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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction

My method was to list one work per author in each Best American Short Stories from 1968 to the most recent one (2021). So in the case of someone like John Updike, he has a lot of works on this list because he was in B.A.S.S. many times. There are around 75 authors from B.A.S.S. 1968 through 2021 who haven't published anything that made sense to go on this list. Most of these books are either short story collections or novels, with a fair number of memoirs and essay collections mixed in. I only included poetry when there wasn't any prose, because although I love poetry, I doubt many people would have read them. I also tried to go for lesser known works, if possible, because I think most of us get sick of seeing the same books over and over. But sometimes I had no choice; for example, Donna Tartt has barely published anything, so I went with The Secret History. I hope to do a second list with the authors from Best American Short Stories 1914 through 1967. I bet that will be much harder.
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All Things, All at Once (Lee K. Abbott)
All Things, All at Once (Lee K. Abbott)
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Strangers in Paradise (Lee K. Abbott)
Strangers in Paradise (Lee K. Abbott)
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How German Is It (Walter Abish)
How German Is It (Walter Abish)
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Superior Women (Alice Adams)
Superior Women (Alice Adams)
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Invincible Summer (Alice Adams)
Invincible Summer (Alice Adams)
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Caroline's Daughters (Alice Adams)
Caroline's Daughters (Alice Adams)
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A Southern Exposure (Alice Adams)
A Southern Exposure (Alice Adams)
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
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The Children's Hospital (Chris Adrian)
The Children's Hospital (Chris Adrian)
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Lost City Radio (Daniel Alarcón)
Lost City Radio (Daniel Alarcón)
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At Night We Walk in Circles (Daniel Alarcón)
At Night We Walk in Circles (Daniel Alarcón)
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Infinite Home (Kathleen Alcott)
Infinite Home (Kathleen Alcott)
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Reservation Blues (Sherman Alexie)
Reservation Blues (Sherman Alexie)
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Flight (Sherman Alexie)
Flight (Sherman Alexie)
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The Prophet of Zongo Street (Mohammed Naseehu Ali)
The Prophet of Zongo Street (Mohammed Naseehu Ali)
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Mustang Sally (Edward Allen)
Mustang Sally (Edward Allen)
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Cavedweller (Dorothy Allison)
Cavedweller (Dorothy Allison)
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Candyfreak (Steve Almond)
Candyfreak (Steve Almond)
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A Golden Age (Tahmima Anam)
A Golden Age (Tahmima Anam)
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Aquamarine (Carol Anshaw)
Aquamarine (Carol Anshaw)
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Seven Moves (Carol Anshaw)
Seven Moves (Carol Anshaw)
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Lucky in the Corner (Carol Anshaw)
Lucky in the Corner (Carol Anshaw)
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The Headmaster Ritual (Taylor Antrim)
The Headmaster Ritual (Taylor Antrim)
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Roommates: My Grandfather's Story (Max Apple)
Roommates: My Grandfather's Story (Max Apple)
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Lady Oracle (Margaret Atwood)
Lady Oracle (Margaret Atwood)
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The Rector of Justin (Louis Auchincloss)
The Rector of Justin (Louis Auchincloss)
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Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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God Clobbers Us All (Poe Ballantine)
God Clobbers Us All (Poe Ballantine)
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Cloudsplitter (Russell Banks)
Cloudsplitter (Russell Banks)
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Continental Drift (Russell Banks)
Continental Drift (Russell Banks)
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The Darling (Russell Banks)
The Darling (Russell Banks)
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Carson Valley (Bill Barich)
Carson Valley (Bill Barich)
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The Voyage of the Narwhal (Andrea Barrett)
The Voyage of the Narwhal (Andrea Barrett)
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Ship Fever: Stories (Andrea Barrett)
Ship Fever: Stories (Andrea Barrett)
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The Middle Kingdom (Andrea Barrett)
The Middle Kingdom (Andrea Barrett)
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The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (John Barth)
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Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
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Forty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Forty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
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