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Discover 96 Great Short Story Collections From the Past Three Years

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We'll keep this short: Today's collection is aimed at those of us who have developed a regular short fiction habit—or those who are curious about it. Aside from the literary delights of the form, there are good practical reasons to make room for short fiction in your reading schedule. It's a great way to sample new authors in small batches. Also, a session of short story reading can work as a kind of palate cleanser between longer books, giving you time to power up your attention span again.

We've collected below 96 short story collections published in the U.S. in the past three years. These are single-author short story collections, as opposed to anthologies, and many of them feature variations on the form. You'll find lots of interconnected short story collections (Ben Shattuck's The History of Sound, say) or books designed to be "a-novel-in-stories" (Tony Tulathimutte's Rejection). Also look for collections from some marquee authors here, including Margaret Atwood,
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Waiting for the Long Night Moon (Amanda Peters)
Waiting for the Long Night Moon
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Amanda Peters
Heart Lamp (Banu Mushtaq)
Heart Lamp
2
Banu Mushtaq
Where Are You Really From (Elaine Hsieh Chou)
Where Are You Really From
3
Elaine Hsieh Chou
Long Distance (Aysegül Savas)
Long Distance
4
Aysegül Savas
An Oral History of Atlantis (Ed Park)
An Oral History of Atlantis
5
Ed Park
Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! (Melissa Lozada-Oliva)
Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!
6
Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Whites (Mark Doten)
Whites
7
Mark Doten
Stag Dance (Torrey Peters)
Stag Dance
8
Torrey Peters
Extinction Capital of the World: Stories (Mariah Rigg)
Extinction Capital of the World: Stories
9
Mariah Rigg
Guatemalan Rhapsody (Jared Lemus)
Guatemalan Rhapsody
10
Jared Lemus
Hellions: Stories (Julia Elliott)
Hellions: Stories
11
Julia Elliott
Atavists (Lydia Millet)
Atavists
12
Lydia Millet
Show Don't Tell (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Show Don't Tell
13
Curtis Sittenfeld
Exit Zero (Marie-Helene Bertino)
Exit Zero
14
Marie-Helene Bertino
Sinkhole, and Other Inexplicable Voids: Stories (Leyna Krow)
Sinkhole, and Other Inexplicable Voids: Stories
15
Leyna Krow
The Eleventh Hour (Salman Rushdie)
The Eleventh Hour
16
Salman Rushdie
The Poorly Made and Other Things (Sam Rebelein)
The Poorly Made and Other Things
17
Sam Rebelein
Midnight Timetable (Bora Chung)
Midnight Timetable
18
Bora Chung
The Vanishing Point (Paul Theroux)
The Vanishing Point
19
Paul Theroux
Code Noir (Canisia Lubrin)
Code Noir
20
Canisia Lubrin
Crawl (Max Delsohn)
Crawl
21
Max Delsohn
Portalmania (Debbie Urbanski)
Portalmania
22
Debbie Urbanski
Save Me, Stranger (Erika Krouse)
Save Me, Stranger
23
Erika Krouse
Are You Happy? (Lori Ostlund)
Are You Happy?
24
Lori Ostlund
The Accidentals: Stories (Guadalupe Nettel)
The Accidentals: Stories
25
Guadalupe Nettel
The Dilemmas of Working Women (Fumio Yamamoto)
The Dilemmas of Working Women
26
Fumio Yamamoto
Good and Evil and Other Stories (Samanta Schweblin)
Good and Evil and Other Stories
27
Samanta Schweblin
Hail Mary (Funmi Fetto)
Hail Mary
28
Funmi Fetto
A Love Story From the End of the World (Juhea Kim)
A Love Story From the End of the World
29
Juhea Kim
Oddbody: Stories (Rose Keating)
Oddbody: Stories
30
Rose Keating
A Different Kind of Tension (Jonathan Lethem)
A Different Kind of Tension
31
Jonathan Lethem
Snowy Day and Other Stories (Lee Chang-Dong)
Snowy Day and Other Stories
32
Lee Chang-Dong
Fools for Love: Stories (Helen Schulman)
Fools for Love: Stories
33
Helen Schulman
Origin Stories (Corinna Vallianatos)
Origin Stories
34
Corinna Vallianatos
Make Your Way Home (Carrie R. Moore)
Make Your Way Home
35
Carrie R. Moore
The Words of Dr. L: & Other Stories (Karen Bender)
The Words of Dr. L: & Other Stories
36
Karen Bender
Tailored Realities (Brandon Sanderson)
Tailored Realities
37
Brandon Sanderson
Autocorrect: Stories (Etgar Keret)
Autocorrect: Stories
38
Etgar Keret
The Fate of Others: Stories (Richard Bausch)
The Fate of Others: Stories
39
Richard Bausch
You Like It Darker (Stephen King)
You Like It Darker
40
Stephen King
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