Recent Short Story Collections

by Emma Donoghue

Another exciting change of pace from the protean Donoghue. Full review >

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by Peter Stamm translated by Michael Hofmann

For those who have an affinity for metaphysical fiction written with a surgeon’s precision, this collection will spur... Full review >

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by Sherman Alexie

Whether recent or from his earliest period, these pieces show Alexie at his best: as an interpreter and observer, always... Full review >

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by Natalie Serber

A terrific introduction to Serber’s gifts, and hopefully a preview of good things to come. Full review >

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by Brian Evenson

A unique collection, proving that Evenson is as deft at moving between genres as a ghost passing through a wall. Full review >

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by Claire Vaye Watkins

Gloriously vivid stories about the human heart. Full review >

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by Joyce Carol Oates

Although her material can be macabre, mawkish and deeply unsettling, Oates' hypnotic prose ensures that readers will be... Full review >

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by Hampton Fancher

Fancher’s writing is long on whimsy but short on humor. Full review >

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by Junot Díaz

Not as ambitious as Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize winner, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), but sharply observed and... Full review >

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by Tania James

At every turn, James’ prose is crisp, observant and carefully controlled; unlike the narrator of “Escape Key,” who grows... Full review >

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by Johanna Skibsrud

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by Rajesh Parameswaran

An inventive, impressive and witty book. Full review >

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by Lucia Perillo

Emotionally unflinching stories of considerable power, wonder and humor. Full review >

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by Steve Stern

Stern weaves an intricate and clever web of stories steeped in both sacred and mundane Jewish culture. Full review >

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by Lucy Wood

Occasionally just fey, elsewhere convincingly unworldly, these stories express a distinctive voice and a gently beguiling... Full review >

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by Jon Katz

A tissue-box-worthy collection of animal tales. Full review >

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by Jeffrey Ford

Ford finds his way into scenarios infernal, haunted or merely strange, and keeps his wits about him on the journey. Full review >

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by Louise Aronson

It’s the tense atmospheres that Aronson creates, and her empathy for her characters, that make this a promising debut. Full review >

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by Etgar Keret & translated by Nathan Englander & Miriam Shlesinger & Sondra Silverston

More like bits and sketches than stories, from a writer who is often very funny and inventive, and occasionally profound. Full review >

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by José Saramago translated by Giovanni Pontiero

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