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Best Debut Short Story Collections - Powell's Books

For Powell's 2016 Short List, the staff put together a group of the best debut short story collections ever published. With some notable exceptions, the short story collection is a relatively new phenomenon — you won't find books dating back beyond the 20th century here.
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The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
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The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
2
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
3
Dance of the Happy Shades (Alice Munro)
Dance of the Happy Shades
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Alice Munro
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
5
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
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James Joyce
Girl With Curious Hair
Girl With Curious Hair
7
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
8
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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Flannery O'Connor
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
10
Jhumpa Lahiri
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff)
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
11
Tobias Wolff
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
12
Denis Johnson
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
13
Sherman Alexie
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
14
Shirley Jackson
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
15
J.D. Salinger
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Ken Liu)
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
16
Ken Liu
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
Self-Help, Lorrie Moore
17
The Stories of Breece D'j Pancake (Breece D'j Pancake)
The Stories of Breece D'j Pancake
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Breece D'j Pancake
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Helen Oyeyemi)
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
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Helen Oyeyemi
Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
20
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
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Jorge Luis Borges
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fireworks (Angela Carter)
Fireworks
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Angela Carter
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
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Katherine Mansfield
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
25
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