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Top 10 New Short Story Collections |
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Table for Two
by Amor Towles
The New York Times best-selling author shares six stories based in New York City, which consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters, and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood, told from seven different viewpoints, which stars the indomitable Evelyn Ross.
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Old Babes in the Wood
by Margaret Atwood
The internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale presents this stunning collection of short stories that showcase both her creativity and her humanity as she explores family relationships, marriage, loss and memory and what it means to spend a life together.
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The Private Life of Spies and the Exquisite Art of Getting Even
by Alexander McCall Smith
In this dual collection of short stories, Alexander McCall Smith brings his trademark humor and warmth to inventive tales of spying and vengeance. In one story, a spy dropped deep into enemy territory manages to disguise himself--quite convincingly--as a nun. In another, an invitation to join the Vatican Secret Service sends a prospective operative down a rabbit hole of controversy and confusion. A third story finds an author, on the brink of public ruin, seeing the error of his ways after an act of kindness saves the day.
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Normal Rules Don't Apply
by Kate Atkinson
Startling, funny and imaginative, eleven interconnected stories, in which nothing is what it seems, are sharp observations on human nature and pack an emotional—and satisfying—punch.
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Roman Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Translated from Italian into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this masterful collection of nine short stories has Rome, suspended between past and future, multifaceted and metaphysical, as the protagonist, not the setting.
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Zero-Sum: Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
Creating a world of erotic obsession, thwarted idealism and ever-shifting identities, one of America's most acclaimed writers presents this provocative and stunning collection of stories centering around deadly zero-sum games.
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No Two Persons
by Erica Bauermeister
When a devastating event breaks her heart open, aspiring writer Alice creates a stunning debut novel in which her words find their way to readers, from a teenager hiding her homelessness to a widower rent by grief, who, due to her book, find new paths forward.
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
by Shane Hawk
Celebrating Indigenous peoples' survival and imagination, these twenty-seven spinetingling stories from best-selling and award-winning authors introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, intricate family legacies, desperate deeds and unsettling acts of revenge.
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Owning Up
by George P. Pelecanos
Drawn together by themes of strife, violence and humanity, this searing collection of four stories introduces characters who defy the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil as they grapple with consequence, random chance and the many paths a life can take.
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Old Crimes
by Jill McCorkle
In this masterful collection of complex stories about crimes large and small, the New York Times best-selling author delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close and who, despite their yearnings for connection, can't seem to tell the whole truth.
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