Summary | Excerpt | Reviews | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio
Stories
by George Saunders
If you liked Tenth of December, try these:
by Kim Samek
Published Feb 2026
Read ReviewsTwelve women confront the mounting existential terrors of modernity—climate change, unbridled capitalism and greed, an entertainment industry that will go to surreal lengths to stay relevant—in this debut story collection set in a slightly off-kilter version of reality.
by Leif Enger
Published Apr 2025
Read ReviewsA career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) author of Peace Like a River Leif Enger.
by Elizabeth McCracken
Published Jan 2022
Read ReviewsAward-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.
All the Names They Used for God
by Anjali Sachdeva
Published Jun 2019
Read ReviewsFor fans of Dave Eggers and Kelly Link, an exhilarating collection of stories that explores the mysterious, often dangerous forces that shape our lives - from censorship and terrorism to technology and online dating.
by Lorrie Moore
Published Oct 2014
Read ReviewsThese eight masterly stories reveal Lorrie Moore at her most mature and in a perfect configuration of craft, mind, and bewitched spirit.
by Sherman Alexie
Published Oct 2013
Read ReviewsAn indispensable collection of new and classic stories, Blasphemy reminds us, on every thrilling page, why Sherman Alexie is one of our greatest contemporary writers and a true master of the short story.
by Daniel Orozco
Published May 2012
Read ReviewsOrientation introduces a writer at the height of his powers, whose work surely invites us to reassess the landscape of American fiction.
by Sam Lipsyte
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsProbing many themesor, perhaps, anxietiesincluding work, war, sex, class, child rearing, romantic comedies, Benjamin Franklin, cooking shows on death row, and the eroticization of chicken wire, The Ask is a burst of genius by a young American master who has already demonstrated that the truly provocative and important fictions are often...
by Kurt Vonnegut
Published Aug 2000
Read ReviewsTwenty-four of Vonnegut's favorite stories - never published before in book form with a new preface for the occasion.
I like a thin book because it will steady a table...
Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!
Your guide toexceptional books
BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.