Best Short Fiction of 2019

by Ted Chiang

Visionary speculative stories that will change the way readers see themselves and the world around them: This book delivers... Full review >

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by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Fajardo-Anstine takes aim at our country's social injustices and ills without succumbing to pessimism. The result is a... Full review >

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by Amy Hempel

Hempel’s great gift is that her indirection only leads us further inward, toward the place where her characters must finally... Full review >

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by Joe Hill

Miniature masterworks of modern horror proving that life is hard, weird, and always fatal. Full review >

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by Bette Howland

This achingly beautiful book throbs with life, compassion, warmth, and humor; hums with an undercurrent of existential... Full review >

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by Peter Orner

Insightful, rueful, and often humorous, this collection holds a mirror to contemporary life and gives the reader much to... Full review >

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by Polly Rosenwaike

An exquisite collection that is candid, compassionate, and emotionally complex. Full review >

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by Karen Russell

A momentous feat of storytelling in an already illustrious career. Full review >

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by Rion Amilcar Scott

Mordantly bizarre and trenchantly observant, these stories stake out fresh territory in the nation’s literary landscape. Full review >

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by Zadie Smith

Several of Smith's stories are on their ways to becoming classics. Full review >

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by Elizabeth Strout

Beautifully written and alive with compassion, at times almost unbearably poignant. A thrilling book in every way. Full review >

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