| 100% | ASET | 4 | Frank O'Connor short story collection "___ of Variations" |
| 49% | UNCLETOMS | 9 | With 27-Across, Richard Wright short story collection of 1938: 2 wds. |
| 47% | OMNIBUS | 7 | Reprinted collection of short stories, say |
| 46% | IROBOT | 6 | Classic Isaac Asimov collection of short stories |
| 45% | TAKE | 4 | "Winner ___ Nothing," collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway |
| 44% | MEMORYWALL | 10 | Collection of short stories that 28-Across attempted to arrange "neurologically" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | FLANNERY | 8 | Short story writer o'connor |
| 43% | INPLAINSIGHT | 12 | 2019 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 43% | THEPHANTOM | 10 | & 13D — and Other Eerie Tales, 1888 collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | Short story collection by Frank Herbert ('85) which includes "The Road to Dune", a guidebook for pilgrims to the planet Arrakis |
| 41% | PRINCE | 6 | "The Happy ___ and Other Tales," 1888 collection of short stories for children by Oscar Wilde |
| 41% | SUN | 3 | "The Wind from the ___," 1972 collection of sci-fi short stories by Arthur C. Clarke |
| 41% | ANTH | 4 | Short story collection, for short |
| 41% | ONLYTHELUCKY | 12 | 2018 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring fictional police chief Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 40% | MAGI | 4 | O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the ___" |
| 40% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MORAL | 5 | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family |
| 39% | IROBOT | 6 | Short story collection introducing the Three Laws |
| 39% | MENWITHOUTWOMEN | 15 | 1927 Hemingway short story collection |
| 39% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 39% | OMNIBUS | 7 | Collection of stories |
| 39% | ANTHOLOGY | 9 | Collection of stories |
| 39% | ANTHOLOGIES | 11 | Collections of stories |
| 39% | OCONNOR | 7 | Frank —, author of 1944 story collection Crab Apple Jelly |
| 39% | CARVER | 6 | Raymond —, author of 1983 short story collection Cathedral |
| 38% | ANDERSON | 8 | Sherwood —, author of 1919 short story collection Winesburg, Ohio |
| 38% | ELLISON | 7 | Harlan —, author of 1988 short story collection Angry Candy |
| 38% | LUNCHPOEMS | 10 | 1964 Frank O’Hara collection written during breaks from his job at the Museum of Modern Art |
| 38% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 short story collection by Isaac Asimov |