Short Story Collections
- Contes de l'absurde (1953)
- E=mc2 (1957)
- Histoires charitables (1965)
- Time Out of Mind: And Other Stories (1966; twelve stories from Boulle's first three collections tr. by Xan Fielding and Elisabeth Abbott)
- Quia absurdum: sur la Terre comme au Ciel (1966; tr. in 1970 as Because It Is Absurd: On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Elisabeth Abbott)
- Histoires perfides (1976; tr. in 1977 as The Marvelous Palace And Other Stories by Margaret Giovanelli)
- L'enlèvement de l'obélisque (2007; posthumous)
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