The Changed Man (Maps in a Mirror #1) 3.76 avg rating — 978 ratings
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E Pluribus Unicorn
E Pluribus Unicorn 4.02 avg rating — 889 ratings
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The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World
The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World 4.08 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
36.
Resplendent (Destiny's Children, #4)
Resplendent (Destiny's Children, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 724 ratings
37.
Telzey Amberdon
Telzey Amberdon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 756 ratings
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The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction
The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction 4.25 avg rating — 724 ratings
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TNT: Telzey Amberdon & Trigger Argee Together
TNT: Telzey Amberdon & Trigger Argee Together 4.01 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke 4.30 avg rating — 6,276 ratings
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The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 10,568 ratings
42.
The Moment of Eclipse
The Moment of Eclipse 3.35 avg rating — 124 ratings
42.
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
3.93 avg rating — 7,627 ratings
44.
Tales of the Dying Earth
Tales of the Dying Earth 4.12 avg rating — 5,965 ratings
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Driftglass
Driftglass 3.86 avg rating — 866 ratings
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The Complete Short Stories
The Complete Short Stories 4.40 avg rating — 1,763 ratings
47.
Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories
Recovering Apollo 8 and Other Stories 3.61 avg rating — 44 ratings
48.
Sunfall
Sunfall 3.64 avg rating — 408 ratings
48.
Stellar Cloud
Stellar Cloud 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
48.
Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories
Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
48.
Bouquet: Short Stories with a Buddhist Scent
Bouquet: Short Stories with a Buddhist Scent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
48.
The hair of the comet (Acoustic Funambulist #1)
The hair of the comet (Acoustic Funambulist #1) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
48.
Glass Within Glass: Three End of the World Short Stories
Glass Within Glass: Three End of the World Short Stories 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
48.
The Persistence of Vision
The Persistence of Vision 4.13 avg rating — 2,247 ratings
48.
The Calibrated Alligator and Other Science Fiction Stories
The Calibrated Alligator and Other Science Fiction Stories 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
48.
Chronopolis and Other Stories
Chronopolis and Other Stories 3.99 avg rating — 288 ratings
48.
Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1)
Dreams Underfoot (Newford, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 8,967 ratings
48.
Movemind
Movemind 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings
48.
Not So Much, Said the Cat
Not So Much, Said the Cat 3.84 avg rating — 551 ratings
48.
The Planet Maker
The Planet Maker
by: A.C. Zito
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
48.
Open Your Eyes (5 Stories of Original Fantasy & Science Fiction)
Open Your Eyes (5 Stories of Original Fantasy & Science Fiction) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
48.
Zima Blue and Other Stories
Zima Blue and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 4,571 ratings
48.
Sex and the Single Cosmonaut
Sex and the Single Cosmonaut 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
48.
Time Travellers Strictly Cash (Callahan's, #2)
Time Travellers Strictly Cash (Callahan's, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 3,870 ratings
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Alien Stars (Alien Stars #1)
Alien Stars (Alien Stars #1) 3.66 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Rynosseros
Rynosseros 4.24 avg rating — 76 ratings
65.
Moonlight and Vines (Newford, #6)
Moonlight and Vines (Newford, #6) 4.21 avg rating — 3,111 ratings
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The Short Story Press Collection
The Short Story Press Collection 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
65.
Another Kind
Another Kind 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
65.
Lost Places
Lost Places 4.06 avg rating — 366 ratings
65.
Hawking Radiation
Hawking Radiation 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
65.
Big Cat and Other Stories
Big Cat and Other Stories 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Glass and Amber
Glass and Amber 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Other Worlds, Better Lives: Selected Long Fiction, 1989-2003
Other Worlds, Better Lives: Selected Long Fiction, 1989-2003 4.29 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Awake in the Night Land
Awake in the Night Land 4.35 avg rating — 481 ratings
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Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford, #9)
Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford, #9) 4.26 avg rating — 2,506 ratings
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Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Callahan's #1)
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (Callahan's #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,574 ratings
78.
Visible Light
Visible Light 3.77 avg rating — 369 ratings
78.
Things Will Never Be the Same: Selected Short Fiction, 1980-2005
Things Will Never Be the Same: Selected Short Fiction, 1980-2005 4.16 avg rating — 99 ratings
78.
Muse and Reverie (Newford, #13)
Muse and Reverie (Newford, #13) 4.22 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
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Collected Fiction
Collected Fiction 3.86 avg rating — 977 ratings
78.
Irresistible Forces
Irresistible Forces 3.52 avg rating — 806 ratings
78.
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories 4.14 avg rating — 15,927 ratings
78.
User Friendly
User Friendly 3.74 avg rating — 487 ratings
85.
Wireless
Wireless 3.91 avg rating — 3,124 ratings
85.
GRRM: A RRetrospective
GRRM: A RRetrospective 4.19 avg rating — 752 ratings
85.
Human for a Day
Human for a Day 3.58 avg rating — 109 ratings
85.
Earth Is Room Enough
Earth Is Room Enough 4.05 avg rating — 10,117 ratings
85.
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea 4.04 avg rating — 3,322 ratings
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By Any Other Name
By Any Other Name 3.88 avg rating — 463 ratings
91.
Conservation of Shadows
Conservation of Shadows 4.02 avg rating — 941 ratings
91.
Other Worlds
Other Worlds 4.12 avg rating — 3,835 ratings
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Nine Hundred Grandmothers
Nine Hundred Grandmothers 4.18 avg rating — 737 ratings
91.
The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #3)
The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 3,018 ratings
91.
Robot Visions (Robot, #0.5)
Robot Visions (Robot, #0.5) 4.23 avg rating — 11,482 ratings
91.
Axiomatic
Axiomatic
by: Greg Egan
4.27 avg rating — 6,235 ratings
97.
Academic Exercises
Academic Exercises 4.32 avg rating — 697 ratings
97.
Other Worlds Than These
Other Worlds Than These 3.74 avg rating — 747 ratings
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Worlds That Weren't
Worlds That Weren't 3.62 avg rating — 577 ratings
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The Wind from a Burning Woman
The Wind from a Burning Woman
by: Greg Bear
3.53 avg rating — 323 ratings
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