Exceptional Short Story Collections

Discover exceptional short story collections from renowned authors. Explore captivating tales, masterful storytelling, and literary brilliance in these must-read book compilations.

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Women in Their Beds

 

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Dancing After Hours

by Andre Dubus

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year From a genuine hero of the American short story comes a luminous collection that reveals the …
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Finding a Girl in America

by Andre Dubus

Set in Dubus's largely coastal New England world, these short works focus on the residual anguish and momentary elation of deep emotional attachments--between lovers, between …
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Where I'm Calling From

by Raymond Carver

The final story collection from “one of the great short story writers of our time” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) features classic stories from Cathedral, What We …
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The Stories of John Cheever

by John Cheever

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A seminal collection from one of the true masters of the short story. Spanning the duration of Cheever’s …
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The Complete Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories …
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Collected Stories

by Saul Bellow

Provides a collection of short stories by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Interpreter of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri

Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and a baffling new world, the characters in Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of …
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The Night In Question

by Tobias Wolff

One of the sinuous and subtly crafted stories in Tobias Wolff's new collection--his first in eleven years--begins with a man biting a dog. The fact …
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Early Short Stories

 

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Kissing in Manhattan

by David Schickler

Hilarious, sexy, and deeply tender, Kissing in Manhattan was one of the most celebrated debuts in recent years. Acclaimed author David Schickler’s collection of linked …
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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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Safety of Objects

by A. M. Homes

Published to overwhelming critical acclaim, this extraordinary collection of short stories established A. M. Homes as one of the most provocative and daring writers of …
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The Collected Stories

by William Trevor

A collection of short stories from celebrated author William Trevor in which he shines a light on the day-to-day life of Ireland and its citizens. …
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Stories

by Katherine Mansfield

Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different …
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Collected Stories

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Collected here are twenty-six of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most brilliant and enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from …
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Piano Stories

by Felisberto Hernández

Inhabited by rich, eccentric characters and full of strange and surprising landscapes, this collection of short stories deeply influenced a generation of magical realists.If I …
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The Progress of Love

by Alice Munro

Eleven stories, including "Miles City, Montana", "Lichen", and "White dump", reveal the nature of the power of love between children and parents, between siblings, and …
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Labyrinths

by Jorge Luis Borges

Forty short stories and essays have been selected as representative of the Argentine writer's metaphysical narratives.
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