Book Recommendations for General Fiction + Short Stories

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Total Books Recommended: 191

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  • Ruben Reyes
    Paperback: 07/01/2025
     
    An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future ...
  • Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
    Ananda Lima
    Paperback: 06/17/2025
     
    Strange, intimate, haunted, and hungry―Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil is an intoxicating and ...
  • Lori Ostlund
    Hardcover: 05/06/2025
     
    Nine exquisite stories that explore class, desire, identity, and the specter of violence that looms daily over...
  • Guadalupe Nettel
    Hardcover: 04/29/2025
     
    From the International Booker Shortlisted author of Still Born, a powerful collection of stories about ...
  • Table for Two: Fictions
    Amor Towles
    Paperback: 04/08/2025
     
    From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly ...
  • Mahogany L. Browne
    Hardcover: 03/11/2025
     
    In this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen ...
  • Diane Oliver
    Paperback: 02/11/2025
     
    A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day ...
  • Louise Kennedy
    Paperback: 12/03/2024
     
    Brilliant, dark stories of women's lives by "a very major talent" (Joseph O'Connor, Irish Times)
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