ISFDB Top 100 Short Stories (Popular List)
1 1189 Bears Discover Fire Terry Bisson
2 1080 Coraline Neil Gaiman
3 964 The Gallery of His Dreams Kristine Kathryn Rusch
4 961 Oceanic Greg Egan
5 960 Blood of the Dragon George R. R. Martin
6 950 None So Blind Joe Haldeman
7 911 Jeffty Is Five Harlan Ellison
8 910 Think Like a Dinosaur James Patrick Kelly
9 905 Cocoon Greg Egan
10 890 Echea Kristine Kathryn Rusch
11 870 The Night We Buried Road Dog Jack Cady
12 870 Death on the Nile Connie Willis
13 870 "...Where Angels Fear to Tread" Allen Steele
14 865 When the Old Gods Die Mike Resnick
15 861 The 43 Antarean Dynasties Mike Resnick
16 851 Beauty and the Opéra or The Phantom
Beast Suzy McKee Charnas
17 850 Even the Queen Connie Willis
18 849 Danny Goes to Mars Pamela Sargent
19 836 Les Fleurs du Mal Brian Stableford
20 835 Barnacle Bill the Spacer Lucius Shepard
21 820 Mefisto in Onyx Harlan Ellison
22 815 Hunting the Snark Mike Resnick
23 810 Dancing on Air Nancy Kress
24 805 Forgiveness Day Ursula K. Le Guin
25 801 The Chop Girl Ian R. MacLeod
26 800 The Martian Child David Gerrold
27 800 Radiant Green Star Lucius Shepard
28 789 The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter Lucius Shepard
29 785 The Summer Isles Ian R. MacLeod
30 780 The Lincoln Train Maureen F. McHugh
31 775 Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge Mike Resnick
32 775 Bibi Mike Resnick and
Susan Shwartz
33 765 Rachel in Love Pat Murphy
34 752 The Hemingway Hoax Joe Haldeman
35 742 Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress
36 736 Gas Fish Mary Rosenblum
37 735 Wall, Stone, Craft Walter Jon Williams
38 733 The Last of the Winnebagos Connie Willis
39 726 Mwalimu in the Squared Circle Mike Resnick
40 726 Hatrack River Orson Scott Card
41 725 Angel Pat Cadigan
42 725 Three Hearings on the Existence of
Snakes in the Human Bloodstream James Alan Gardner
43 723 The Manamouki Mike Resnick
44 720 The Winds of Marble Arch Connie Willis
45 718 The Father of Stones Lucius Shepard
46 710 The Wild Girls Ursula K. Le Guin
47 710 Taklamakan Bruce Sterling
48 701 Age of Aquarius William Barton
49 692 The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule Lucius Shepard
50 692 Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov
51 690 Stellar Harvest Eleanor Arnason
52 689 Protection Maureen F. McHugh
53 680 The Elephants on Neptune Mike Resnick
54 676 The Land of Nod Mike Resnick
55 675 Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out
Tonight Ursula K. Le Guin
56 660 We Will Drink a Fish Together... Bill Johnson
57 655 England Underway Terry Bisson
58 655 The Flowers of Aulit Prison Nancy Kress
59 653 The Persistence of Vision John Varley
60 652 Bones Pat Murphy
61 649 The Winter Market William Gibson
62 648 The Brave Little Toaster Thomas M. Disch
63 645 Aurora in Four Voices Catherine Asaro
64 640 The Dog Said Bow-Wow Michael Swanwick
65 635 Moon Dogs Michael Swanwick
66 635 Ancient Engines Michael Swanwick
67 635 Itsy Bitsy Spider James Patrick Kelly
68 635 On the Orion Line Stephen Baxter
69 635 Time Travelers Never Die Jack McDevitt
70 630 The Arbitrary Placement of Walls Martha Soukup
71 629 The Ultimate Earth Jack Williamson
72 627 R & R Lucius Shepard
73 626 Piper at the Gates of Dawn Richard Cowper
74 626 Cibola Connie Willis
75 625 Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers Lawrence Watt-Evans
76 622 Bully! Mike Resnick
77 615 In the Late Cretaceous Connie Willis
78 615 The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg
79 611 Radiant Doors Michael Swanwick
80 611 Deep Eddy Bruce Sterling
81 610 A Woman's Liberation Ursula K. Le Guin
82 600 Last Summer at Mars Hill Elizabeth Hand
83 600 The Diamond Pit Jack Dann
84 593 Black Air Kim Stanley Robinson
85 591 Barnaby in Exile Mike Resnick
86 590 Breathmoss Ian R. MacLeod
87 585 Hell Is the Absence of God Ted Chiang
88 585 The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman
89 585 Mountain Ways Ursula K. Le Guin
90 585 The Death of Captain Future Allen Steele
91 580 Radio Waves Michael Swanwick
92 580 Scherzo with Tyrannosaur Michael Swanwick
93 575 Story of Your Life Ted Chiang
94 571 Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another Robert Silverberg
95 570 Oracle Greg Egan
96 566 The Planck Dive Greg Egan
97 566 Boobs Suzy McKee Charnas
98 565 The Nutcracker Coup Janet Kagan
99 564 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler
100 564 Press Enter [] John Varley
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