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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 9

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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A Disturbance of Gulls and Other Stories (H.E. Francis)
A Disturbance of Gulls and Other Stories (H.E. Francis)
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Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
Crossroads (Jonathan Franzen)
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The Girl Who Was No Kin to the Marshalls and Other Stories (Anne Hobson Freeman)
The Girl Who Was No Kin to the Marshalls and Other Stories (Anne Hobson Freeman)
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The Newlyweds (Nell Freudenberger)
The Newlyweds (Nell Freudenberger)
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Lucky Girls: Stories (Nell Freudenberger)
Lucky Girls: Stories (Nell Freudenberger)
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Dance Script With Electric Ballerina (Alice Fulton)
Dance Script With Electric Ballerina (Alice Fulton)
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The Nightingales of Troy (Alice Fulton)
The Nightingales of Troy (Alice Fulton)
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Bad Behavior (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior (Mary Gaitskill)
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The Mare (Mary Gaitskill)
The Mare (Mary Gaitskill)
330
Because They Wanted to (Mary Gaitskill)
Because They Wanted to (Mary Gaitskill)
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Two Girls, Fat and Thin (Mary Gaitskill)
Two Girls, Fat and Thin (Mary Gaitskill)
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At the Owl Woman Saloon (Tess Gallagher)
At the Owl Woman Saloon (Tess Gallagher)
333
Going Ashore (Mavis Gallant)
Going Ashore (Mavis Gallant)
334
Varieties of Exile (Mavis Gallant)
Varieties of Exile (Mavis Gallant)
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The Cost of Living (Mavis Gallant)
The Cost of Living (Mavis Gallant)
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Paris Stories (Mavis Gallant)
Paris Stories (Mavis Gallant)
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The Other Paris (Mavis Gallant)
The Other Paris (Mavis Gallant)
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Overhead in a Balloon (Mavis Gallant)
Overhead in a Balloon (Mavis Gallant)
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In Transit (Mavis Gallant)
In Transit (Mavis Gallant)
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Maison Cristina (Eugene K. Garber)
Maison Cristina (Eugene K. Garber)
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Double Stitch (John Rolfe Gardiner)
Double Stitch (John Rolfe Gardiner)
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The Collected Plays (Herb Gardner)
The Collected Plays (Herb Gardner)
343
Mickelsson's Ghosts (John Gardner)
Mickelsson's Ghosts (John Gardner)
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The Sunlight Dialogues (John Gardner)
The Sunlight Dialogues (John Gardner)
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The Postal Confessions (Max Garland)
The Postal Confessions (Max Garland)
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Habitations of the Word (William H. Gass)
Habitations of the Word (William H. Gass)
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The Tunnel (William H. Gass)
The Tunnel (William H. Gass)
348
The Wonders of the Invisible World (David Gates)
The Wonders of the Invisible World (David Gates)
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Jernigan (David Gates)
Jernigan (David Gates)
350
The Clearing (Tim Gautreaux)
The Clearing (Tim Gautreaux)
351
The Missing (Tim Gautreaux)
The Missing (Tim Gautreaux)
352
Welding With Children (Tim Gautreaux)
Welding With Children (Tim Gautreaux)
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The Next Step in the Dance (Tim Gautreaux)
The Next Step in the Dance (Tim Gautreaux)
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Same Place, Same Things (Tim Gautreaux)
Same Place, Same Things (Tim Gautreaux)
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I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly (Mary Ladd Gavell)
I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly (Mary Ladd Gavell)
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Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
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Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture (Edited by Roxane Gay)
Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture (Edited by Roxane Gay)
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The Long Home (William Gay)
The Long Home (William Gay)
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New Englanders (John Bart Gerald)
New Englanders (John Bart Gerald)
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Truth and Maud (John Bart Gerald)
Truth and Maud (John Bart Gerald)
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