- Maria, Maria, and other stories, Marytza K. Rubio
- Black dahlia & white rose, Joyce Carol Oates
- A twisted tale anthology, edited by Elizabeth Lim
- Into the forest, tales of the Baba Yaga, edited by Lindy Ryan
- Fit for the gods, Greek mythology reimagined, edited by Jenn Northington & S. Zainab Williams
- Nothing with strings, NPR's beloved holiday stories, Bailey White
- The complete shorter fiction, Herman Melville ; with an introduction by John Updike
- American spirits, Russell Banks
- The language of thorns, midnight tales and dangerous magic, Leigh Bardugo ; illustrated by Sara Kipin
- The little bookroom, Eleanor Farjeon's short stories for children chosen by herself, Eleanor Farjean ; illustrated by Edward Ardizzone ; afterword by Rumer Godden
- East Jerusalem noir, edited by Rawya Jarjoura Burbara ; translated from Arabic by Roger Allen, Marilyn Booth, Catherine Cobham, Raphael Cormack, Sawad Hussain, Dr. Nazih Kassis, Nancy Roberts and Max Weiss
- Leaping Beauty, and other animal fairy tales, Gregory Maguire ; illustrated by Chris L. Demarest
- The collectors, an anthology, edited by A.S. King
- Death wears a beauty mask and other stories, Mary Higgins Clark
- Tomorrow in Shanghai, and other stories, May-lee Chai
- Morris and Boris, three stories, Written and illustrated by Bernard Wiseman. --
- Skin and other stories, by Roald Dahl
- A day in the life of a smiling woman, complete short stories, Margaret Drabble ; edited by José Francisco Fernández
- The Random House book of sports stories, selected by L.M. Schulman ; illustrated by Thomas B. Allen
- The O. Henry Prize stories 2019, chosen and with an introduction by Laura Furman ; with essays by jurors Lynn Freed, Elizabeth Strout, Lara Vapnyar on the stories they admire most
- Dragons at Crumbling Castle, and other tales, Terry Pratchett ; illustrations by Mark Beech
- Your utopia, Bora Chung ; translated by Anton Hur
- The refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Minecraft, stories from the overworld, V. 1
- The beautiful indifference, stories, Sarah Hall
- Bravery
- Richard Scarry's favorite storybook ever, [Richard Scarry]
- Two nurses, smoking, stories, David Means
- True heroes, a treasury of modern-day fairy tales written by best-selling authors, edited by Jonathan Diaz ; with Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, Jennifer A. Nielsen ; photographs by Jonathan Diaz
- After the funeral and other stories, Tessa Hadley
- The scarlet circus, Jane Yolen ; introduction by Brandon Sanderson
- Christmas treasury
- If I were the ocean, I'd carry you home, stories, Peter Hsu
- Magic has no borders, edited by Sona Charaipotra & Samira Ahmed
- My father's tears and other stories, by John Updike
- Fresh complaint, stories, Jeffrey Eugenides
- Full throttle, stories, Joe Hill
- Trigger warning, short fictions and disturbances, Neil Gaiman
- The angel Esmeralda, nine stories, Don DeLillo
- Shit Cassandra saw, stories, Gwen E. Kirby
- Uhtred's feast, inside the world of the Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell with Suzanne Pollak
- George and Martha, the complete stories about two best friends, by James Marshall
- The questions that matter most, reading, writing, and the exercise of freedom, Jane Smiley
- Great stories of the sea & ships, edited and with an introduction by N.C. Wyeth ; illustrated by Peter Hurd
- A Loving voice, a caregiver's book of read-aloud stories for the elderly, edited by Carolyn Banks and Janis Rizzo
- A tyranny of petticoats, 15 stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls, edited by Jessica Spotswood
- Just so stories, by Rudyard Kipling ; illustrated by Rudyard Kipling and Joseph M. Gleeson
- A postcard for Annie, Ida Jessen ; translated from the Danish by Martin Aitken
- Pretend it's my body, stories, Luke Dani Blue
- Belfast noir, edited by Adrian McKinty & Stuart Neville