100 Years of The Best American Short Stories

by Lorrie Moore (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Editor)

Other authors: Sherman Alexie (Contributor), Sherwood Anderson (Contributor), James Baldwin (Contributor), Donald Barthelme (Contributor), Charles Baxter (Contributor) — 35 more, Raymond Carver (Contributor), John Cheever (Contributor), Junot Díaz (Contributor), Stanley Elkin (Contributor), Nathan Englander (Contributor), William Faulkner (Contributor), Edna Ferber (Contributor), F. Scott Fitzgerald (Contributor), Richard Ford (Contributor), Mary Gaitskill (Contributor), Lauren Groff (Contributor), Nancy Hale (Contributor), Ernest Hemingway (Contributor), Edward P. Jones (Contributor), Jamaica Kincaid (Contributor), Jhumpa Lahiri (Contributor), Ring Lardner (Contributor), David Wong Louie (Contributor), Alice Munro (Contributor), Flannery O'Connor (Contributor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Tillie Olsen (Contributor), Julie Otsuka (Contributor), ZZ. Packer (Contributor), Grace Paley (Contributor), Benjamin Percy (Contributor), Katherine Anne Porter (Contributor), Philip Roth (Contributor), George Saunders (Contributor), Akhil Sharma (Contributor), Mona Simpson (Contributor), Robert Stone (Contributor), John Updike (Contributor), Eudora Welty (Contributor), Tobias Wolff (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Short Stories

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Collects forty short stories published between 1915 and 2015, from writers that include Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, and Alice Munro that exemplify their era and stand the test of time.

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Previously published in HCBH Best American Series between 1915 - 2015.

robnbrwn | Jul 17, 2021 |

I enjoyed most of these quite a bit. I struggled with the post-WWII/Vietnam War era, but I've always disliked that period of literature the most. This was an interesting way of studying how writing and themes have changed in 100 years of American history, and most of the stories were well worth the time. (

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AngelClaw | Nov 3, 2017 |

I have been reading this on and off for nine months and it is wonderful. Every time I come back to it it is like entering a warm house with the wonderful smells of Thanksgiving. Cannot say I loved every story but most were great and thoroughly enjoyable. It was particularly pleasureful to re-read some of the more recent stories that I knew from the annual volumes. The changing and variety of styles and subjects through the last 100 years was fascinating. A great read if you have any interest at all in short fiction. (

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jwrudn | Nov 19, 2016 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Moore, Lorrie	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Pitlor, Heidi	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Alexie, Sherman	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Sherwood	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baldwin, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barthelme, Donald	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Baxter, Charles	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carver, Raymond	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cheever, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Díaz, Junot	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Elkin, Stanley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Englander, Nathan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Faulkner, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ferber, Edna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fitzgerald, F. Scott	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ford, Richard	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gaitskill, Mary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Groff, Lauren	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hale, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hemingway, Ernest	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Edward P.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kincaid, Jamaica	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lahiri, Jhumpa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lardner, Ring	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Louie, David Wong	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Munro, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Connor, Flannery	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Oates, Joyce Carol	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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Otsuka, Julie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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1915 -1920
1917 EDNA FERBER The Gay Old Dog
1920 -1930
1921 SHERWOOD ANDERSON Brothers
1923 ERNEST HEMINGWAY My Old Man
1925 RING LARDNER Haircut
1930 -1940
1931 F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Babylon Revisited
1933 KATHERINE ANN PORTER The Cracked Looking Glass
1936 WILLIAM FAULKNER That Will Be Fine
1940 -1950
1942 NANCY HALE These Are As Brothers
1948 EUDORA WELTY The Whole World Knows
1948 JOHN CHEEVER The Enormous Radio
1950 -1960
1957 TILLIE OLSEN I Stand Here Ironing
1958 JAMES BALDWIN Sonny's Blues
1959 PHILIP ROTH The Conversion of the Jews
1960 -1970
1962 FLANNERY O'CONNOR Everything That Rises Must Converge
1962 JOHN UPDIKE Pigeon Feathers
1967 RAYMOND CARVER Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
1969 JOYCE CAROL OATES By the River
1970 -1980
1975 DONALD BARTHELME The School
1978 STANLEY ELKIN The Conventional Wisdom
1980 -1990
1980 GRACE PALEY Friends
1982 CHARLES BAXTER Harmony of the World
1986 MONA SIMPSON Lawns
1986 RICHARD FORD Communist
1988 ROBERT STONE Helping
1989 DAVID WONG LOUIE Displacement
1990 -2000
1991 ALICE MUNRO Friend of My Youth
1993 MARY GAITSKILL The Girl on the Plane
1995 JAMAICA KINCAID Xuela
1996 AKHIL SHARMA If You Sing Like That For Me
1997 JUNOT DIAZ Fiesta, 1980
2000 -2010
2000 JHUMPA LAHIRI The Third and Final Continent
2000 ZZ PACKER Brownies
2004 EDWARD P. JONES Old Boys, Old Girls
2005 SHERMAN ALEXIE What You Pawn I Will Redeem
2006 BENJAMIN PERCY Refresh, Refresh
2006 TOBIAS WOLFF Awaiting Orders
2010 -2015
2012 NATHAN ENGLANDER What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
2012 JULIE OTSUKA Diem Perdidi
2013 GEORGE SAUNDERS The Semplica Girl Diaries
2014 LAUREN GROFF At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners

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