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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 7

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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Islandborn (Junot Díaz)
Islandborn (Junot Díaz)
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Harry Gold (Millicent Dillon)
Harry Gold (Millicent Dillon)
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The Palace of Illusions (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni)
The Palace of Illusions (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni)
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Late Stories (Stephen Dixon)
Late Stories (Stephen Dixon)
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Sleep (Stephen Dixon)
Sleep (Stephen Dixon)
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Best Words, Best Order (Stephen Dobyns)
Best Words, Best Order (Stephen Dobyns)
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The Burn Palace (Stephen Dobyns)
The Burn Palace (Stephen Dobyns)
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (Cory Doctorow)
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (Cory Doctorow)
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Sweet Land Stories (E.L. Doctorow)
Sweet Land Stories (E.L. Doctorow)
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Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
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The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
The Book of Daniel (E.L. Doctorow)
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World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
World's Fair (E.L. Doctorow)
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Memory Wall (Anthony Doerr)
Memory Wall (Anthony Doerr)
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Four Seasons in Rome (Anthony Doerr)
Four Seasons in Rome (Anthony Doerr)
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Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
Stones for Ibarra (Harriet Doerr)
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Consider This, Señora (Harriet Doerr)
Consider This, Señora (Harriet Doerr)
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Beyond the Pavement (Albert Drake)
Beyond the Pavement (Albert Drake)
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Adultery & Other Choices (Andre Dubus)
Adultery & Other Choices (Andre Dubus)
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Broken Vessels (Andre Dubus)
Broken Vessels (Andre Dubus)
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The Last Worthless Evening (Andre Dubus)
The Last Worthless Evening (Andre Dubus)
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Finding a Girl in America (Andre Dubus)
Finding a Girl in America (Andre Dubus)
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All Set About With Fever Trees (Pam Durban)
All Set About With Fever Trees (Pam Durban)
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Childhood and Other Neighborhoods (Stuart Dybek)
Childhood and Other Neighborhoods (Stuart Dybek)
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The Coast of Chicago (Stuart Dybek)
The Coast of Chicago (Stuart Dybek)
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Paper Lantern: Love Stories (Stuart Dybek)
Paper Lantern: Love Stories (Stuart Dybek)
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Here We Are in Paradise (Tony Earley)
Here We Are in Paradise (Tony Earley)
267
Mr. Tall (Tony Earley)
Mr. Tall (Tony Earley)
268
The Bamboo Bed (William Eastlake)
The Bamboo Bed (William Eastlake)
269
The Bronc People (William Eastlake)
The Bronc People (William Eastlake)
270
Raney (Clyde Edgerton)
Raney (Clyde Edgerton)
271
The Lake of Dreams (Kim Edwards)
The Lake of Dreams (Kim Edwards)
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Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan)
Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan)
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The Keep (Jennifer Egan)
The Keep (Jennifer Egan)
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Emerald City and Other Stories (Jennifer Egan)
Emerald City and Other Stories (Jennifer Egan)
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Under the 82nd Airborne (Deborah Eisenberg)
Under the 82nd Airborne (Deborah Eisenberg)
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All Around Atlantis (Deborah Eisenberg)
All Around Atlantis (Deborah Eisenberg)
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Transactions in a Foreign Currency (Deborah Eisenberg)
Transactions in a Foreign Currency (Deborah Eisenberg)
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A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
A Bad Man (Stanley Elkin)
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The Magic Kingdom (Stanley Elkin)
The Magic Kingdom (Stanley Elkin)
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A Mind Spread Out on the Ground (Alicia Elliott)
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground (Alicia Elliott)
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