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      The Best American Short Stories 2026

      by Viet Thanh Nguyen
      Releases
      Oct 2026
      October 20, 2026
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      Literary Literary
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      A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer.
      The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.

      Viet Thanh Nguyen—Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Sympathizer—selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published this year.

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      Oct 2026 Mariner ISBN13 9780063399853 ISBN10 0063399857
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