The Best American Short Stories 2021

Author: Jesmyn Ward
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328485390
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor JesmynWard says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair."The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King's final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East, with real consequences, to an indigenous boy's gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience. These stories are poignant reminders of the possibilities of fiction: as you sink into world after world, become character after character, as Ward writes, you"forget yourself, and then, upon surfacing, know yourself and others anew. The Best American Short Stories 2021 includes GABRIEL BUMP - BRANDON HOBSON - DAVID MEANS- JANE PEK - TRACEY ROSE PEYTON - GEORGE SAUNDERS - BRYAN WASHINGTON - KEVIN WILSON - C PAM ZHANG and others

The Best American Short Stories 2014

Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547819226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 389

Book Description
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2019

Author: Anthony Doerr
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328465829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2022

Author: Andrew Sean Greer
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0358724392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

Book Description
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.

The Best American Short Stories 2020

Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Best American Series (R)
ISBN: 1328485366
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
New York Times best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld selects the twenty best short stories of the year.

The Best Short Stories 2021

Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593311256
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year—continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. "Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." —The Atlantic Monthly. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Featured in this collection: Daphne Palasi Andreades • David Means • Sindya Bhanoo • Crystal Wilkinson • Alice Jolly • David Rabe • Karina Sainz Borgo (translator, Elizabeth Bryer) • Jamel Brinkley • Tessa Hadley • Adachioma Ezeano • Anthony Doerr • Tiphanie Yanique • Joan Silber • Jowhor Ile • Emma Cline • Asali Solomon • Ben Hinshaw • Caroline Albertine Minor (translator, Caroline Waight) • Jianan Qian • Sally Rooney

The Best American Short Stories 2015

Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054793940X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Author: Maria Anderson (Fiction author)
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544582888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351

Book Description
Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

Author: Steph Cha
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358525691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. "Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others

The Best American Short Stories 2012

Author: Tom Perrotta
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547242107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
Presents twenty of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.