Great Short Story Collections

by Helen Simpson

Simpson’s stories pack a quiet emotional power that extends beyond their pages. Full review >

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by Lorrie Moore

In stories both dark and wry, Moore wields a scalpel with surgical precision. Full review >

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by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

In an era when writers of color are broadening the space in which class and culture as well as race are examined,... Full review >

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by Lauren Groff

A literary tour de force of precariousness set in a blistering place, a state shaped like a gun. Full review >

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by Carmen Maria Machado

An exceptional and pungently inventive first book. Full review >

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by Rion Amilcar Scott

Mordantly bizarre and trenchantly observant, these stories stake out fresh territory in the nation’s literary landscape. Full review >

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by Jamel Brinkley

A major talent. Full review >

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by Mia Alvar

A triumphant, singular collection deserving of every accolade it will likely receive. Full review >

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by Lucia Berlin ; edited by Stephen Emerson

A testament to a writer whose explorations of society’s rougher corners deserve wider attention. Full review >

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by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

A nimble debut that demonstrates not a singular narrative voice but a realistic chorus of them. Full review >

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