11 Top fiction books like 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) by Lorrie Moore

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100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series)

By: Lorrie Moore

4.13

Format: 753 pages, Kindle Edition

The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in …

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Cover of The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Joyce Carol Oates, None, George Saunders, Richard Powers, Geraldine Brooks, Nathan Englander, Jennifer Egan, Sam Lipsyte, Allegra Goodman, Steven Millhauser, Tom Bissell, Rebecca Makkai, Elizabeth McCracken, None, Claire Keegan, Mark Slouka, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Heidi Pitlor, Caitlin Horrocks, Bret Anthony Johnston, Ricardo Nuila, Jess Row

1. The Best American Short Stories 2011

By: Joyce Carol Oates , None , George Saunders , Richard Powers , Geraldine Brooks , Nathan Englander , Jennifer Egan , Sam Lipsyte , Allegra Goodman , Steven Millhauser , Tom Bissell , Rebecca Makkai , Elizabeth McCracken , None , Claire Keegan , Mark Slouka , Megan Mayhew Bergman , Heidi Pitlor , Caitlin Horrocks , Bret Anthony Johnston , Ricardo Nuila , Jess Row

3.86

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier ann… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short story collection
  • literature
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Ride With Me, Mariah Montana

By: Ivan Doig

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This greathearted novel is the finale of Ivan Doig's passionate and authentic trilogy about the McC… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
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3. The Book of Salt

By: Monique Truong

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Binh, a Vietnamese cook, flees Saigon in 1929, disgracing his family to serve as a galley hand at s… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction

4. The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction

By: John Dufresne

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Finally, a truly creative--and hilarious--guide to creative writing, full of encouragement and soun… read more

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5. The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

By: James Patterson , Otto Penzler

4.15

Format: 32 pages,

Mega best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson edits a collection of the best myst… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies

6. Dancing at the Rascal Fair

By: Ivan Doig

3.65

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

The central volume in Ivan Doig's acclaimed Montana trilogy, Dancing at the Rascal Fairis an authen… read more

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7. Rachel in Love

By: Pat Murphy

3.82

Format: None pages,

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8. Amatka

By: Karin Tidbeck

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A surreal and shockingly original debut novel set in a dystopian world shaped by language--literall… read more

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9. The Portable Veblen

By: Elizabeth Mckenzie

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Portable Veblenis a dazzlingly original novel that's as big-hearted as it is laugh-out-loud fun… read more

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10. English Creek

By: Ivan Doig

4.00

Format: None pages,

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11. Saint Maybe

By: Anne Tyler

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 1965, the happy Bedloe family is living an ideal, apple-pie existence in Baltimore. Then, in the… read more

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12. This Boy's Life

By: Tobias Wolff

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This unforgettable memoir, by one of our most gifted writers, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff… read more

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13. The Best American Short Stories 2023

By: Min Jin Lee

3.77

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short story collection
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection) by Lauren Groff

14. The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection)

By: Lauren Groff

3.72

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Jamil Jan Kochai, David Ry… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short story collection
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
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15. Temple Folk

By: Aaliyah Bilal

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam by Mike Guardia

16. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

By: Mike Guardia

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more

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Cover of Paradiso (Paradiso #1) by Francesca Scanacapra

17. Paradiso (Paradiso #1)

By: Francesca Scanacapra

4.17

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 by Otto Penzler

18. The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023

By: Otto Penzler

3.85

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Je… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies

19. Diem Perdidi

By: Julie Otsuka

4.17

Format: 10 pages, None

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  • short stories
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20. This Is Pleasure: A Story

By: Mary Gaitskill

3.47

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

Starting with Bad Behavior in the 1980s, Mary Gaitskill has been writing about gender relations wit… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) by Lorrie Moore

21. 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series)

By: Lorrie Moore

4.13

Format: 753 pages, Kindle Edition

The Best American Short Stories is the longest running and best-selling series of short fiction in … read more

Similar categories in Lorrie Moore's 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) book and Lorrie Moore's 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series)

  • literary fiction
  • classics
  • short story collection
  • literature
  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary

5 Best contemporary books like 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories (The Best American Series) by Lorrie Moore

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3.86

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Ivan Doig

3.85

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3.74

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Karen Russell

3.79

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Rick Bass

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Junot Díaz

3.46

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Toni Cade Bambara

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