notable short story collections by contemporary authors
Discover the best notable short story collections by contemporary authors. Explore acclaimed works and must-read books from today's top literary talents in this curated list.
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In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs
by Tobias Wolff
Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home …
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
by Yiyun Li
In this collection of stories, the author illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate.
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Tooth and Claw
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Since Descent of Manappeared in 1979, T. C. Boyle has transformed the nature of short fiction in our time; in a review of his most …
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Shiloh and Other Stories
by Bobbie Ann Mason
"These stories will last," said Raymond Carver of Shiloh and Other Stories when it was first published, and almost two decades later this stunning fiction …
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
by Haruki Murakami
From the surreal to the mundane, an anthology of short fiction captures a full range of human experience, emotion, and relationship in works that chronicle …
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Like You'd Understand, Anyway
by Jim Shepard
Brimming with irony, compassion, and withering humor, these 11 stories seem both eerily pertinent and exhilaratingly exotic, showcasing the work of a gifted writer at …
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
by Amy Hempel
With her trademark compassion and wit, Hempel takes readers into the marriages, minor disasters, and moments of revelation in an uneasy America.
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No One Belongs Here More Than You
by Miranda July
Presents a collection of short works featuring sympathetic protagonists whose inherent sensitivities render them particularly vulnerable to unexpected events.
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