Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century | 1954 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 2 | The Best American Short Stories 1964 | 1964 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 3 | A Southern Harvest | 1972 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 4 | Stories of the Modern South | 1977 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 5 | American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume 2 | 2000 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 6 | The Best American Short Stories of the Century | 2000 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
Robert Penn Warren’s anthology work reflects his position as one of American literature’s most respected voices. He edited or contributed to six anthologies, including Short Story Masterpieces (1954), which collected classic American and British short fiction, and A Southern Harvest (1972), which focused on writing from the American South.
Some of these anthologies appeared posthumously or in updated editions, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000). Warren’s involvement as an editor and selector of literary fiction shows his influence beyond his own creative writing, helping to define the canon of American short fiction during the twentieth century.