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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 21

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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801
Trompe L'oeil (Nancy Reisman)
Trompe L'oeil (Nancy Reisman)
802
In Praise of What Persists (Joyce Renwick)
In Praise of What Persists (Joyce Renwick)
803
Good Citizens Need Not Fear (Maria Reva)
Good Citizens Need Not Fear (Maria Reva)
804
Fishboy: A Ghost's Story (Mark Richard)
Fishboy: A Ghost's Story (Mark Richard)
805
Writing Humor (Mary Ann Rishel)
Writing Humor (Mary Ann Rishel)
806
Death Is Not an Option (Suzanne Rivecca)
Death Is Not an Option (Suzanne Rivecca)
807
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life (Tom Robbins)
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life (Tom Robbins)
808
This Is My Daughter (Roxana Robinson)
This Is My Daughter (Roxana Robinson)
809
The Illustrator (James Robison)
The Illustrator (James Robison)
810
Why Did I Ever (Mary Robison)
Why Did I Ever (Mary Robison)
811
A Good Baby (Leon Rooke)
A Good Baby (Leon Rooke)
812
The Musical Illusionist (Alex Rose)
The Musical Illusionist (Alex Rose)
813
The Sword of the Golem (Abraham Rothberg)
The Sword of the Golem (Abraham Rothberg)
814
Wondermonger (Michael Rothschild)
Wondermonger (Michael Rothschild)
815
Rhapsody of a Hermit & Three Tales (Michael Rothschild)
Rhapsody of a Hermit & Three Tales (Michael Rothschild)
816
The Train to Lo Wu (Jess Row)
The Train to Lo Wu (Jess Row)
817
Your Face in Mine (Jess Row)
Your Face in Mine (Jess Row)
818
White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination (Jess Row)
White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination (Jess Row)
819
The Heat of the Sun (Louis D. Rubin, Jr.)
The Heat of the Sun (Louis D. Rubin, Jr.)
820
Surfaces of a Diamond (Louis D. Rubin, Jr.)
Surfaces of a Diamond (Louis D. Rubin, Jr.)
821
Mating (Norman Rush)
Mating (Norman Rush)
822
Mortals (Norman Rush)
Mortals (Norman Rush)
823
Whites (Norman Rush)
Whites (Norman Rush)
824
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie)
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie)
825
Orange World and Other Stories (Karen Russell)
Orange World and Other Stories (Karen Russell)
826
Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Karen Russell)
Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Karen Russell)
827
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
828
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
Swamplandia! (Karen Russell)
829
The Whore's Child and Other Stories (Richard Russo)
The Whore's Child and Other Stories (Richard Russo)
830
Mohawk (Richard Russo)
Mohawk (Richard Russo)
831
The Peripatetic Coffin (Ethan Rutherford)
The Peripatetic Coffin (Ethan Rutherford)
832
Send Me (Patrick Ryan)
Send Me (Patrick Ryan)
833
Light Years (James Salter)
Light Years (James Salter)
834
Wolf Mountain (Peter Lars Sandberg)
Wolf Mountain (Peter Lars Sandberg)
835
The Late Interiors (Marjorie Sandor)
The Late Interiors (Marjorie Sandor)
836
The Secret Music at Tordesillas (Marjorie Sandor)
The Secret Music at Tordesillas (Marjorie Sandor)
837
Eleanor and Abel (Annette Sanford)
Eleanor and Abel (Annette Sanford)
838
Lasting Attachments (Annette Sanford)
Lasting Attachments (Annette Sanford)
839
Famous All Over Town (Danny Santiago)
Famous All Over Town (Danny Santiago)
840
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (William Saroyan)
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (William Saroyan)
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