Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondo Barbie | 1993 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 2 | Southwest Stories | 1993 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 3 | Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic | 1993 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 4 | Writing Women’s Lives | 1994 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 5 | The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction | 1999 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 6 | 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology | 2000 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 7 | 12 Short Stories and Their Making | 2005 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 8 | Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature | 2006 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 9 | Women of Color Pray | 2012 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 10 | Tales of Two Americas | 2017 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
| 11 | Five Short Stories by Women | 2021 | Sandra Cisneros | Buy |
Sandra Cisneros has contributed short fiction and poetry to eleven multi-author anthologies spanning from 1993 to 2021. These collections reflect her place in several overlapping literary traditions: Chicana literature (Bordering Fires, 2006), women’s writing (Writing Women’s Lives, 1994; Growing Up Female, 1993), and the broader American short story canon (The Scribner Anthology, 1999; 40 Short Stories, 2000).
More recent anthologies include Tales of Two Americas (2017) and Five Short Stories by Women (2021). These collections place Cisneros’s work alongside that of other major American writers and provide alternative entry points for readers new to her fiction.