The Best American Short Stories 2011
HarperCollins · Paperback · October 4, 2011
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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- Genres
- Short Story Anthologies, American Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 4, 2011
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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 2011 includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer Egan, Nathan Englander, Allegra Goodman, Ehud Havazelet, Rebecca Makkai, Steven Millhauser, George Saunders, Mark Slouka, and others
Why This Clicks
Come here for
- short-story variety
- mystery-leaning edges
Expect
- anthology pace
- some darker material
Where it sits
| American Literary Collections | 63% |
|---|---|
| Short Story Anthologies | 63% |
| Literary Fiction | 43% |
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
- Geraldine Brooks, Heidi Pitlor, Caitlin Horrocks
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 4, 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Literary Graphic Novels