Best Short Story Anthologies Of 2026

by Peter | Last Updated: September 25, 2025

Reading in bed is a common habit of many. Do you also enjoy it? Today let us present to you the Top 10 best short story anthologies.

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Best Short Story Anthologies

Rank	Product Name	Score
1	The Best American Short Stories 2022 Check Price at Amazon	9. 7 Check Price
2	100 Great Short Stories: Selections from Poe, London, Twain, Melville, Kipling, Dickens, Joyce and many more (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) Check Price at Amazon	9. 5 Check Price
3	The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection) Check Price at Amazon	9. 1 Check Price
4	Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms Check Price at Amazon	8. 8 Check Price
5	The Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses 2023 Edition (The Pushcart Prize Anthologies) Check Price at Amazon	8. 6 Check Price
6	The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 (Touchstone Books (Paperback)) Check Price at Amazon	8. 2 Check Price
7	The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror Check Price at Amazon	8. 0 Check Price
8	One World: A global anthology of short stories Check Price at Amazon	7 .7 Check Price
9	100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) Check Price at Amazon	7. 4 Check Price
10	The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story Check Price at Amazon	7. 2 Check Price

1. The Best American Short Stories 2022

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2. 100 Great Short Stories: Selections from Poe, London, Twain, Melville, Kipling, Dickens, Joyce and many more (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)

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3. The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection)

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4. Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short-Short Stories, Prose Poems, Brief Essays, and Other Short Prose Forms

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5. The Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses 2023 Edition (The Pushcart Prize Anthologies)

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6. The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: 50 North American Stories Since 1970 (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

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7. The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror

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8. One World: A global anthology of short stories

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9. 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series)

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10. The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

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