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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 18

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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Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway (Alice Munro)
682
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
683
The Beggar Maid (Alice Munro)
The Beggar Maid (Alice Munro)
684
The Moons of Jupiter (Alice Munro)
The Moons of Jupiter (Alice Munro)
685
Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
686
Away From Her (Alice Munro)
Away From Her (Alice Munro)
687
Boys and Girls (Alice Munro)
Boys and Girls (Alice Munro)
688
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
689
The View From Castle Rock (Alice Munro)
The View From Castle Rock (Alice Munro)
690
Queenie (Alice Munro)
Queenie (Alice Munro)
691
The World Doesn't Work That Way, but It Could (Yxta Maya Murrray)
The World Doesn't Work That Way, but It Could (Yxta Maya Murrray)
692
Aftermath (Scott Nadelson)
Aftermath (Scott Nadelson)
693
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea (Dina Nayeri)
A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea (Dina Nayeri)
694
Living to Tell (Antonya Nelson)
Living to Tell (Antonya Nelson)
695
Talking in Bed (Antonya Nelson)
Talking in Bed (Antonya Nelson)
696
Family Terrorists (Antonya Nelson)
Family Terrorists (Antonya Nelson)
697
Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still (Kent Nelson)
Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still (Kent Nelson)
698
In Partial Disgrace (Charles Newman)
In Partial Disgrace (Charles Newman)
699
Still Points North (Leigh Newman)
Still Points North (Leigh Newman)
700
Cruisers (Craig Nova)
Cruisers (Craig Nova)
701
Good Kids (Benjamin Nugent)
Good Kids (Benjamin Nugent)
702
Live Girls (Beth Nugent)
Live Girls (Beth Nugent)
703
For Rouenna (Sigrid Nunez)
For Rouenna (Sigrid Nunez)
704
Angel of Light (Joyce Carol Oates)
Angel of Light (Joyce Carol Oates)
705
Bellefleur (Joyce Carol Oates)
Bellefleur (Joyce Carol Oates)
706
A Garden of Earthly Delights (Joyce Carol Oates)
A Garden of Earthly Delights (Joyce Carol Oates)
707
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
Blonde (Joyce Carol Oates)
708
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Joyce Carol Oates)
709
A Book of American Martyrs (Joyce Carol Oates)
A Book of American Martyrs (Joyce Carol Oates)
710
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
American Appetites (Joyce Carol Oates)
711
The Assignation (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Assignation (Joyce Carol Oates)
712
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars. (Joyce Carol Oates)
Night. Sleep. Death. the Stars. (Joyce Carol Oates)
713
I Lock My Door Upon Myself (Joyce Carol Oates)
I Lock My Door Upon Myself (Joyce Carol Oates)
714
The Collector of Hearts (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Collector of Hearts (Joyce Carol Oates)
715
Son of the Morning (Joyce Carol Oates)
Son of the Morning (Joyce Carol Oates)
716
The Female of the Species (Joyce Carol Oates)
The Female of the Species (Joyce Carol Oates)
717
A Widow's Story (Joyce Carol Oates)
A Widow's Story (Joyce Carol Oates)
718
Cardiff, by the Sea (Joyce Carol Oates)
Cardiff, by the Sea (Joyce Carol Oates)
719
In Rough Country (Joyce Carol Oates)
In Rough Country (Joyce Carol Oates)
720
Evil Eye (Joyce Carol Oates)
Evil Eye (Joyce Carol Oates)
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