The Children’s Hospital – Chris Adrian
Harbor – Lorraine Adams
Candyfreak – Steve Almond
Articles of War – Nick Arvin
Natasha – David Bezmogis
Tag Archives: recommended works
Recommended – Newer Work
In no particular order:
1. Birds of America – Lorrie Moore
2. This Country of Mothers – Julianna Baggott
3. The Dig – Lynn Emanuel
4. Drown – Junot Diaz
5. My Happy Life – Lydia Millet
More Recommended Short Story Collections
In no particular order:
1. Best American Short Stories–ed. Shannon Ravenal, etc. (1980 – present)
2. O. Henry Prize Stories–ed. William Abrams, etc. (1980 – present)
3. The Joy Luck Club–Amy Tan
4. Lunar Landscapes–John Hawkes
5. Shiloh–Bobbie Ann Mason
Some Recommended Short Story Collections
In no particular order:
1. The Tales of Chekhov
2. The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
3. Winesburg, Ohio–Sherwood Anderson
4. Damballah–John Edgar Wideman
5. Palm-of-the-Hand Stories–Yasunari Kawabata
Some Recommended Novels
A list of recommended novels to read, in no particular order.
1. One Hundred Years of Solitude–Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. A Fan’s Notes–Frederick Exley
3. Invisible Man–Ralph Ellison
4. Invisible Cities–Italo Calvino
5. The Folded Leaf–William Maxwell
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