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Good Books, Mostly Literary Fiction - Page 2

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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Snow White (Donald Barthelme)
Snow White (Donald Barthelme)
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The Dead Father (Donald Barthelme)
The Dead Father (Donald Barthelme)
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The King (Donald Barthelme)
The King (Donald Barthelme)
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The Dry Well (Marlin Barton)
The Dry Well (Marlin Barton)
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The Watch (Rick Bass)
The Watch (Rick Bass)
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The Ninemile Wolves (Rick Bass)
The Ninemile Wolves (Rick Bass)
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The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness (Rick Bass)
The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness (Rick Bass)
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Platte River: Three Novellas (Rick Bass)
Platte River: Three Novellas (Rick Bass)
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Where the Sea Used to Be (Rick Bass)
Where the Sea Used to Be (Rick Bass)
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Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had (Rick Bass)
Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had (Rick Bass)
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The Least Worst Death (Margaret Pabst Battin)
The Least Worst Death (Margaret Pabst Battin)
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On the Way to My Father's Funeral (Jonathan Baumbach)
On the Way to My Father's Funeral (Jonathan Baumbach)
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Peace (Richard Bausch)
Peace (Richard Bausch)
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The Stories of Richard Bausch (Richard Bausch)
The Stories of Richard Bausch (Richard Bausch)
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Hello to the Cannibals (Richard Bausch)
Hello to the Cannibals (Richard Bausch)
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The Feast of Love (Charles Baxter)
The Feast of Love (Charles Baxter)
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The Soul Thief (Charles Baxter)
The Soul Thief (Charles Baxter)
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Saul and Patsy (Charles Baxter)
Saul and Patsy (Charles Baxter)
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Gryphon (Charles Baxter)
Gryphon (Charles Baxter)
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First Light (Charles Baxter)
First Light (Charles Baxter)
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Shadow Play (Charles Baxter)
Shadow Play (Charles Baxter)
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The Sun Collective (Charles Baxter)
The Sun Collective (Charles Baxter)
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Believers: A Novella and Stories (Charles Baxter)
Believers: A Novella and Stories (Charles Baxter)
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Angel Dance (M.F. Beal)
Angel Dance (M.F. Beal)
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The New Yorker Stories (Ann Beattie)
The New Yorker Stories (Ann Beattie)
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Chilly Scenes of Winter (Ann Beattie)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (Ann Beattie)
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Picturing Will (Ann Beattie)
Picturing Will (Ann Beattie)
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Love Always (Ann Beattie)
Love Always (Ann Beattie)
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Falling in Place (Ann Beattie)
Falling in Place (Ann Beattie)
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Walks With Men (Ann Beattie)
Walks With Men (Ann Beattie)
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Hot Springs (Geoffrey Becker)
Hot Springs (Geoffrey Becker)
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All Souls' Rising (Madison Smartt Bell)
All Souls' Rising (Madison Smartt Bell)
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Straight Cut (Madison Smartt Bell)
Straight Cut (Madison Smartt Bell)
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Doctor Sleep (Madison Smartt Bell)
Doctor Sleep (Madison Smartt Bell)
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The Year of Silence (Madison Smartt Bell)
The Year of Silence (Madison Smartt Bell)
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The Sleep-Over Artist (Thomas Beller)
The Sleep-Over Artist (Thomas Beller)
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Mr. Sammler's Planet (Saul Bellow)
Mr. Sammler's Planet (Saul Bellow)
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On This Day (Nathaniel Bellows)
On This Day (Nathaniel Bellows)
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Like Normal People (Karen E. Bender)
Like Normal People (Karen E. Bender)
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Shiny Objects (Dianne Benedict)
Shiny Objects (Dianne Benedict)
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