Best Post-Carver Short Story Collections

Discover the best post-Carver short story collections that capture Raymond Carver's minimalist style. Explore top picks for powerful, concise storytelling in modern fiction.

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Birds of America

by Lorrie Moore

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A New York Times Editors' Choice A Pulishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Birds of America is …
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Close Range

by Annie Proulx

A collection of short stories, which includes the short story, Brokeback Mountain.
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Drown

by Junot Díaz

From the beloved and award-winning author Junot Díaz, a spellbinding saga of a family’s journey through the New World. A coming-of-age story of unparalleled power, …
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Jesus' Son

by Denis Johnson

Jesus' Son is a visionary chronicle of dreamers, addicts, and lost souls. These stories tell of spiraling grief and transcendence, of rock bottom and redemption, …
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Interpreter of Maladies

 

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Pastoralia

by George Saunders

A stunning collection including the story "Sea Oak," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the …
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Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

by Wells Tower

In Tower's debut collection of stories, families fall apart and messily try to reassemble themselves in an America that is touched with the seamy splendor …
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