- The bazaar of bad dreams, stories, Stephen King
- Kaleidoscope, Brian Selznick
- Afterparties, stories, Anthony Veasna So
- Onlookers, stories, Ann Beattie
- The best American mystery stories, edited and with an introduction by Harlan Coben ; Otto Penzler, series editor, 2011
- It occurs to me that I am America, new stories and art, edited by Jonathan Santlofer ; introduction by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Not safe after dark, Peter Robinson
- The creativity project, edited by Colby Sharp
- Alfred Hitchcock's borrowers of the night, edited by Cathleen Jordan
- I walk between the raindrops, stories, T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Gleanings, stories from Arc of a Scythe, Neal Shusterman [with six others]
- Serendipity, ten romantic tropes, transformed, edited by Marissa Meyer ; with stories by Elise Bryant, Elizabeth Eulberg, Leah Johnson, Anna-Marie McLemore, Sandhya Menon, Marissa Meyer, Julie Murphy, Caleb Roehrig, Sarah Winifred Searle, Abigail Hing Wen
- Kinsey and me, stories, Sue Grafton
- Blackout, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
- 9 from the Nine Worlds, stories, by Rick Riordan
- Games and rituals, stories, Katherine Heiny
- First person singular, stories, Haruki Murakami ; translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel
- The Year's best science fiction ... annual collection
- Sourland, stories, Joyce Carol Oates
- The traveller, and other stories, Stuart Neville ; [foreword by John Connolly]
- A little bit super, with small powers come big problems, edited by Leah Henderson and Gary D. Schmidt
- The mistletoe murder, and other stories, P.D. James
- Thirteen ways of looking, fiction, Colum McCann
- The book of dragons, selected and illustrated by Michael Hague
- The book of dragons, an anthology, edited by Jonathan Strahan ; illustrated by Rovina Cai
- Endless summer, stories, Elin Hilderbrand
- Bark, stories, Lorrie Moore
- Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more lost stories, by Dr. Seuss ; introduction by Charles D. Cohen
- 9 from the Nine Worlds, Rick Riordan
- The angel of Rome, and other stories, Jess Walter
- The jealousy man and other stories, Jo Nesbø ; translated from the Norwegian by Robert Ferguson
- Tell tale, stories, Jeffrey Archer
- In the valley, stories and a novella based on Serena, Ron Rash
- Normal rules don't apply, stories, Kate Atkinson
- Charlie & Mouse, by Laurel Snyder ; illustrated by Emily Hughes
- Roman stories, Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by the author with Todd Portnowitz
- Deadly housewives, edited by Christine Matthews
- If it bleeds, Stephen King
- Dead but not forgotten, stories from the world of Sookie Stackhouse, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
- The ice cream machine, Adam Rubin ; illustrated by Daniel Salmieri, Charles Santoso, Liniers, Emily Hughes, Nicole Miles, Seaerra Miller
- The best American short stories 2011, selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines, by Geraldine Brooks, with Heidi Pitlor ; with an introduction by Geraldine Brooks
- Comics Squad, recess!, edited by Jennifer L. Holm, Matthew Holm, and Jarrett J. Krosoczka ; comics by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Dav Pilkey, Dan Santat, Raina Telgemeier & Dave Roman, Ursula Vernon, Eric Wight, Gene Luen Yang
- Daddy, stories, Emma Cline
- Learning to talk, stories, Hilary Mantel
- Too much happiness, stories by Alice Munro
- MatchUp, edited by Lee Child
- Anything is possible, Elizabeth Strout
- The year's best fantasy & horror, sixteenth annual collection, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- The cow of no color, riddle stories and justice tales from around the world, Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin ; pictures by Whitney Sherman
- An Elephant & Piggie, by Mo Willems, V. 5