Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (1976) is Carver's first major collection of short stories. It includes works developed over a period of fourteen years.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981) is Carver's second major short story collection. It is considered to be the epitome of Carver's "minimalist" style.

Cathedral (1984) is collection of short stories considered Carver's masterpiece. The title story, "Cathedral" is recognized as Carver's best.

Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories (1988) is Carver's fourth major collection of short stories. It includes revised versions of previously published stories.

Carver Country: The World of Raymond Carver (1990), with photographs by Bob Adelman, is a posthumously published collection of photographs that capture the flavor of the struggling working class world depicted in most of Carver's stories. It includes an introduction by his widowed wife, the poet Tess Gallagher...