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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 16

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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Niagara Falls All Over Again (Elizabeth McCracken)
Niagara Falls All Over Again (Elizabeth McCracken)
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Bowlaway (Elizabeth McCracken)
Bowlaway (Elizabeth McCracken)
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Actress in the House (Joseph McElroy)
Actress in the House (Joseph McElroy)
604
My Purple Scented Novel (Ian McEwan)
My Purple Scented Novel (Ian McEwan)
605
Nostalgia (Dennis McFarland)
Nostalgia (Dennis McFarland)
606
Cloudbursts (Thomas McGuane)
Cloudbursts (Thomas McGuane)
607
Panama (Thomas McGuane)
Panama (Thomas McGuane)
608
Driving on the Rim (Thomas McGuane)
Driving on the Rim (Thomas McGuane)
609
Nothing but Blue Skies (Thomas McGuane)
Nothing but Blue Skies (Thomas McGuane)
610
Ninety-Two in the Shade (Thomas McGuane)
Ninety-Two in the Shade (Thomas McGuane)
611
All My Relations (Christopher McIlroy)
All My Relations (Christopher McIlroy)
612
The Sand Pebbles (Richard McKenna)
The Sand Pebbles (Richard McKenna)
613
Troubled by His Complexion (Lissa McLaughlin)
Troubled by His Complexion (Lissa McLaughlin)
614
Bound Like Grass (Ruth McLaughlin)
Bound Like Grass (Ruth McLaughlin)
615
Dreaming of Lost America (Eugene McNamara)
Dreaming of Lost America (Eugene McNamara)
616
Far Far Away (Tom McNeal)
Far Far Away (Tom McNeal)
617
One Dog Happy (Molly McNett)
One Dog Happy (Molly McNett)
618
Hue and Cry (James Alan McPherson)
Hue and Cry (James Alan McPherson)
619
Crabcakes (James Alan McPherson)
Crabcakes (James Alan McPherson)
620
Assorted Fire Events (David Means)
Assorted Fire Events (David Means)
621
The Secret Goldfish (David Means)
The Secret Goldfish (David Means)
622
The Spot (David Means)
The Spot (David Means)
623
Fat Man and Little Boy (Mike Meginnis)
Fat Man and Little Boy (Mike Meginnis)
624
The Contracted World (Peter Meinke)
The Contracted World (Peter Meinke)
625
Half in Love (Maile Meloy)
Half in Love (Maile Meloy)
626
The Nachman Stories (Leonard Michaels)
The Nachman Stories (Leonard Michaels)
627
Shuffle (Leonard Michaels)
Shuffle (Leonard Michaels)
628
I Would Have Saved Them If I Could (Leonard Michaels)
I Would Have Saved Them If I Could (Leonard Michaels)
629
Presence: Collected Stories (Arthur Miller)
Presence: Collected Stories (Arthur Miller)
630
The Story of My Father (Sue Miller)
The Story of My Father (Sue Miller)
631
Family Pictures (Sue Miller)
Family Pictures (Sue Miller)
632
Portrait of a Romantic (Steven Millhauser)
Portrait of a Romantic (Steven Millhauser)
633
Voices in the Night (Steven Millhauser)
Voices in the Night (Steven Millhauser)
634
In the Penny Arcade (Steven Millhauser)
In the Penny Arcade (Steven Millhauser)
635
Little Kingdoms (Steven Millhauser)
Little Kingdoms (Steven Millhauser)
636
The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (Steven Millhauser)
The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (Steven Millhauser)
637
The Golden Road (Caille Millner)
The Golden Road (Caille Millner)
638
The Tiger in the Attic (Edith Milton)
The Tiger in the Attic (Edith Milton)
639
Corridors (Edith Milton)
Corridors (Edith Milton)
640
The Blue Belly of the World (John R. Milton)
The Blue Belly of the World (John R. Milton)
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