The Best American Short Stories 2012
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HarperCollins · Ebook · October 2, 2012
The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact stack of stories for when you want a quick, rewarding literary detour.
- Genres
- Short Story Anthologies, American Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 2, 2012
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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish.
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This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2012 includes Nathan Englander, Mary Gaitskill, Roxane Gay, Jennifer Haigh, Steven Millhauser, Alice Munro, Lawrence Osborne, Eric Puchner, George Saunders, Kate Walbert, and others
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A compact stack of stories for when you want a quick, rewarding literary detour.
Come here for
- short-story variety
- mystery-tinged pages
Expect
- book-club-friendly conversation
- a sustained read in bite-sized pieces
Where it sits
| Short Story Anthologies | 77% |
|---|---|
| American Literary Collections | 57% |
| Literary Fiction | 57% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Graphic Novels
- Short Story Anthologies
- Mystery Anthologies
- American Literary Collections
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- Essay Collections
- Authors
- Tom Perrotta, Heidi Pitlor
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 2, 2012
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Graphic Novels