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The Best American Short Stories 2019
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Publisher's summary
#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anthony Doerr brings his“stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
Read by a full cast including:
Kevin R. Free
Gabra Zackman
Scott Shepherd
Sullivan Jones
Christine Lakin
Brittany Pressley
Zach Villa
Saskia Maarleveld
Ali Ahn
Robin Miles
Roxana Ortega
Wilson Bethel
Robert Petkoff
Jefferson Mays
Dariush Kashani
Megan Tusing
Christopher Ryan Grant
Therese Plummer
Criena House
Emily Woo Zeller
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- Timothy P. Welch
- 10-22-22
a lovely blend of stories well read
so nice to have full stories in digestible size. each story is not only new but presented with unique new Talent
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Stories were not what you would expect to be considered the best. 2019 must have been a bad year for writers.
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Story4 out of 5 stars 254
The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take listeners from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties - metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts - and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator not appropriate to the book.
- By Janet on 02-18-17
By: Anthony Doerr
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About Grace
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 395
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4 out of 5 stars 358
David Winkler begins life in Anchorage, Alaska, a quiet boy drawn to the volatility of weather and obsessed with snow. Sometimes he sees things before they happen - a man carrying a hatbox will be hit by a bus; Winkler will fall in love with a woman in a supermarket. When David dreams that his infant daughter will drown in a flood as he tries to save her, he comes undone. He travels thousands of miles, fleeing family, home, and the future itself, to deny the dream.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Anthony Doerr is one of the best writers of our time
- By Henwhisperer on 08-10-16
By: Anthony Doerr
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The Best Short Stories 2021
- The O. Henry Prize Winners
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - editor, Jenny Minton Quigley - editor
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin, Frankie Corzo, Gary Furlong, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 20
Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't Waste Your Money
- By Eric Meyer on 12-15-21
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - editor, and others
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Four Seasons in Rome
- On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Anthony Doerr
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 583
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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Story4 out of 5 stars 509
Anthony Doerr has received many awards. Then came the Rome Prize, one of the most prestigious awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and with it a stipend and a writing studio in Rome for a year. Doerr learned of the award the day he and his wife returned from the hospital with newborn twins. Exquisitely observed, Four Seasons in Rome describes Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Oh my , don't miss this one
- By Molly-o on 02-22-16
By: Anthony Doerr
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The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story
- By: John Freeman - editor
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett, Scott Brick, Cassandra Campbell, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
In the past 50 years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of genres have brought this unique US genre a thrilling burst of energy. This rich anthology celebrates this avalanche of talent. Beginning in 1970, it culls together a half century of powerful American short stories from all genres, including - for the first time in a literary anthology - science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too dark for my taste
- By Lazy Chicken on 10-03-22
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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022
- By: Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May, Rachel Perry
- Length: 22 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just average
- By RonaldWDavies on 11-05-23
By: Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, and others
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The Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021
- By: Lee Child - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey, Emily Sutton-Smith
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 158
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 138
Lee Child selects the 20 best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international best seller Lee Child has selected the 20 most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Very disappointing collection.
- By STEFANY C. on 11-27-21
By: Lee Child - editor and introduction, and others
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Great American Stories
- By: Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Patrick Fraley, Patrick Hagan
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 106
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 88
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Story4 out of 5 stars 87
Here are 10 unabridged stories by the greatest American authors. These treasured stories from the most influential authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries were selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic oral qualities.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Classic Stories
- By kutzkai on 03-13-21
By: Mark Twain, and others
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The Best American Short Stories 2023
- By: Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor
- Narrated by: Laura Copland, Jeena Yi, Pascale Armand, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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“Without stories, we cannot live well,” shares guest editor Min Jin Lee, describing how storytelling affects and nurtures readers. The Best American Short Stories 2023 features twenty pieces of short fiction that reflect a world full of fractured relationships, but also wondrous hope. A lifelong friendship may become a casualty of the Russia-Ukraine war. Rejected by his lover, a man seeks to reconcile with his family. Twitter users miraculously muster enough empathy to help a lost cat find a forever home.
By: Min Jin Lee, and others
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Inappropriately Human
- 21 Short Stories
- By: Andrew Heaton
- Narrated by: Andrew Heaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 137
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Award-winning comedian Andrew Heaton brings wit and warmth to his vision of humanity, the supernatural, and bureaucrats in his debut short story collection. Learn the pitfalls of settling resurrected Neanderthals in Detroit. Explore the work-life balance of a professional who assumes other people’s hangovers. Or the travails of a State Department diplomat posted to a planet with relentless boredom and allergies. Discover the challenges time-travel regulators face when everyone tries to kill Hitler.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What A Wonderful Collection By A Fantastic New Author
- By vurnt22 on 07-20-22
By: Andrew Heaton
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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022
- By: Jess Walter - editor, Steph Cha - series editor
- Narrated by: Desean Terry, Lindsey Dorcus, Max Meyers, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha.
By: Jess Walter - editor, and others
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The Best Short Stories 2023
- The O. Henry Prize Winners
- By: Lauren Groff - editor, Jenny Minton Quigley - editor
- Narrated by: Lauren Groff, full cast
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including several stories in translation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Every story is overwhelmingly melancholy.
- By Jane S. on 10-31-23
By: Lauren Groff - editor, and others
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The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- By: O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 58
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 56
A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I just can't listen to this narrator
- By Jennifer Greenberg on 09-04-16
By: O. Henry, and others
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- A Novel
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,373
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,389
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,355
Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of 2021, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Academic Snobbery
- By TVR on 10-03-21
By: Anthony Doerr
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Short Stories
- The Thoroughly Modern Collection
- By: Doris Lessing, Haruki Murakami, A. S. Byatt
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter, Walter Lewis, Roslaind Eyres
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
Twenty-three stories, all unabridged, from a diverse group of star writers and readers. A truly memorable collection with a wide appeal. Includes "The Years Midnight" by Helen Simpson, read by Harriet Walter; "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful Morning" by Haruki Marukami, read by Walter Lewis; "Bablady" by A. S. Byatt, read by Roslaind Eyres; "Hotel des Vaoyaguerus" by William Boyd, read by Martin Jarvis; and "Who?" by Fay Weldon, read by Julie Christie.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not very modern collection
- By David on 11-08-08
By: Doris Lessing, and others
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Classic American Short Stories, Volume 1
- By: William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Edith Wharton, and others
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 207
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4 out of 5 stars 117
Unlike the other arts, American literature has been a powerful, influential, and leading aspect of American culture. By turns sedate and mercurial and possessing a moral mind set of various social values, the American short story reveals in its pages the psyche of a growing, sprawling nation whose sense of destiny has always been larger than life. Here are seven masterpieces that will make you smile, make you frown, and leave you pondering the mystery that surrounds the soul of a great nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully performed!
- By James on 07-08-05
By: William Faulkner, and others
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67 Fun, Uplifting, & Inspirational Short Stories from Around the World
- By: Easy Publishing Company
- Narrated by: Kyle Tait
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
Do you ever have a day when you're just feeling down? On those days, don't you wish that you drink even a little bit from the cup of inspiration and motivation? Well now you can. This book is packed full of uplifting, motivating, and inspiring stories that will make you smile, improve your day, and help you take on whatever life has in store for you.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Buy IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN...
- By Max on 09-10-19
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- New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles
- By: Ellen Datlow
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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