Influential short story collections
Discover the most influential short story collections that shaped literature. Explore timeless classics and modern masterpieces from renowned authors worldwide.
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Where I'm Calling from
by Raymond Carver
The last collection published during Carver's life, "Where I'm Calling From" contains 37 of his best stories and reflects his development as a writer over …
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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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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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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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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
by Raymond Carver
The most celebrated story collection from “one of the true American masters” (The New York Review of Books)—a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, …
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Bad Behavior
by Mary Gaitskill
Powerful stories of dislocation, longing and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is groping for human connection. (Or, more simply …
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Come to Me
by Amy Bloom
Nominated for a National Book Award, this fresh and stunning collection of stories takes the reader deep into the heart of the most alarming and …
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Dubliners
by James Joyce
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader understand Joyce's use of textures, dialect, and symbols.Each …
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Reasons to Live
by Amy Hempel
Hempel's now-classic collection of short fiction is peopled by complex characters who have discovered that their safety nets are not dependable and who must now …
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The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
By the author of GĚ€oing after Cacciato'. War fiction highlighting the traumatic sights, sounds, smells, fears and guilts of a Vietnam foot soldier.
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Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
A collection of short stories dealing with a small town in Ohio.
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The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
by Katherine Anne Porter
Porter's reputation as one of americanca's most distinguished writers rests chiefly on her superb short stories. This volume includes the collections Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, …
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The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway
by Ernest Hemingway
The complete, authoritative collection of Ernest Hemingway's short fiction, including classic stories like "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and "The Short Happy …