Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Night at Greenway Court and Other Stories | - | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 2 | Nanette: An Aside and Other Stories | - | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 3 | Jack-A-Boy, and El Dorado | 1901 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 4 | April Twilights and Other Poems | 1903 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 5 | A Death in the Desert, and The Sculptor’s Funeral | 1905 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 6 | The Troll Garden | 1905 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 7 | The Namesake, and the Profile | 1907 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 8 | A Collection of Stories, Reviews, and Essays | 1908 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 9 | A Gold Slipper, and Ardessa | 1918 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 10 | Youth and The Bright Medusa | 1920 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 11 | The Old Beauty and Others | 1948 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 12 | Five Stories | 1956 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 13 | Willa Cather’s Collected Short Fiction, 1892-1912 | 1965 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 14 | Collected Stories | 1970 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 15 | Uncle Valentine and Other Stories | 1973 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 16 | The Troll Garden and Selected Stories | 1990 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 17 | Stories, Poems, and Other Writings | 1992 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 18 | O Pioneers! and Other Tales of the Prairie | 1999 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 19 | The Troll Garden and Others | 2006 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 20 | The Count of Crow’s Nest and Other Stories | 2008 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 21 | The Professor’s Commencement, and the Treasure of Far Island | 2008 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 22 | The Treasure of Far Island and Other Stories | 2008 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 23 | A Wagner Matinee and Paul’s Case | 2008 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 24 | Peter and Other Stories | 2008 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 25 | Paul’s Case and Other Stories | 2012 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 26 | Youth and the Bright Medusa - Scholar’s Choice Edition | 2015 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 27 | Obscure Destinies | 2019 | Willa Cather | Buy |
| 28 | Under Far Horizons - Selected Poetry of Willa Cather | 2022 | Willa Cather | Buy |
This page lists 28 collections of Willa Cather’s short fiction, poetry, and essays published between 1901 and 2022. The earliest entries, like Jack-A-Boy, and El Dorado (1901) and The Troll Garden (1905), were published during Cather’s lifetime. Later volumes, starting with The Old Beauty and Others (1948), were assembled after her death in 1947. A few titles, including A Night at Greenway Court and Other Stories and Nanette: An Aside and Other Stories, have uncertain original publication dates.
Because Cather’s stories have been repackaged by many different publishers over the years, there is considerable overlap between these collections. The Troll Garden alone appears in at least three different editions on this list. Readers looking for a comprehensive single volume should consider the Library of America’s Stories, Poems, and Other Writings (1992) or the Vintage Collected Stories (1970), both of which gather a wide selection in one place.