Selected Shorts Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Selected Shorts books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon1993
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen)
Buy on Amazon2007
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2008
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2009
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2010
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2011
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2012
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories
Buy on Amazon1921
Great Tales of Action and Adventure
Buy on Amazon1958
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1959
Buy on Amazon1959
50 Great American Short Stories
Buy on Amazon1963
A St. Nicholas Anthology
Buy on Amazon1969
21 Great Stories
Buy on Amazon1969
The Battle of the Monsters and Other Stories
Buy on Amazon1976
Perspectives in Literature: A Book of Short Stories, Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon1983
Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls
Buy on Amazon1985
Mysterious Sea Stories
Buy on Amazon1987
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories
Buy on Amazon1993
The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark
Buy on Amazon2000
The Little Big Book of California
Buy on Amazon2005
The Arctic
Buy on Amazon2007
San Francisco Noir 2
Buy on Amazon2009
50 Classic Novellas
Buy on Amazon2011
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure
Buy on Amazon2011
Easy Reading for Difficult Devils: An Anthology of Dark Fiction
Buy on Amazon2014
Beach Books Anthology
Buy on Amazon2023
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Selected Shorts series is publication order: 1. For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space) (1993), 2. Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 3. Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 4. Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 5. Pets! (By: Symphony Space) (2007), and 26 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Selected Shorts series by Jack London contains 31 books. The series began in 1993 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Selected Shorts series is written by Jack London. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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