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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 12

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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Destroy All Monsters (Greg Hrbek)
Destroy All Monsters (Greg Hrbek)
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Nothing Can Make Me Do This (David Huddle)
Nothing Can Make Me Do This (David Huddle)
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The Listener and Other Stories (Helen Hudson)
The Listener and Other Stories (Helen Hudson)
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The Empty Lot (Mary Gray Hughes)
The Empty Lot (Mary Gray Hughes)
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The Calling (Mary Gray Hughes)
The Calling (Mary Gray Hughes)
446
Running From Legs (Evan Hunter)
Running From Legs (Evan Hunter)
447
Yonder (Siri Hustvedt)
Yonder (Siri Hustvedt)
448
What I Loved (Siri Hustvedt)
What I Loved (Siri Hustvedt)
449
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction (Karl Iagnemma)
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction (Karl Iagnemma)
450
Down the American River and Other Stories (Rose Graubart Ignatow)
Down the American River and Other Stories (Rose Graubart Ignatow)
451
Every Hunter Wants to Know (Mikhail Iossel)
Every Hunter Wants to Know (Mikhail Iossel)
452
Motherest (Kristen Iskandrian)
Motherest (Kristen Iskandrian)
453
The Man Who Took a Bite Out of His Wife and Other Stories (Bev Jafek)
The Man Who Took a Bite Out of His Wife and Other Stories (Bev Jafek)
454
Glossolalia (David Jauss)
Glossolalia (David Jauss)
455
Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories (Gish Jen)
Thank You, Mr. Nixon: Stories (Gish Jen)
456
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
457
Mona in the Promised Land (Gish Jen)
Mona in the Promised Land (Gish Jen)
458
So Loud a Silence (Lyll Becerra De Jenkins)
So Loud a Silence (Lyll Becerra De Jenkins)
459
The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay (Beverly Jensen)
The Sisters From Hardscrabble Bay (Beverly Jensen)
460
Travelers (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)
Travelers (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)
461
Facing Shadows (Ha Jin)
Facing Shadows (Ha Jin)
462
Ocean of Words (Ha Jin)
Ocean of Words (Ha Jin)
463
The Bridegroom (Ha Jin)
The Bridegroom (Ha Jin)
464
A Free Life (Ha Jin)
A Free Life (Ha Jin)
465
Little Gods (Meng Jin)
Little Gods (Meng Jin)
466
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
The Orphan Master's Son (Adam Johnson)
467
Oxherding Tale (Charles Johnson)
Oxherding Tale (Charles Johnson)
468
The Wicked City (Curt Johnson)
The Wicked City (Curt Johnson)
469
The Incognito Lounge (Denis Johnson)
The Incognito Lounge (Denis Johnson)
470
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
471
The Stars at Noon (Denis Johnson)
The Stars at Noon (Denis Johnson)
472
Fair Game (Diane Johnson)
Fair Game (Diane Johnson)
473
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
My Monticello (Jocelyn Nicole Johnson)
474
Corpus Christi (Bret Anthony Johnston)
Corpus Christi (Bret Anthony Johnston)
475
Remember Me Like This (Bret Anthony Johnston)
Remember Me Like This (Bret Anthony Johnston)
476
Women Who Kill (Ann Jones)
Women Who Kill (Ann Jones)
477
Lost in the City (Edward P. Jones)
Lost in the City (Edward P. Jones)
478
All Aunt Hagar's Children (Edward P. Jones)
All Aunt Hagar's Children (Edward P. Jones)
479
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (Thom Jones)
Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine (Thom Jones)
480
Cold Snap (Thom Jones)
Cold Snap (Thom Jones)
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