Good openings against the Sicilian

Hi guys

I like playing e4 as white and the Sicilian defense as black. However, I don't like playing the open Sicilian when I play e4 and the opponent plays c5. Are there any openings you recommend after I play e4 and the opponent replies with c5.

A number of possibilities are discussed in:
Starting Out: The Sicilian by GM John Emms (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627122350/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen123.pdf
Suggestions can be found in:
A Simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Sam Collins
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/A_Simple_Chess_Opening_Repertoire_for_White.pdf
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Vincent Moret
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9033.pdf
The King's Indian attack - Move by Move by GM Neil McDonald (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7277.pdf
Starting Out: King's Indian Attack by John Emms (2005)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627034051/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen81.pdf
The Complete c3 Sicilian by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626234618/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen141.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/944.pdf
Starting Out: Closed Sicilian by Richard Palliser (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175558/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen87.pdf

The Closed Sicilian - Move by Move by FM Carsten Hansen (2017)

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7715.pdf
The Grand Prix Attack by Evgeny Sveshnikov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626232217/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen171.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/979.pdf
Mayhem in the Morra by Marc Esserman (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
The Rossolimo Sicilian by Victor Bologan
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626195254/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen147.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/952.pdf
Rossolimo and Friends by Alexei Kornev (2015)
http://gainesvillechesstraining.com/?page_id=393
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7501.pdf
The Modern Anti-Sicilian: 1.e4 c5 2.a3 by Sergei Soloviov (2014)
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7393.pdf
A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid by Evgeny and Vladimir Sveshnikov
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9020.pdf
Coming soon:
Playing 1.e4 - Sicilian & French by John Shaw
If you decide to go for the open Sicilian, you could look in:

Taming the Sicilian by Nigel Davies (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf
Slay the Sicilian by Timothy Taylor (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen160.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7080.pdf
Steamrolling the Sicilian by Sergey Kasparov (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627101148/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen174.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/987.pdf
MODERNIZED: The Open Sicilian written by IM Zhanibek Amanov and FM Kostya Kavutskiy (2015)
http://claudiamunoz.com/index.php/en/chess-book-reviews/5430-my-book-review-modernized-the-open-sicilian
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7500.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Negi_1e4_vs_the_Sicilian_One-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GrandmasterRepertoire1e4vsSicilianII-excerpt.pdf
Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 vs The Sicilian III by Parimarjan Negi
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/1e4vsSicilianIII-excerpt.pdf
Neil McDonald's Starting Out 1.e4
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf
http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/opening-books-en-masse-part-3

If you don't like playing open Sicilian positions, you could try playing the King's Indian Attack (KIA). In this opening, White plays a set-up with e4, d3, and a fianchetto on the kingside. A typical example of moves for White are shown in the board below. Typically, White will play for an attack on the kingside while Black will play on the queenside. Depending on the variation, White may play to close the centre with e5 or open it up with exd5. This will most likely be determined by the position of Black's king. One of the advantages of the King's Indian Attack is that it can be played as part of an 1.e4 repertoire or it can be used mostly as a standalone opening repertoire for White. For example, it can be played against the Sicilian Defence, French Defence, and Caro-Kann. By adopting a move order with 1.Nf3, White can avoid the open games (1.e4 e5) and the Scandinavian (1.e4 d5) and still plough ahead with a KIA system. The downside to the KIA is that there is a lot to be learned from playing the open Sicilians and in the long-term I would recommend tackling the open Sicilians head on. 

Rossolimo attack

I don't understand why some people play 1.e4 but don't want to play Open Sicilians.  That's like the single BEST reason to play 1.e4!  

"... There is no doubt in my mind that if you really want to test the Sicilian then you have to play the main lines of the Open Sicilian. The problem is that there are just so many of them ... and keeping up with developments in all of them is a substantial task. ... as you become older, with other demands on your time (family, job, etc.) then it becomes more and more difficult to keep up with everything. At this stage it may make sense to reduce your theoretical overhead by adopting one of the 'lesser' lines against the Sicilian: 2 c3, or the Closed Sicilian, or lines with Bb5. ..." - GM John Nunn in part of a 2005 book where he discussed a 1994 game in which he had played 2 c3.

This is a myth, you can play Open Sicilians without putting in a huge investment in time.  It's fairly easy to play sidelines within the Open Sicilian or even find your own novelties within any of the mainlines and develop your personal repertoire around them.  You can even do a "system approach" and play Be2 systems against everything, English attack systems against everything, g3 systems, etc.  I just think its pointless to even play 1.e4 if you're afraid to really challenge Sicilian players, might as well play 1.d4/c4/Nf3 in that case.  

Play the Alapin it is a simple system that helps you get nicer sicilian positions.

"... the repertoire [in Taming the Sicilian] is based around lines that involve a fianchetto of White's king’s bishop; this choice is in my opinion a very reasonable choice, as the lines are not too difficult to memorise and understand, and in addition, they are not terribly popular, so your opponent may not know the lines particularly well, therefore enabling you to obtain a good position without too many headaches.

That being said, there is a very good reason why these lines are not terribly popular: they are quite tame. Having played various variations in the Sicilian over the years, I can safely say that it was not the fianchetto lines that kept me from sleeping at night. Not that I didn't study them, but against best play from Black, they are relatively innocuous, leaving Black with a relatively easy game, but of course this is where Davies enters to prove me, and undoubtedly many others, wrong. ... " - FM Carsten Hansen (2003)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627033203/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen46.pdf

Against 2...e6 Sicilians, I play the KIA:

Against 2...d6 Sicilians, I play the Nimzovich-Rossolimo/Canal-Sokolsky attack:

Not necessarily optimal, but works for me.

1.  e4 c5 2. d4

1. e4 c5 2. c3

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3