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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 20

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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The Wishbones (Tom Perrotta)
The Wishbones (Tom Perrotta)
762
Joe College (Tom Perrotta)
Joe College (Tom Perrotta)
763
The Odyssey of Katinou Kalokovich (Natalie L.M. Petesch)
The Odyssey of Katinou Kalokovich (Natalie L.M. Petesch)
764
Fast Lanes (Jayne Anne Phillips)
Fast Lanes (Jayne Anne Phillips)
765
The Second Happiest Day (John Phillips)
The Second Happiest Day (John Phillips)
766
My People's Waltz (Dale Ray Phillips)
My People's Waltz (Dale Ray Phillips)
767
Crossroads and Unholy Water (Marilene Phipps)
Crossroads and Unholy Water (Marilene Phipps)
768
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
769
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts (Sylvia Plath)
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts (Sylvia Plath)
770
Lay It on My Heart (Angela Pneuman)
Lay It on My Heart (Angela Pneuman)
771
Home Remedies (Angela Pneuman)
Home Remedies (Angela Pneuman)
772
Dating Miss Universe (Steven Polansky)
Dating Miss Universe (Steven Polansky)
773
A Perfect Life (Eileen Pollack)
A Perfect Life (Eileen Pollack)
774
Rich Boy (Sharon Pomerantz)
Rich Boy (Sharon Pomerantz)
775
The Near Future (Joe Ashby Porter)
The Near Future (Joe Ashby Porter)
776
Aliens of Affection (Padgett Powell)
Aliens of Affection (Padgett Powell)
777
Mrs Hollingsworth's Men (Padgett Powell)
Mrs Hollingsworth's Men (Padgett Powell)
778
Sacred Wilderness (Susan Power)
Sacred Wilderness (Susan Power)
779
The Time of Our Singing (Richard Powers)
The Time of Our Singing (Richard Powers)
780
The Gold Bug Variations (Richard Powers)
The Gold Bug Variations (Richard Powers)
781
Heirs of Grace (Tim Pratt)
Heirs of Grace (Tim Pratt)
782
A Long and Happy Life (Reynolds Price)
A Long and Happy Life (Reynolds Price)
783
The Foreseeable Future (Reynolds Price)
The Foreseeable Future (Reynolds Price)
784
Blue Calhoun (Reynolds Price)
Blue Calhoun (Reynolds Price)
785
The Peaceable Kingdom (Francine Prose)
The Peaceable Kingdom (Francine Prose)
786
Bird Cloud (Annie Proulx)
Bird Cloud (Annie Proulx)
787
Postcards (Annie Proulx)
Postcards (Annie Proulx)
788
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
The Shipping News (Annie Proux)
789
The Accordion Crimes (Annie Proulx)
The Accordion Crimes (Annie Proulx)
790
That Old Ace in the Hole (Annie Proulx)
That Old Ace in the Hole (Annie Proulx)
791
Barkskins (Annie Proulx)
Barkskins (Annie Proulx)
792
Last Day on Earth (Eric Puchner)
Last Day on Earth (Eric Puchner)
793
Model Home (Eric Puchner)
Model Home (Eric Puchner)
794
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
The Five Wounds (Kirstin Valdez Quade)
795
The Professor's Daughter (Emily Ishem Raboteau)
The Professor's Daughter (Emily Ishem Raboteau)
796
An Unrestored Woman (Shobha Rao)
An Unrestored Woman (Shobha Rao)
797
Something Rich and Strange (Ron Rash)
Something Rich and Strange (Ron Rash)
798
The Cove (Ron Rash)
The Cove (Ron Rash)
799
The World Made Straight (Ron Rash)
The World Made Straight (Ron Rash)
800
Passage West (Rishi Redi)
Passage West (Rishi Redi)
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