欧·亨利所著的《欧·亨利短篇小说选》收录了欧·亨利最负盛名的四十二篇短篇小说，多以20世纪初的纽约为背景，集中展现了世纪之交的时代风貌。作者敏锐地将社会热点问题剥离出来，以优雅和精炼的语言加以艺术再现。本书主人公多是小职员、警察、流浪汉和贫穷艺术家之类的小人物，但同时又是恩爱的夫妻、守信的友人、舍己为人的平民英雄等。小说构思精致机巧，情节张弛有度，结局往往出人意料，整体风格乐观诙谐，行文间充满机智。

The Gift of the Magi

A Cosmopolite in a Cafe

Between Rounds

The Skylight Room

A Service of Love

The Cop and the Anthem

Memoirs of a Yellow Dog

Mammon and the Archer

An Unfinished Story

Sisters of the Golden Circle

The Romance of a Busy Broker

The Furnished Room

Hearts and Crosses

Telemachus, Friend

The Handbook of Hymen

The Buyer from Cactus City

The Lost Blend

A Harlem Tragedy

The Last Leaf

The Count and the Wedding Guest

The Tale of a Tainted Tenner

Conscience in Art

The Man Higher Up

The Fifth Wheel

The Poet and the Peasant

A Municipal Report

The Third Ingredient

Buried Treasure

The Moment of Victory

The Head-Hunter

The Last of the Troubadours

Witches' Loaves

Roads of Destiny

' Next to Reading Matter'

A Double-Dyed Deceiver

A Retrieved Reformation

Two Renegades

While the Auto Waits

A Comedy in Rubber

One Thousand Dollars

'Girl'

The Marionettes