Short Story Magic Tricks Index By Chronology

1706

‘The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal’ by Daniel Defoe

1747

‘The Speech Of Polly Baker’ by Benjamin Franklin

1807

‘The Earthquake In Chile’ by Heinrich von Kleist

1810

‘The Beggarwoman Of Locarno’ by Heinrich von Kleist

1819

‘Rip Van Winkle’ by Washington Irving

1820

‘The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow’ by Washington Irving

1822

‘The Stout Gentleman’ by Washington Irving

1824

‘The Adventure Of The German Student’ by Washington Irving

‘The Bold Dragoon, Or The Adventure Of My Grandfather’ by Washington Irving

‘The Devil And Tom Walker’ by Washington Irving

1829

‘Mateo Falcone’ by Prosper Mérimée

1830

‘A Passion In The Desert’ by Honoré de Balzac

‘St. John’s Eve’ by Nikolai Gogol

1831

‘My Kinsman, Major Molineaux’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Undertaker’ by Alexander Pushkin

1832

‘The Unknown Masterpiece’ by Honoré de Balzac

‘Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka And His Aunt’ by Nikolai Gogol

‘The Maypole Of Merry-Mount’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Minister’s Black Veil’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘Legend Of The Two Discreet Statues’ by Washington Irving

1834

‘The Queen Of Spades’ by Alexander Pushkin

1835

‘Diary Of A Madman’ by Nikolai Gogol

‘Nevsky Prospect’ by Nikolai Gogol

‘The Haunted Mind’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘Wakefield’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘Young Goodman Brown’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1836

‘The Carriage’ by Nikolai Gogol

‘The Nose’ by Nikolai Gogol

1837

‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ by Hans Christian Andersen

‘Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Man Of Adamant’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Prophetic Pictures’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1838

‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’ by Hans Christian Andersen

1839

‘The Fall Of The House Of Usher’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1840

‘John Inglefield’s Thanksgiving’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

1841

‘Descent Into The Maelstrom’ by Edgar Allan Poe

‘Wild Frank’s Return’ by Walt Whitman

1842

‘The Overcoat’ by Nikolai Gogol

‘The Masque Of The Red Death’ by Edgar Allan Poe

‘The Pit And The Pendulum’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1843

‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen

‘The Birth-Mark’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Black Cat’ by Edgar Allan Poe

‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1844

‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Angel Of The Odd’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1845

‘The Little Match Girl’ by Hans Christian Andersen

‘The Tiger Of The Plains’ by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

‘Ligeia’ by Edgar Allan Poe

‘One Wicked Impulse!’ by Walt Whitman

1846

‘The Christmas Banquet’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Cask Of Amontillado’ by Edgar Allan Poe

‘The Sphinx’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1847

‘A Novel In Nine Letters’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1848

‘The Shirt-Collar’ by Hans Christian Andersen

‘A Christmas Tree And A Wedding’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

‘An Honest Thief’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1849

‘Hop-Frog’ by Edgar Allan Poe

1850

‘The Christmas Tree’ by Charles Dickens

‘Christmas; Or, The Good Fairy’ by Harriet Beecher Stowe

1852

‘The Poor Relation’s Story’ by Charles Dickens

‘Feathertop’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne

‘The Country Doctor’ by Ivan Turgenev

‘Khor And Kalinich’ by Ivan Turgenev

‘Prince Hamlet Of Shchrigrovo’ by Ivan Turgenev

‘The Singers’ by Ivan Turgenev

‘Two Landowners’ by Ivan Turgenev

1853

‘Nobody’s Story’ by Charles Dickens

‘Bartleby, The Scrivener’ by Herman Melville

‘The Tryst’ by Ivan Turgenev

1854

‘The Lightning-Rod Man’ by Herman Melville

1855

‘The Boots At The Holly-Tree Inn’ by Charles Dickens

1859

‘A Haunted House’ by Charles Dickens

‘Hunted Down’ by Charles Dickens

1863

‘How To Cure A Cold’ by Mark Twain

1864

‘Phantoms’ by Ivan Turgenev

1865

‘The Crocodile’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

‘He Who Listens May Hear – To His Regret: Confidence Of A Confidence’ by Juana Manuela Gorriti

‘The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County’ by Mark Twain

1867

‘The White Maniac – A Doctor’s Tale’ by Mary Fortune

‘My Friend Bingham’ by Henry James

1868

‘The Luck Of Roaring Camp’ by Bret Harte

‘Niagara’ by Mark Twain

1869

‘Marjorie Daw’ by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

‘The Outcasts Of Poker Flat’ by Bret Harte

‘Tennessee’s Partner’ by Bret Harte

‘The Gray Hare’ by Leo Tolstoy

1871

‘Master Eustace’ by Henry James

1872

‘God Sees The Truth, But Waits’ by Leo Tolstoy

1873

‘Bobok’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1876

‘The Beggar Boy At Christ’s Christmas Tree’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

‘The Peasant Marey’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

‘The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut’ by Mark Twain

1877

‘The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man’ by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

‘Saint Julian The Hospitaller’ by Gustave Flaubert

‘A Lodging For The Night’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

1878

‘A Bundle Of Letters’ by Henry James

‘The Sire de Maletroit’s Door’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

1879

‘A Presidential Candidate’ by Mark Twain

1880

‘Boule de Suif’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘A Dead Woman’s Secrets’ by Guy de Maupassant

1881

‘An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving’ by Louisa May Alcott

‘The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story’ by Joel Chandler Harris

‘The Coming Of The King’ by Laura E. Richards

1882

‘The Adopted Son’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘Christmas Eve’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Log’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Thief’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Lady, Or The Tiger?’ by Frank Stockton

1883

‘The Death Of A Government Clerk’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Fat And Thin’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Rapture’ by Anton Chekhov

‘A Singular Occurrence’ by Machado de Assis

‘Miss Harriet’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘A Piece Of String’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Terror’ by Guy de Maupassant

1884

‘Chameleon’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Oysters’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Confessing’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘Idyll’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Body Snatcher’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

1885

‘Jupiter Doke, Brigadier General’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Huntsman’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Looking Glass’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Markheim’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

‘Wisdom Of Children’ by Leo Tolstoy

1886

‘A Day In The Country’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Husband’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Misery’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Vanka’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Christmas Masquerade’ by Mary Wilkins Freeman

‘A White Heron’ by Sarah Orne Jewett

‘Mademoiselle Pearl’ by Guy de Maupassant

‘The Christmas Wreck’ by Frank Stockton

‘How Much Land Does A Man Need?’ by Leo Tolstoy

‘The Three Hermits’ by Leo Tolstoy

‘The Two Brothers And The Gold’ by Leo Tolstoy

1887

‘Killed At Resaca’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘A Drama’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Kiss’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Lottery Ticket’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Polinka’ by Anton Chekhov

1888

‘Four Days In Dixie’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Beauties’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Party’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Devoted Friend’ by Oscar Wilde

‘The Happy Prince’ by Oscar Wilde

‘The Nightingale And The Rose’ by Oscar Wilde

‘The Remarkable Rocket’ by Oscar Wilde

‘The Selfish Giant’ by Oscar Wilde

1889

‘Chickamauga’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘A Horseman In The Sky’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘One Officer, One Man’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Darling’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Going To Shrewsbury’ by Sarah Orne Jewett

‘A Winter Courtship’ by Sarah Orne Jewett

1890

‘An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge’ by Ambrose Bierce

1891

‘A Baby Tramp’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Boarded Window’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Death Of Halpin Frayser’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘A Case Of Identity’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Five Orange Pips’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Red-Headed League’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘A Scandal In Bohemia’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Child’s Return’ by Rabindraneth Tagore

‘The Postmaster’ by Rabindranath Tagore

1892

‘Peter’ by Willa Cather

‘Four Men In A Cave’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Adventure Of The Speckled Band’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘Madame de Luzy’ by Anatole France

‘Ann Mary; Her Two Thanksgivings’ by Mary Wilkins Freeman

‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman

‘Greville Fane’ by Henry James

‘Decoration Day’ by Sarah Orne Jewett

‘The Homecoming’ by Rabindraneth Tagore

1893

‘One Summer Night’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘Désirée’s Baby’ by Kate Chopin

‘The Final Problem’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘Christmas Every Day’ by William Dean Howells

‘The Middle Years’ by Henry James

‘The Coffee-House Of Surat’ by Leo Tolstoy

‘The Dark Lantern’ by Jules Renard

‘Is He Living Or Is He Dead?’ by Mark Twain

‘The Fullness Of Life’ by Edith Wharton

1894

‘The Black Monk’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Student’ by Anton Chekhov

‘La Belle Zoraide’ by Kate Chopin

‘A Respectable Woman’ by Kate Chopin

‘The Story Of An Hour’ by Kate Chopin

‘An Experiment In Misery’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Pace Of Youth’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Doll’s Ghost’ by F. Marion Crawford

‘Change Of Treatment’ by W.W. Jacobs

‘Midnight Mass’ by Machado de Assis

1895

‘Her Letters’ by Kate Chopin

‘Regret’ by Kate Chopin

‘The Altar Of The Dead’ by Henry James

1896

‘The Striding Place’ by Gertrude Atherton

‘The Burglar’s Christmas’ by Willa Cather

‘On The Divide’ by Willa Cather

‘The House With The Mezzanine’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Ozème’s Holiday’ by Kate Chopin

‘The Snake’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Yellow Paint’ by Robert Louis Stevenson

1897

‘Nanette: An Aside’ by Willa Cather

‘Fedora’ by Kate Chopin

‘A Pair Of Silk Stockings’ by Kate Chopin

‘The Open Boat’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Crystal Egg’ by H.G. Wells

1898

‘The Way Of The World’ by Willa Cather

‘About Love’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Gooseberries’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Man In A Case’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky’ by Stephen Crane

‘His New Mittens’ by Stephen Crane

‘The Prize Lodger’ by George Gissing

‘How The Camel Got His Hump’ by Rudyard Kipling

‘The Stolen Body’ by H.G. Wells

‘The Pelican’ by Edith Wharton

1899

‘The Lady With The Little Dog’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Ingrate’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar

‘Tony’s Wife’ by Alice Dunbar-Nelson

‘Paste’ by Henry James

1900

‘The Sentimentality Of William Tavener’ by Willa Cather

‘At Christmas Time’ by Anton Chekhov

‘The Fight’ by Stephen Crane

‘An Old-Time Christmas’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar

‘The Cat’ by Mary Wilkins Freeman

‘Miss Gunton From Poughkeepsie’ by Henry James

‘The Special Type’ by Henry James

‘The Tree Of Knowledge’ by Henry James

‘New Year’s Night’ by Henry Lawson

‘The Path To The Cemetery’ by Thomas Mann

‘How Old Timofei Died With A Song’ by Rainer Maria Rilke

‘The Stranger’ by Rainer Maria Rilke

‘April Showers’ by Edith Wharton

1901

‘A Dark Brown Dog’ by Stephen Crane

1902

‘The Bishop’ by Anton Chekhov

‘Luella Miller’ by Mary Wilkins Freeman

‘The Duplicity Of Hargraves’ by O. Henry

‘The Monkey’s Paw’ by W.W. Jacobs

‘The Lady’s Maid’s Bell’ by Edith Wharton

1903

‘A Death In The Desert’ by Willa Cather

‘The Adventure Of The Dancing Men’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Adventure Of The Empty House’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Adventure Of The Norwood Builder’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Adventure Of The Solitary Cyclist’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by O. Henry

‘Work, Death, And Sickness’ by Leo Tolstoy

‘The Magic Shop’ by H.G. Wells

1904

‘A Kidnapped Santa Claus’ by L. Frank Baum

‘A Wagner Matinée’ by Willa Cather

‘The Adventure Of Abbey Grange’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Lynching Of Jube Benson’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar

‘The Cop And The Anthem’ by O. Henry

‘The Furnished Room’ by O. Henry

‘Transients In Arcadia’ by O. Henry

‘After The Race’ by James Joyce

‘Eveline’ by James Joyce

‘The Sisters’ by James Joyce

‘The Other Two’ by Edith Wharton

1905

‘A Vine On A House’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘The Garden Lodge’ by Willa Cather

‘Paul’s Case’ by Willa Cather

‘The Sculptor’s Funeral’ by Willa Cather

‘The Clarion Call’ by O. Henry

‘The Gift Of The Magi’ by O. Henry

‘Alyosha The Pot’ by Leo Tolstoy

‘The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid’ by H.G. Wells

1906

‘A Baffled Ambuscade’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘After Twenty Years’ by O. Henry

‘The Green Door’ by O. Henry

‘Mammon And The Archer’ by O. Henry

‘The Romance Of A Busy Broker’ by O. Henry

‘The Skylight Room’ by O. Henry

‘Tobin’s Palm’ by O. Henry

‘Hunting The Deceitful Turkey’ by Mark Twain

1907

‘The Namesake’ by Willa Cather

‘The Profile’ by Willa Cather

‘Christmas By Injunction’ by O. Henry

‘The Princess And The Puma’ by O. Henry

‘The Ransom Of Red Chief’ by O. Henry

‘Two Thanksgiving Gentlemen’ by O. Henry

‘The Story Of Keesh’ by Jack London

‘Filial Sentiments Of A Parricide’ by Marcel Proust

1908

‘A Resumed Identity’ by Ambrose Bierce

‘On The Gull’s Road’ by Willa Cather

‘To Build A Fire’ by Jack London

1909

‘The Enchanted Bluff’ by Willa Cather

‘Christmas At Red Butte’ by Lucy Maud Montgomery

‘The Decapitated Chicken’ by Horacio Quiroga

‘Afterward’ by Edith Wharton

‘His Father’s Son’ by Edith Wharton

1910

‘The Baby In Pink Tarlatan’ by Joaõ do Rio

‘August Heat’ by W.F. Harvey

‘My Financial Career’ by Stephen Leacock

‘The Pitcher And The Plutocrat’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1911

‘The Queer Feet’ by G.K. Chesterton

‘The Odour Of Chrysanthemums’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘Bertie’s Christmas Eve’ by Saki

1912

‘Unhappiness’ by Franz Kafka

‘The Man Who Disliked Cats’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1913

‘The Judgment’ by Franz Kafka

‘Grandmother’s Christmas Story’ by Faith Wynne

1914

‘The Coin Of Dionysius’ by Ernest Bramah

‘Araby’ by James Joyce

‘The Boarding House’ by James Joyce

‘Clay’ by James Joyce

‘Counterparts’ by James Joyce

‘The Dead’ by James Joyce

‘An Encounter’ by James Joyce

‘Grace’ by James Joyce

‘Ivy Day In The Committee Room’ by James Joyce

‘A Little Cloud’ by James Joyce

‘A Mother’ by James Joyce

‘A Painful Case’ by James Joyce

‘Two Gallants’ by James Joyce

‘Second Best’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘Merry Christmas’ by Stephen Leacock

‘The Feast Of Nemesis’ by Saki

‘The Lumber-Room’ by Saki

‘The Open Window’ by Saki

1915

‘At Grandmother’s’ by Isaac Babel

‘The Braider’ by Ricardo Güiraldes

‘Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor’ by Franz Kafka

‘Alibi Ike’ by Ring Lardner

‘Zelig’ by Benjamin Rosenblatt

‘The Survivors’ by Elsie Singmaster

‘The Mixer II: He Moves In Society’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1916

‘Hands’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Paper Pills’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘The Story Of My Dovecote’ by Isaac Babel

‘A.V. Laider’ by Max Beerbohm

‘The Lost Phoebe’ by Theodore Dreiser

‘Champion’ by Ring Lardner

‘Twilight’ by Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont

‘The Hedgehog’ by Saki

‘Leave It To Jeeves’ by P.G. Wodehouse

‘The Man With Two Left Feet’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1917

‘Mother’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘A Golden Slipper’ by Willa Cather

‘A Jury Of Her Peers’ by Susan Glaspell

‘Ghost Patrol’ by Sinclair Lewis

1918

‘A Man Of Ideas’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield

1919

‘Godliness’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Nobody Knows’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘The Philosopher’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Mary Elizabeth’ by Jessie Faucet

‘A Country Doctor’ by Franz Kafka

‘In The Penal Colony’ by Franz Kafka

‘The Errors Of Santa Claus’ by Stephen Leacock

‘The Interlopers’ by Saki

‘Kew Gardens’ by Virginia Woolf

‘Medicine’ by Lu Xun

1920

‘The Other Woman’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Benediction’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Bernice Bobs Her Hair’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Cut-Glass Bowl’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Dalyrimple Goes Wrong’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Ice Palace’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Jelly-Bean’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘May Day’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Offshore Pirate’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Blind Man’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘The Lady’s Maid’ by Katherine Mansfield

‘The Dead Man’ by Horacio Quiroga

‘Storm In A Teacup’ by Lu Xun

1921

‘Unlighted Lamps’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Dusky Ruth’ by A.E. Coppard

‘Some Like Them Cold’ by Ring Lardner

‘At The Bay’ by Katherine Mansfield

‘The Garden Party’ by Katherine Mansfield

‘A Haunted House’ by Virginia Woolf

1922

‘Brothers’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘I’m A Fool’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘The Leather Funnel’ by Arthur Conan Doyle

‘The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Diamond As Big As The Ritz’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Winter Dreams’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Hunger Artist’ by Franz Kafka

‘The Married Couple’ by Franz Kafka

‘The Golden Honeymoon’ by Ring Lardner

‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘The Doll’s House’ by Katherine Mansfield

‘The Fly’ by Katherine Mansfield

‘Aunt Agatha Takes The Count’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1923

‘The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat’ by Agatha Christie

‘The Case Of The Missing Will’ by Agatha Christie

‘The Chocolate Box’ by Agatha Christie

‘The Mystery Of Hunter’s Lodge’ by Agatha Christie

‘The Tragedy At Marsdon Manor’ by Agatha Christie

‘Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘My Old Man’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Becky’ by Jean Toomer

‘Blood-Burning Moon’ by Jean Toomer

‘Esther’ by Jean Toomer

‘Fern’ by Jean Toomer

1924

‘The Most Dangerous Game’ by Richard Connell

‘The Sensible Thing’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Drenched In Light’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘A Little Woman’ by Franz Kafka

‘The Thunderstorm’ by Vladimir Nabokov

1925

‘Strange Moonlight’ by Conrad Aiken

‘The Veiled Lady’ by Agatha Christie

‘Witness For The Prosecution’ by Agatha Christie

‘Soldier’s Home’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Magnolia Flower’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘Spunk’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘Haircut’ by Ring Lardner

‘Christmas’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘The Man Who Saw Through Heaven’ by Wilbur Daniel Steele

‘Honeysuckle Cottage’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1926

‘Death In The Woods’ by Sherwood Anderson

‘Afonka Bida’ by Isaac Babel

‘After The Battle’ by Isaac Babel

‘The Continuation Of The Story Of A Horse’ by Isaac Babel

‘Dolgushov’s Death’ by Isaac Babel

‘Ivan And Ivan’ by Isaac Babel

‘My First Goose’ by Isaac Babel

‘Salt’ by Isaac Babel

‘The Story Of A Horse’ by Isaac Babel

‘The Oracle Of The Dog’ by G.K. Chesterton

‘In Another Country’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Eatonville Anthology’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘Muttsy’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘The Rocking-Horse Winner’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘Jeeves And The Impending Doom’ by P.G. Wodehouse

‘Lord Emsworth Acts For The Best’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1927

‘A Wedding-Dress’ by Morley Callaghan

‘A Short Trip Home’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Che Ti Dice La Patria?’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Hills Like White Elephants’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘The Killers’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘A Simple Enquiry’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Two Blue Birds’ by D.H. Lawrence

‘Liquor Makes You Smart’ by Anita Loos

‘The Colour Out Of Space’ by H.P. Lovecraft

‘An Affair Of Honor’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘He’ by Katherine Anne Porter

‘A Visit From Saint Nicholas (In The Ernest Hemingway Manner)’ by James Thurber

‘Jeeves And The Yule-Tide Spirit’ by P.G. Wodehouse

‘Pig-hoo-o-o-o-e-y’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1928

‘The Bowl’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘He Also Loved’ by Claude McKay

‘The Christmas Story’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘A Telephone Call’ by Dorothy Parker

‘The Fascinating Problem Of Uncle Meleager’s Will’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘Company For Gertrude’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1929

‘The Jungle’ by Elizabeth Bowen

‘Double Birthday’ by Willa Cather

‘Wild Plums’ by Grace Stone Coates

‘Nightfall’ by Daniel Corkery

‘The Swimmers’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Between The Halves’ by John O’Hara

‘But The One On The Right’ by Dorothy Parker

‘Jeeves And The Song Of Songs’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1930

‘The Legend Of ‘El Cadejo’’ by Miguel Angel Asturias

‘Her Table Spread’ by Elizabeth Bowen

‘The Faithful Wife’ by Morley Callaghan

‘A Rose For Emily’ by William Faulkner

‘The Bridal Party’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Sanctuary’ by Nella Larsen

‘The Little Wife’ by William March

‘A Dashing Fellow’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Prodigal’ by Laura D. Nichols

‘Theft’ by Katherine Anne Porter

‘White On Black’ by Tess Slesinger

1931

‘The Gentle Libertine’ by Colette

‘Dry September’ by William Faulkner

‘Hair’ by William Faulkner

‘That Evening Sun’ by William Faulkner

‘Babylon Revisited’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Guests Of The Nation’ by Frank O’Connor

‘The Greatest Man In The World’ by James Thurber

‘Pomegranate Seed’ by Edith Wharton

‘The Go-Getter’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1932

‘Guy de Maupassant’ by Isaac Babel

‘Warm River’ by Erskine Caldwell

‘Death Drag’ by William Faulkner

‘Truant’ by Claude McKay

‘Music’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘The Man Who Knew How’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘How Beautiful With Shoes’ by Wilbur Daniel Steele

1933

‘Too Early Spring’ by Stephen Vincent Benét

‘A Summer Tragedy’ by Arna Bontemps

‘The Lamp’ by Agatha Christie

‘A Clean, Well-Lighted Place’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘Homage To Switzerland’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘One Christmas Eve’ by Langston Hughes

‘Slave On The Block’ by Langston Hughes

‘The Gilded Six-Bits’ by Zora Neale Hurston

‘The Waltz’ by Dorothy Parker

‘The Fountain Plays’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘The Gift’ by John Steinbeck

‘The Great Mountains’ by John Steinbeck

‘The Murder’ by John Steinbeck

‘The Day The Dam Broke’ by James Thurber

‘The Night The Bed Fell’ by James Thurber

1934

‘Impulse’ by Conrad Aiken

‘Silent Snow, Secret Snow’ by Conrad Aiken

‘A Deserted Street’ by Tawfiq Al-Hakim

‘Thirst’ by Ivo Andric

‘Miss Marple Tells A Story’ by Agatha Christie

‘A Bear Hunt’ by William Faulkner

‘Wash’ by William Faulkner

‘Passing’ by Langston Hughes

‘Sucker’ by Carson McCullers

‘A Russian Beauty’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Over The River And Through The Wood’ by John O’Hara

‘Sense Of Humor’ by Damon Runyon

‘An Arrow O’er The House’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘Dilemma’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘The Burning Baby’ by Dylan Thomas

‘My Father Sits In The Dark’ by Jerome Weidman

‘Roman Fever’ by Edith Wharton

1935

‘Kneel To The Rising Sun’ by Erskine Caldwell

‘The Night Of Chancellorsville’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Last Day In The Field’ by Caroline Gordon

‘The Haunter Of The Dark’ by H.P. Lovecraft

‘Breaking The News’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Resurrection Of A Life’ by William Saroyan

‘A Couple Of Hamburgers’ by James Thurber

1936

‘The Devil And Daniel Webster’ by Stephen Vincent Benét

‘The Approach To Al-Mu’tasim’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘The Snows Of Kilimanjaro’ by Ernest Hemingway

‘The Destiny Of A Professor’s Wife’ by Daniil Kharms

‘Wunderkind’ by Carson McCullers

‘Spring In Fialta’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Christmas Morning’ by Frank O’Connor

‘A Life In The Day Of A Writer’ by Tess Slesinger

‘The Wood Duck’ by James Thurber

‘When The Light Gets Green’ by Robert Penn Warren

‘Death Of A Traveling Salesman’ by Eudora Welty

‘Only The Dead Know Brooklyn’ by Thomas Wolfe

‘Big Boy Leaves Home’ by Richard Wright

1937

‘Cloud, Castle, Lake’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Suspicion’ by Dorothy Sayers

‘The Leader Of The People’ by John Steinbeck

‘The Promise’ by John Steinbeck

‘The Iron City’ by Lovell Thompson

‘Christmas Gift’ by Robert Penn Warren

‘Lily Daw And The Three Ladies’ by Eudora Welty

‘A Memory’ by Eudora Welty

‘A Piece Of News’ by Eudora Welty

‘The Crime Wave At Blandings’ by P.G. Wodehouse

1938

‘The Genuine Tabard’ by E.C. Bentley

‘Ben’ by Kay Boyle

‘Christ In Concrete’ by Pietro di Donato

‘Financing Finnegan’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘The Actual Thing’ by William Maxwell

‘Homecoming’ by William Maxwell

‘The Chrysanthemums’ by John Steinbeck

‘Leiningen Versus The Ants’ by Carl Stephenson

‘A Curtain Of Green’ by Eudora Welty

‘The Use Of Force’ by William Carlos Williams

‘The Duchess And The Jeweller’ by Virginia Woolf

‘Lappin And Lapinova’ by Virginia Woolf

‘Bright And Morning Star’ by Richard Wright

1939

‘Condemned House’ by Lucille Boehm

‘The Two Kings And The Two Labyrinths’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Mystery Of The Spanish Chest’ by Agatha Christie

‘Santa Claus Is A White Man’ by John Henrik Clarke

‘Barn Burning’ by William Faulkner

‘Hand Upon The Waters’ by William Faulkner

‘The Lost Decade’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

‘Young Francis Whitehead’ by William Maxwell

‘The Facts Of Life’ by Somerset Maugham

‘First Confession’ by Frank O’Connor

‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ by James Thurber

‘The Unicorn In The Garden’ by James Thurber

‘Keela, The Outcast Indian Maiden’ by Eudora Welty

‘Petrified Man’ by Eudora Welty

‘The Door’ by E.B. White

‘Almos’ A Man’ by Richard Wright

1940

‘The Circular Ruins’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Fight Of The Good Ship Clarissa’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Boy Who Painted Christ Black’ by John Henrik Clarke

‘Armistice’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Pelican’s Shadow’ by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

‘Extraordinary Little Cough’ by Dylan Thomas

‘Clytie’ by Eudora Welty

1941

‘The Garden Of The Forking Paths’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Library Of Babel’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘Men’ by Kay Boyle

‘Nothing Ever Breaks Except The Heart’ by Kay Boyle

‘The Net’ by Robert M. Coates

‘The Tall Men’ by William Faulkner

‘One Friday Morning’ by Langston Hughes

‘The Jockey’ by Carson McCullers

‘Madame Zilensky And The King Of Finland’ by Carson McCullers

‘The Standard Of Living’ by Dorothy Parker

‘Rain On Tanyard Hollow’ by Jesse Stuart

‘The Walled Garden’ by Peter Taylor

‘You Could Look It Up’ by James Thurber

‘Why I Live At The P.O.’ by Eudora Welty

‘A Worn Path’ by Eudora Welty

1942

‘The Photograph’ by Enrique Amorim

‘Death And The Compass’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Mysterious Kor’ by Elizabeth Bowen

‘De Mortuis’ by John Collier

‘My Mother’ by Andre Gide

‘Georgetown Nights’ by Nancy Hale

‘The Peach Stone’ by Paul Horgan

‘Correspondence’ by Carson McCullers

‘Ultima Thule’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Search Through The Streets Of The City’ by Irwin Shaw

‘The Catbird Seat’ by James Thurber

‘The Wide Net’ by Eudora Welty

1943

‘The Secret Miracle’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘Then We’ll Set It Right’ by Robert Gorham Davis

‘Shall Not Perish’ by William Faulkner

‘Shingles For The Lord’ by William Faulkner

‘Who Lived And Died Believing’ by Nancy Hale

‘Afternoon In Linen’ by Shirley Jackson

‘A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud’ by Carson McCullers

‘Graven Image’ by John O’Hara

‘Dawn Of Remembered Spring’ by Jesse Stuart

1944

‘The Wind And The Snow Of Winter’ by Walter Van Tilburg Clark

‘The Fashion Plate’ by Rhys Davies

‘The Piano’ by Anibal Monteiro Machado

‘The Mad Lomasneys’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Upturned’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Nest Egg’ by Jesse Stuart

‘Of This Time, Of That Place’ by Lionel Trilling

‘Health Card’ by Frank Yerby

1945

‘The Aleph’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen

‘A Day In The Open’ by Jane Bowles

‘Miriam’ by Truman Capote

‘My Side Of The Matter’ by Truman Capote

‘The Lottery Ticket’ by Ventura García Calderón

‘The Heroine’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘Where The Door Is Always Open And The Welcome Mat Is Out’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Crime Of The Mathematics Professor’ by Clarice Lispector

‘The Patterns Of Love’ by William Maxwell

‘News For The Church’ by Frank O’Connor

‘The Trout’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘So Peaceful In The Country’ by Carl Ruthven Offord

1946

‘On Exactitude In Science’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘And/Or’ by Sterling Brown

‘Love Far From Home’ by Italo Calvino

‘The Sutton Place Story’ by John Cheever

‘House Taken Over’ by Julio Cortázar

‘An Error In Chemistry’ by William Faulkner

‘The Dinner’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Medal From Jerusalem’ by Irwin Shaw

‘The Moon Child Of Wolfe Creek’ by Jesse Stuart

‘The Homecoming’ by Frank Yerby

1947

‘Do Stay, Giraffe’ by Wolfgang Borchert

‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles

‘I See You Never’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Beautiful Mountains’ by John Cheever

‘The Enormous Radio’ by John Cheever

‘Peyo Mercé: English Teacher’ by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro

‘The Sugawn Chair’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘Unholy Living And Half Dying’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘Solo On The Drums’ by Ann Petry

‘The Valiant Woman’ by J.F. Powers

‘What We Don’t Know Hurts Us’ by Mark Schorer

‘The Interior Castle’ by Jean Stafford

‘Uncles’ by Peter Taylor

‘The Evolution Of Knowledge’ by Niccolo Tucci

‘Blackberry Winter’ by Robert Penn Warren

‘The Patented Gate And The Mean Hamburger’ by Robert Penn Warren

‘The Richer, The Poorer’ by Dorothy West

‘Probably Shakespeare’ by Jessamyn West

1948

‘The Supper’ by Tadeusz Borowski

‘-And The Moon Be Still As Bright’ by Ray Bradbury

‘Asleep In Armageddon’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Off Season’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The End Of The World’ by Dino Buzzati

‘Children On Their Birthdays’ by Truman Capote

‘O City Of Broken Dreams’ by John Cheever

‘Man From The South’ by Roald Dahl

‘Dirty Deceivers’ by Chester Himes

‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson

‘First Love’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘Symbols And Signs’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘The Barber’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Train’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Drunkard’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Judas’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Innocence’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘Children Are Bored On Sunday’ by Jean Stafford

‘The View From The Balcony’ by Wallace Stegner

‘Goodwood Comes Back’ by Robert Penn Warren

‘The Mysteries Of Life In An Orderly Manner’ by Jessamyn West

‘The Angel In The Alcove’ by Tennessee Williams

1949

‘Christmas Is A Sad Season For The Poor’ by John Cheever

‘The Hartleys’ by John Cheever

‘The NRACP’ by George P. Elliott

‘Mama’s Missionary Money’ by Chester Himes

‘Charles’ by Shirley Jackson

‘Home For Christmas’ by Carson McCullers

‘A Stroke Of Good Fortune’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Majesty Of The Law’ by Frank O’Connor

‘The Man Of The House’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Up The Bare Stairs’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘The Hawk’ by Liam O’Flaherty

‘Porte-Cochere’ by Peter Taylor

‘The Whole World Knows’ by Eudora Welty

1950

‘The Wait’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Veldt’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Whole Town’s Sleeping’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Baby In The Icebox’ by James M. Cain

‘In Greenwich, There Are Many Gravelled Walks’ by Hortense Calisher

‘The Season Of Divorce’ by John Cheever

‘Eyes Of A Blue Dog’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘The Woman Who Came At Six O’Clock’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘One Throw’ by W.C. Heinz

‘Conversation On The Corner’ by Langston Hughes

‘Landladies’ by Langston Hughes

‘Simple On Indian Blood’ by Langston Hughes

‘Simple Prays A Prayer’ by Langston Hughes

‘Vacation’ by Langston Hughes

‘The First Seven Years’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Masculine Principle’ by Frank O’Connor

‘My Oedipus Complex’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Death Of A Favorite’ by J.F. Powers

1951

‘The Switchman’ by Juan José Arreola

‘Ibn-Hakam al-Bokhari, Murdered In His Labyrinth’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘East Side: North Africa’ by Jane Bowles

‘The Fire Balloons’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Last Night Of The World’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Other Foot’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Pedestrian’ by Ray Bradbury

‘Letter To A Young Lady In Paris’ by Julio Cortázar

‘My Last Story’ by Janet Frame

‘The Centerpiece’ by Peter Matthiessen

‘The Tin Butterfly’ by Mary McCarthy

‘Legal Aid’ by Frank O’Connor

‘Tell Them Not To Kill Me!’ by Juan Rulfo

‘The Swimming Contest’ by Benjamin Tammuz

‘The Lesson’ by Jessamyn West

‘Love, Death, And The Ladies’ Drill Team’ by Jessamyn West

1952

‘Exodus’ by James Baldwin

‘The Man On The Threshold’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Poor Men And Women’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Cap For Steve’ by Morley Callaghan

‘God Bless America’ by John Oliver Killens

‘The Chicken’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Mystery In São Cristóvão’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘The Birds’ by Daphne du Maurier

‘The Trojan Women’ by William Maxwell

‘Enoch And The Gorilla’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘A Child’s Christmas In Wales’ by Dylan Thomas

‘No Place For You, My Love’ by Eudora Welty

‘Three Players Of A Summer Game’ by Tennessee Williams

1953

‘Dead Men’s Path’ by Chinua Achebe

‘The Rookie’ by Eliot Asinof

‘The South’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘And The Rock Cried Out’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Clever One’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Day We Got Our Own Back’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Lie’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Morning After The Big Fire’ by Maeve Brennan

‘O Youth And Beauty’ by John Cheever

‘The Nine Billion Names Of God’ by Arthur C. Clarke

‘The Wish’ by Roald Dahl

‘The Hanging Stranger’ by Philip K. Dick

‘The Skull’ by Philip K. Dick

‘Brooklyns Lose’ by William Heuman

‘Simple On Military Integration’ by Langston Hughes

‘Who’s Passing For Who?’ by Langston Hughes

‘Three-Ten To Yuma’ by Elmore Leonard

‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell

‘The Discovery Of Christmas’ by Carson McCullers

‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Gimpel The Fool’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer

‘The Leaf-Sweeper’ by Muriel Spark

‘The Shorn Lamb’ by Jean Stafford

1954

‘The Bound Man’ by Ilse Aichinger

‘Action Will Be Taken’ by Heinrich Boll

‘All Summer In A Day’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Barrel Of Rumors’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Devil In Us’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The State Of Grace’ by Harold Brodkey

‘The Five-Forty-Eight’ by John Cheever

‘Going Ashore’ by Mavis Gallant

‘The New Order’ by Nancy Hale

‘A Day In The Country’ by Dan Jacobson

‘The Magic Barrel’ by Bernard Malamud

‘His Excellency’ by Indro Montanelli

‘A Circle In The Fire’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Displaced Person’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Life You Save May Be Your Own’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Bad Characters’ by Jean Stafford

‘Friends From Philadelphia’ by John Updike

1955

‘Three Is A Lucky Number’ by Margery Allingham

‘A Father-To-Be’ by Saul Bellow

‘The Daughters’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Old Man Of The Sea’ by Maeve Brennan

‘Christmas Day In The Morning’ by Pearl S. Buck

‘A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘White Girl, Fine Girl’ by Shirley Ann Grau

‘One Ordinary Day, With Peanuts’ by Shirley Jackson

‘Through The Tunnel’ by Doris Lessing

‘On The Empty Shore’ by Seosamh Mac Grianna

‘Angel Levine’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Mourners’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Artificial N—–‘ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Good Country People’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘A Late Encounter With The Enemy’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The River’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘You Can’t Be Any Poorer Than Dead’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘I Live On Your Visits’ by Dorothy Parker

‘The Green Banana’ by J.F. Powers

‘A Losing Game’ by J.F. Powers

‘My Sister’s Marriage’ by Cynthia Marshall Rich

‘The Contest For Aaron Gold’ by Philip Roth

‘The Eighty-Yard Run’ by Irwin Shaw

‘Where Nothing Is Long Ago’ by Virginia Sorensen

‘Beatrice Trueblood’s Story’ by Jean Stafford

‘Walk In The Moon Shadows’ by Jesse Stuart

‘The Battle Of The Suits’ by Jessamyn West

‘Homecoming’ by Jessamyn West

‘Tom Wolfe’s My Name’ by Jessamyn West

1956

‘The Christmas Turkey’ by Mário de Andrade

‘Jokester’ by Isaac Asimov

‘To The Wilderness I Wander’ by Frank Butler

‘A Christmas Memory’ by Truman Capote

‘Northerners Can Be So Smug’ by Alice Childress

‘The Pocketbook Game’ by Alice Childress

‘End Of The Game’ by Julio Cortázar

‘The Night Face Up’ by Julio Cortázar

‘The First Flower’ by Augusta Wallace Lyons

‘A Summer’s Reading’ by Bernard Malamud

‘Jewellery’ by Alberto Moravia

‘Greenleaf’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Goodbye And Good Luck’ by Grace Paley

‘Meat’ by Virgilio Piñera

‘The Mountain Day’ by Jean Stafford

1957

‘Sonny’s Blues’ by James Baldwin

‘The Sound Of Summer Running’ by Ray Bradbury

‘Before Crowned Heads’ by Dean Doner

‘Christmas Song’ by Langston Hughes

‘Present For Joyce’ by Langston Hughes

‘Tied In A Bow’ by Langston Hughes

‘Vicious Circle’ by Langston Hughes

‘Thanks For The Ride’ by Alice Munro

‘A View Of The Woods’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Lovers Of The Lake’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘About Jessie Mae’ by James Purdy

‘The Champ’ by Pedro Juan Soto

1958

‘A Mother’s Tale’ by James Agee

‘The Worm In The Apple’ by John Cheever

‘Grandma’s Wake’ by Emilio Díaz Valcárcel

‘Indian Burial’ by Dean Doner

‘Thank You Ma’am’ by Langston Hughes

‘Flowers For Algernon’ by Daniel Keyes

‘The Living’ by Mary Lavin

‘Purification On Cristo Street’ by René Marqués

‘The Vane Sisters’ by Vladimir Nabokov

‘The Enduring Chill’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Letter Writers’ by Elizabeth Taylor

‘The Challenge’ by Mario Vargas Llosa

1959

‘The Sacrificial Egg’ by Chinua Achebe

‘Sweet Town’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘The Frozen Fields’ by Paul Bowles

‘The Music Teacher’ by John Cheever

‘Secret Weapons’ by Julio Cortázar

‘The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl

‘End Of The World’ by Dean Doner

‘The Confidence Man’ by George Garrett

‘The Ledge’ by Lawrence Sargent Hall

‘The Buffalo’ by Clarice Lispector

‘La Sainte-Vierge’ by Daphne du Maurier

‘The Contest’ by Grace Paley

‘The Loudest Voice’ by Grace Paley

‘The Pink Pale Roast’ by Grace Paley

‘A Subject Of Childhood’ by Grace Paley

‘Eli, The Fanatic’ by Philip Roth

‘The Fishing-Boat Picture’ by Alan Sillitoe

‘On Saturday Afternoon’ by Alan Sillitoe

‘Venus, Cupid, Folly And Time’ by Peter Taylor

‘The Happiest I’ve Been’ by John Updike

1960

‘This Morning, This Evening, So Soon’ by James Baldwin

‘The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh’ by Ray Bradbury

‘The Adventure Of The Christmas Pudding’ by Agatha Christie

‘Rose’ by Mavis Gallant

‘When We Were Nearly Young’ by Mavis Gallant

‘The Rain Horse’ by Ted Hughes

‘One Off The Short List’ by Doris Lessing

‘Happy Birthday’ by Clarice Lispector

‘The Smallest Woman In The World’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Three Million Yen’ by Yukio Mishima

‘The Peace Of Utrecht’ by Alice Munro

‘Tell Me A Riddle’ by Tillie Olsen

‘God Writes A Bad Hand’ by J.F. Powers

‘The Fall’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘This Is My Living Room’ by Tom McAfee

‘The Wheelbarrow’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘The Vertical Ladder’ by William Sansom

‘A Dedicated Man’ by Elizabeth Taylor

‘Long Walk To Forever’ by Kurt Vonnegut

1961

‘Murder At Fork Junction’ by Alston Anderson

‘The Spring Hat’ by H.E. Bates

‘The Beginning Of A Long Story’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Angel Of The Bridge’ by John Cheever

‘Prizes’ by Janet Frame

‘The Old Army Game’ by George Garrett

‘Feet Live Their Own Life’ by Langston Hughes

‘Idiots First’ by Bernard Malamud

‘An Ounce Of Cure’ by Alice Munro

‘Everything That Rises Must Converge’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘The Partridge Festival’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Two Turtledoves’ by John O’Hara

‘I Stand Here Ironing’ by Tillie Olsen

‘A&P’ by John Updike

‘Pigeon Feathers’ by John Updike

‘Welcome To The Monkey House’ by Kurt Vonnegut

‘Who Am I This Time?’ by Kurt Vonnegut

1962

‘Everything’ by Ingeborg Bachmann

‘Encarnación Mendoza’s Christmas Eve’ by Juan Bosch

‘An Attack Of Hunger’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Young Girl Can Spoil Her Chances’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Matter Of Time’ by Frank London Brown

‘The Keyhole Eye’ by John Stewart Carter

‘Reunion’ by John Cheever

‘The Manhunt’ by Daniel Curley

‘Peace On High’ by Rómulo Gallegos

‘One Of These Days’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘The Pet’ by Nadine Gordimer

‘Weekend’ by Shirley Hazzard

‘The Terrapin’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Office’ by Alice Munro

‘Irish Revel’ by Edna O’Brien

‘A Short Walk From The Station’ by John O’Hara

‘Gloomy Tune’ by Grace Paley

‘XII’ by Nathalie Sarraute

‘Son In The Afternoon’ by John A. Williams

1963

‘The Drowned Man’ by Maeve Brennan

‘Blow-Up’ by Julio Cortázar

‘A Long Day’s Dying’ by William Eastlake

‘Everybody Knows Tobie’ by Daniel Garza

‘The Mother’ by Natalia Ginzburg

‘Mortmain’ by Graham Greene

‘The Loons’ by Margaret Laurence

‘The Mask Of The Bear’ by Margaret Laurence

‘The Sound Of The Singing’ by Margaret Laurence

‘To Set Our House In Order’ by Margaret Laurence

‘England Versus England’ by Doris Lessing

‘How I Finally Lost My Heart’ by Doris Lessing

‘To Room Nineteen’ by Doris Lessing

‘A Woman On The Roof’ by Doris Lessing

‘The Jewbird’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Rug’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Why Do The Heathens Rage?’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Agatha’ by John O’Hara

‘The Face’ by Virginia Sorensen

‘Two Pilgrims’ by Peter Taylor

‘Giving Blood’ by John Updike

‘Where Is The Voice Coming From?’ by Eudora Welty

1964

‘Me And Miss Mandible’ by Donald Barthelme

‘What’s Your Problem?’ by Robert Boles

‘The Carpet With The Big Pink Roses On It’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Free Choice’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Student’s Wife’ by Raymond Carver

‘The Swimmer’ by John Cheever

‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ by Margaret Drabble

‘The Doll Queen’ by Carlos Fuentes

‘Cheap In August’ by Graham Greene

‘Trek’ by Barry Hannah

‘One Arm’ by Yasunari Kawabata

‘A Bird In The House’ by Margaret Laurence

‘The Fifth Story’ by Clarice Lispector

‘The Obedient Ones’ by Clarice Lispector

‘A Sincere Friendship’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Temptation’ by Clarice Lispector

‘Red Dress – 1946’ by Alice Munro

‘Revelation’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Christmas Poem’ by John O’Hara

‘Flight’ by John O’Hara

‘In The Zoo’ by Jean Stafford

‘A Meeting In Middle Age’ by William Trevor

‘Twin Beds In Rome’ by John Updike

1965

‘Little Whale, Varnisher Of Reality’ by Vasily Aksenov

‘Going To Meet The Man’ by James Baldwin

‘Game’ by Donald Barthelme

‘The Shadow Of Kindness’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Poetics For Bullies’ by Stanley Elkin

‘Sunday Lunch’ by Nancy Hale

‘The Possibility Of Evil’ by Shirley Jackson

‘The Poor Orphan Girl’ by William Maxwell

‘A Horse And Two Goats’ by R.K. Narayan

‘At The Seminary’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Comforts Of Home’ by Flannery O’Connor

‘Key To The City’ by Diane Oliver

‘Living’ by Grace Paley

‘The Family Meadow’ by John Updike

1966

‘The Twelfth Wedding Anniversary’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen’ by Graham Greene

‘In The Region Of Ice’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Upon The Sweeping Flood’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Two Of A Kind’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘Neighbors’ by Diane Oliver

‘The House Of The Famous Poet’ by Muriel Spark

1967

‘Talkin Bout Sonny’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘The Star’ by Arthur C. Clarke

‘A Voyage To Cythera’ by Margaret Drabble

‘The Sunday After Christmas’ by Mavis Gallant

‘Two Gentle People’ by Graham Greene

‘The Third Bank Of The River’ by João Guimarães Rosa

‘The Quest For “Blank Claveringi”’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Stick Up’ by John Oliver Killens

‘The Half-Husky’ by Margaret Laurence

‘Horses Of The Night’ by Margaret Laurence

‘The Love Object’ by Edna O’Brien

‘How Old, How Young’ by John O’Hara

‘Debt Of Honor’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘The Lotus’ by Jean Rhys

‘To Hell With Dying’ by Alice Walker

‘Good Man, Bad Man’ by Jerome Weidman

1968

‘Summer Voices’ by John Banville

‘The Indian Uprising’ by Donald Barthelme

‘Robert Kennedy Saved From Drowning’ by Donald Barthelme

‘The Eldest Child’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Sofa’ by Maeve Brennan

‘Stories Of Africa’ by Maeve Brennan

‘Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘The Last Voyage Of The Ghost Ship’ by Gabriel García Márquez

‘In The Heart Of The Heart Of The Country’ by William Gass

‘The Life Of The Imagination’ by Nadine Gordimer

‘Nikishka’s Secrets’ by Yury Kazakov

‘Here There Be Tygers’ by Stephen King

‘Strawberry Spring’ by Stephen King

‘My Son The Murderer’ by Bernard Malamud

‘On Trains’ by James Alan McPherson

‘A Solo Song: For Doc’ by James Alan McPherson

‘Manikin’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Boys And Girls’ by Alice Munro

‘Dance Of The Happy Shades’ by Alice Munro

‘Images’ by Alice Munro

‘Postcard’ by Alice Munro

‘The Shining Houses’ by Alice Munro

‘Walker Brothers Cowboy’ by Alice Munro

‘The Mouth Of The Cave’ by Edna O’Brien

‘A Dead Cert’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘Cafeteria’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer

‘The Dead Fiddler’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1969

‘Happy Birthday’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘The Babysitter’ by Robert Coover

‘Crossing The Alps’ by Margaret Drabble

‘Goodbye, Pops’ by Joe Gores

‘The Hitchhiking Game’ by Milan Kundera

‘City Boy’ by Leonard Michaels

‘The Canebrake’ by Mohammed Mrabet

‘How I Contemplated The World From The Detroit House Of Correction And Began My Life Over Again’ by Joyce Carol Oates

1970

‘The Gospel According To Mark’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘The Lookout’ by Cyrus Colter

‘The Gifts Of War’ by Margaret Drabble

‘Jericho’s Brick Battlements’ by Margaret Laurence

‘Death Constant Beyond Love’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

‘Where I Lived, And What I Lived For’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Her Son’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1971

‘Civil Peace’ by Chinua Achebe

‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘Gorilla, My Love’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘Talk To The Music’ by Arna Bontemps

‘Cowardice’ by Abdeslam Boulaich

‘Revenge Of The Lawn’ by Richard Brautigan

‘Cooking Lesson’ by Rosario Castellanos

‘Game Plan’ by Don DeLillo

‘A Day In The Life Of A Smiling Woman’ by Margaret Drabble

‘White Rat’ by Gayl Jones

‘Don’t Look Now’ by Daphne du Maurier

‘The Flats Road’ by Alice Munro

‘The Metamorphosis’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Turn Of The Screw’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Debts’ by Grace Paley

‘Wants’ by Grace Paley

‘The Old Halvorson Place’ by Larry Woiwode

1972

‘Sugar Baby’ by Chinua Achebe

‘Steady Going Up’ by Maya Angelou

‘The Johnson Girls’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘The Lesson’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘Maggie Of The Green Bottles’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘My Man Bovanne’ by Toni Cade Bambara

‘The Rise Of Capitalism’ by Donald Barthelme

‘Christmas Eve’ by Maeve Brennan

‘The Springs Of Affection’ by Maeve Brennan

‘Are These Actual Miles?’ by Raymond Carver

‘Jerry And Molly And Sam’ by Raymond Carver

‘(I Thought My Father Looked Like FDR)’ by George Chambers

‘A Success Story’ by Margaret Drabble

‘Mrs. Fortescue’ by Doris Lessing

‘A Loaf Of Bread’ by James Alan McPherson

‘The Silver Bullet’ by James Alan McPherson

‘Naga’ by R.K. Narayan

‘The Dead’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Lady With The Pet Dog’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Soldiers’ by Ellease Southerland

‘Penelope’ by Dalton Trevisan

‘Commercial’ by John Updike

‘Minutes Of The Last Meeting’ by John Updike

‘When Everyone Was Pregnant’ by John Updike

‘Can-Can’ by Arturo Vivante

‘Train’ by Joy Williams

1973

‘Family Walls’ by Maeve Brennan

‘A Story In Almost Classical Mode’ by Harold Brodkey

‘The World Of Apples’ by John Cheever

‘Mr. Parker’ by Laurie Colwin

‘The Boogeyman’ by Stephen King

‘The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas’ by Ursula K. Le Guin

‘Notes From A Lady At A Dinner Party’ by Bernard Malamud

‘The Faithful’ by James Alan McPherson

‘The Story Of A Scar’ by James Alan McPherson

‘Do With Me What You Will’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Creature’ by Edna O’Brien

‘A Conversation With My Father’ by Grace Paley

‘The Marvellous Girl’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘The Rescue’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘The Diary Of An African Nun’ by Alice Walker

‘Everyday Use’ by Alice Walker

1974

‘I Bought A Little City’ by Donald Barthelme

‘American Dreams’ by Peter Carey

‘Flesh And The Mirror’ by Angela Carter

‘Irina’ by Mavis Gallant

‘Why I Like Country Music’ by James Alan McPherson

‘How I Met My Husband’ by Alice Munro

‘Small Avalanches’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Durling, Or The Faithless Wife’ by Sean O’Faolain

‘The Camberwell Beauty’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘Evening On The Côte D’Azur – 1952’ by Richard Yates

1975

‘Roses, Rhododendron’ by Alice Adams

‘Rape Fantasies’ by Margaret Atwood

‘The Neighbor’ by Russell Banks

‘The Book Of Sand’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘City Lovers’ by Nadine Gordimer

‘Midnight And I’m Not Famous Yet’ by Barry Hannah

‘Knowing He Was Not My Kind Yet I Followed’ by Barry Hannah

‘The Breeder’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Coquette’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Dancer’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Female Novelist’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Fully Licensed Whore, Or, The Wife’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Hand’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Invalid, Or The Bedridden’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘The Middle-Class Housewife’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘Bluebell Meadow’ by Benedict Kiely

‘The Lawnmower Man’ by Stephen King

‘First Love, Last Rites’ by Ian McEwan

‘Storytellers, Liars, And Bores’ by Leonard Michaels

‘A Complicated Nature’ by William Trevor

‘The Man Who Loved Extinct Mammals’ by John Updike

‘Problems’ by John Updike

‘Separating’ by John Updike

‘Who, Me A Bum?’ by Luisa Valenzuela

1976

‘Heart Attack’ by Max Apple

‘The School’ by Donald Barthelme

‘Weekend’ by Ann Beattie

‘The World In A Bowl Of Soup: A Christmas Story’ by Annie Dillard

‘Letters From The Samantha‘ by Mark Helprin

‘The Balcony’ by Filisberto Hernández

‘The Ledge’ by Stephen King

‘The Artichoke’ by Marilyn Krysl

‘The Thistles In Sweden’ by William Maxwell

‘The Poteen Maker’ by Michael McLaverty

‘The Road To The Shore’ by Michael McLaverty

‘In The Hours Of Darkness’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Number Ten’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Legend For A Painting’ by Julia O’Faolain

‘Domestic Life In America’ by John Updike

‘Here Come The Maples’ by John Updike

‘Love Song, For A Moog Synthesizer’ by John Updike

1977

‘Le Miroir’ by Robert Aickman

‘Hair Jewellery’ by Margaret Atwood

‘The Man From Mars’ by Margaret Atwood

‘Cortés And Montezuma’ by Donald Barthelme

‘The King Of Jazz’ by Donald Barthelme

‘Xmas’ by Thomas M. Disch

‘Backwacking, A Plea To The Senator’ by Ralph Ellison

‘Coming Close To Donna’ by Barry Hannah

‘The Schreuderspitze’ by Mark Helprin

‘The Golden Pony’ by Glyn Jones

‘The Wine Breath’ by John McGahern

‘A Sense Of Story’ by James Alan McPherson

‘The Story Of A Dead Man’ by James Alan McPherson

‘The Flight Of Geese’ by Leslie Norris

‘This Is A Story About My Friend George, The Toy Inventor’ by Grace Paley

‘Trilobites’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘A Family Man’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘Pretty Ice’ by Mary Robison

‘Sisters’ by Mary Robison

‘The Egg Race’ by John Updike

1978

‘Concerning The Bodyguard’ by Donald Barthelme

‘A Silver Dish’ by Saul Bellow

‘Popular Mechanics’ by Raymond Carver

‘Why Don’t You Dance?’ by Raymond Carver

‘In The Name Of Bobby’ by Julio Cortázar

‘Delivering’ by Andre Dubus

‘Dragged Fighting From His Tomb’ by Barry Hannah

‘Testimony Of Pilot’ by Barry Hannah

‘Water Liars’ by Barry Hannah

‘A Leading Role’ by Tove Jansson

‘Girl’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘In The Night’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘Quitters, Inc.’ by Stephen King

‘Pornography’ by Ian McEwan

‘Psychopolis’ by Ian McEwan

‘The Moons Of Jupiter’ by Alice Munro

‘Roman Spring’ by Leslie Norris

‘Mrs. Reinhardt’ by Edna O’Brien

‘A Rose In The Heart Of New York’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Somewhere Else’ by Grace Paley

‘In The Dry’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘The Fly In The Ointment’ by V.S. Pritchett

‘May Queen’ by Mary Robison

‘Another Christmas’ by William Trevor

‘Attracta’ by William Trevor

‘Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog’ by Stephanie Vaughn

1979

‘Greenwich Time’ by Ann Beattie

‘Wolf-Alice’ by Angela Carter

‘At Last’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘Wingless’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘The Doll’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Violets’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Love’ by Grace Paley

‘Happy’ by Jayne Anne Phillips

‘Home’ by Jayne Anne Phillips

‘Lechery’ by Jayne Anne Phillips

1980

‘The Hit Man’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Sauerkraut Soup’ by Stuart Dybek

‘A Vermont Tale’ by Mark Helprin

‘Offerings’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘Shiloh’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘The Turkey Season’ by Alice Munro

‘The Warmth Of Things’ by Nélida Piñón

‘Gesturing’ by John Updike

1981

‘Greyhound People’ by Alice Adams

‘Let Me Count The Times’ by Martin Amis

‘The Child Screams And Looks Back At You’ by Russell Banks

‘Cold And Sunny’ by Maeve Brennan

‘After The Denim’ by Raymond Carver

‘The Bath’ by Raymond Carver

‘Beginners’ by Raymond Carver

‘Chef’s House’ by Raymond Carver

‘Everything Stuck To Him’ by Raymond Carver

‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love’ by Raymond Carver

‘A Dark Night’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Letter From Home’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘The Anatomy Of Desire’ by John L’Heureux

‘Detroit Skyline 1949’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘Nancy Culpepper’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘Prue’ by Alice Munro

‘Dabchick’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Kangaroo Communiqué’ by Haruki Murakami

‘New York Mining Disaster’ by Haruki Murakami

On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning’ by Haruki Murakami

‘A Perfect Day For Kangaroos’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Year Of Spaghetti’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Connor Girls’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Sister Imelda’ by Edna O’Brien

‘The Shawl’ by Cynthia Ozick

‘The Honored Dead’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘The Absence Of Emily’ by Jack Ritchie

‘Coach’ by Mary Robison

‘Smart’ by Mary Robison

‘The Gift Of The Prodigal’ by Peter Taylor

‘The Lovely Troubled Daughters Of Our Old Crowd’ by John Updike

‘Pygmalion’ by John Updike

‘Other Women’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘Camping Out’ by James Wilcox

‘In The Garden Of North American Martyrs’ by Tobias Wolff

‘Next Door’ by Tobias Wolff

‘Liars In Love’ by Richard Yates

1982

‘Where The Mountains Are’ by Bill Barich

‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie

‘One Christmas’ by Truman Capote

‘Cathedral’ by Raymond Carver

‘Feathers’ by Raymond Carver

‘Where I’m Calling From’ by Raymond Carver

‘A Figure Of Speech’ by Tess Gallagher

‘A Family Supper’ by Kazuo Ishiguro

‘Drawing Names’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘Residents And Transients’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘The Rookers’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘Bardon Bus’ by Alice Munro

‘Kiswana Browne’ by Gloria Naylor

‘Levitation’ by Cynthia Ozick

‘Hollow’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘Strays’ by Mark Richard

‘Yours’ by Mary Robison

‘Reunion’ by Julie Schumacher

‘Christmas For Sassafrass, Cypress And Indigo’ by Ntozake Shange

‘Polaroid’ by Sally Wells

1983

‘Alaska’ by Alice Adams

‘Simmering’ by Margaret Atwood

‘All The Way In Flagstaff, Arizona’ by Richard Bausch

‘Chablis’ by Donald Barthelme

‘Coney Island’ by Ann Beattie

‘Heaven On A Summer Night’ by Ann Beattie

‘High School’ by Ann Beattie

‘Lofty’ by Ann Beattie

‘Times’ by Ann Beattie

‘The Naked Lady’ by Madison Smartt Bell

‘Song On Royal Street’ by Richard Blessing

‘August 25, 1983’ by Jorge Luis Borges

‘In The Red Room’ by Paul Bowles

‘Memorial Day’ by Peter Cameron

‘Fever’ by Raymond Carver

‘Preservation’ by Raymond Carver

‘A Small, Good Thing’ by Raymond Carver

‘The Train’ by Raymond Carver

‘Vitamins’ by Raymond Carver

‘Break It Down’ by Lydia Davis

‘The Texas Principessa’ by William Goyen

‘In The Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried’ by Amy Hempel

‘Why I Became A Nightingale’ by Wolfgang Hildesheimer

‘The Circling Hand’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘Figures In The Distance’ by Jamaica Kincaid

‘Territory’ by David Leavitt

‘The Stump-Grubber’ by Torgny Lindgren

‘Love’ by William Maxwell

‘Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Mirror’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Nairobi’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The First Day Of Winter’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘A Room Forever’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘The Way It Has To Be’ by Breece D’J Pancake

‘I Am Twenty-One’ by Mary Robison

‘The Wellman Twins’ by Mary Robison

‘On The Golden Porch’ by Tatyana Tolstaya

‘Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desire’ by Michael Tournier

‘By The Way Of Morning Fire’ by Michael Weaver

1984

‘Bridging’ by Max Apple

‘Business Talk’ by Max Apple

‘The Cliff’ by Charles Baxter

‘In The White Night’ by Ann Beattie

‘Villa Marta’ by Clare Boylan

‘The Hector Quesadilla Story’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Midair’ by Frank Conroy

‘Bottle Caps’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Hot Ice’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Pet Milk’ by Stuart Dybek

‘The Case Of Four And Twenty Blackbirds’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Victory Over Japan’ by Ellen Gilchrist

‘Mother’ by Andrea Lee

‘With Reference To An Incident At A Bridge’ by William Maxwell

‘Crabs’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Nausea 1979’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Happy’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘In The Woods’ by Mary Robison

‘Kid MacArthur’ by Stephanie Vaughn

1985

‘Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie’ by Beryl Bainbridge

‘Through The Safety Net’ by Charles Baxter

‘Janus’ by Ann Beattie

‘Greasy Lake’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Reading The Paper’ by Ron Carlson

‘The Kitchen Baby’ by Angela Carter

‘The Sock’ by Lydia Davis

‘Second-Hand Man’ by Rita Dove

‘Blight’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Communist’ by Richard Ford

‘Even Greenland’ by Barry Hannah

‘San Francisco’ by Amy Hempel

‘Tonight Is A Favor To Holly’ by Amy Hempel

‘When It’s Human Instead Of When It’s Dog’ by Amy Hempel

‘Billy’s Girl’ by Gordon Jackson

‘The Rosary’ by Robert Kelly

‘The Elephant Vanishes’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Second Bakery Attack’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Mother’ by Grace Paley

‘No One’s A Mystery’ by Elizabeth Tallent

‘The Nevada School Of Acting’ by Judy Troy

‘I’m Your Horse In The Night’ by Luisa Valenzuela

‘The Rich Brother’ by Tobias Wolff

‘Say Yes’ by Tobias Wolff

‘In A House Of Wooden Monkeys’ by Shay Youngblood

1986

‘The Gully’ by Russell Banks

‘Snow’ by Ann Beattie

‘Teller’s Ticket’ by Robert Flanagan

‘The Parker Shotgun’ by Sue Grafton

‘The Slaves In New York’ by Tama Janowitz

‘The Wind-Up Bird And Tuesday’s Women’ by Haruki Murakami

‘I Get By’ by Mary Robison

‘Disguised’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1987

‘The Man Who Knew Belle Starr’ by Richard Bausch

‘Horatio’s Trick’ by Ann Beattie

‘The H Street Sledding Record’ by Ron Carlson

‘Rock Springs’ by Richard Ford

‘Nebraska’ by Ron Hansen

‘Rapture Of The Deep’ by Amy Hempel

‘Bumblebees’ by Bobbie Ann Mason

‘The Lifeguard’ by Mary Morris

‘From 100 Elvis Stories’ by Lisa Walker

1988

‘River Of Names’ by Dorothy Allison

‘The Writer’s Trade’ by Nicholas Delbanco

‘An Affair, Edited’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Connection’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Daisy’s Valentine’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Heaven’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Other Factors’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Romantic Weekend’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Secretary’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Something Nice’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Trying To Be’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Two Men’ by Denis Johnson

‘Work’ by Denis Johnson

‘Crusader Rabbit’ by Jess Mowry

‘Meneseteung’ by Alice Munro

‘In The Shadow Of War’ by Ben Okri

‘Strays’ by Mark Richard

‘American Express’ by James Salter

‘Home For Christmas’ by Jeffrey Shaffer

‘Herself In Love’ by Marianne Wiggins

1989

‘Zapatos’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Monroe’s Wedding’ by John Holman

‘Car Crash While Hitchhiking’ by Denis Johnson

‘Dundun’ by Denis Johnson

‘Emergency’ by Denis Johnson

‘Eisenheim The Illusionist’ by Steven Millhauser

‘Sleep’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Widow’ by Edna O’Brien

‘Long Distances’ by Jewell Parker Rhodes

‘The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan

‘Dog Heaven’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘The Baby-Sitter’ by Jane Yolen

‘Spit In The Governor’s Tea’ by Shay Youngblood

1990

‘Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story’ by Paul Auster

‘Consolation’ by Richard Bausch

‘The Fireman’s Wife’ by Richard Bausch

‘Wedlock’ by Richard Bausch

‘Smoke’ by Michael Chabon

‘The Point’ by Charles D’Ambrosio

‘Chopin In Winter’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Death Of A Right Fielder’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Farwell’ by Stuart Dybek

‘And Lead Us Not Into Penn Station’ by Amy Hempel

‘At The Animal Shelter’ by Amy Hempel

‘Daylight Come’ by Amy Hempel

‘The Harvest’ by Amy Hempel

‘The Most Girl Part Of You’ by Amy Hempel

‘Murder’ by Amy Hempel

‘To Those Of You Who Missed Your Connecting Flights From O’Hare’ by Amy Hempel

‘Tom-Rock Through The Eels’ by Amy Hempel

‘Caveat Emptor’ by Joan Hess

‘Too Much To Bare’ by Joan Hess

‘The Other Man’ by Denis Johnson

‘The Wife’ by Jennifer Jordan

‘Silences’ by Helen Elaine Lee

‘Willing’ by Lorrie Moore

‘You’re Ugly, Too’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Tony Takitani’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Heat’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Brother’ by Edna O’Brien

‘His Final Mother’ by Reynolds Price

‘The Birds For Christmas’ by Mark Richard

‘Jesse’ by Rosemarie Robotham

‘The Battle Of Fallen Timbers’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘Snow Angel’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘Sweet Talk’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘We’re On TV In The Universe’ by Stephanie Vaughn

‘Sanity’ by Tobias Wolff

1991

‘The Working Girl’ by Ann Beattie

‘A Different Kind Of Imperfection’ by Thomas Beller

‘Are You All Right?’ by Wendell Berry

‘(She Owns) Every Thing’ by Anne Enright

‘Community Life’ by Lorrie Moore

‘The Little Green Monster’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Ice Man’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Swimmers’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Iona Moon’ by Melanie Rae Thon

‘The Other Side Of The Street’ by John Updike

1992

‘Read This And Tell Me What It Says’ by A. Manette Ansay

‘A Jonquil For Mary Penn’ by Wendell Berry

‘Making It Home’ by Wendell Berry

‘Mrs. Box’ by Michael Chabon

‘Accident At The Sugarbeet’ by Tom Drury

‘Changes In Louise’ by Tom Drury

‘Tiny In The Wilderness’ by Tom Drury

‘In My Next Life’ by Pam Houston

‘Beverly Home’ by Denis Johnson

‘Happy Hour’ by Denis Johnson

‘Out On Bail’ by Denis Johnson

‘Steady Hands In Seattle General’ by Denis Johnson

‘A Butterfly On F Street’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Girl Who Raised Pigeons’ by Edward P. Jones

‘His Mother’s House’ by Edward P. Jones

‘Lost In The City’ by Edward P. Jones

‘A New Man’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Night Rhonda Ferguson Was Killed’ by Edward P. Jones

‘An Orange Line Train To Ballston’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Store’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Sunday Following Mother’s Day’ by Edward P. Jones

‘Young Lions’ by Edward P. Jones

‘The Black Lights’ by Thom Jones

‘Naked Ladies’ by Antonya Nelson

‘August Evening’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Brown Chest’ by John Updike

‘Playing With Dynamite’ by John Updike

‘Powder’ by Tobias Wolff

1993

‘Amusements’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Because My Father Always Said He Was The Only Indian Who Saw Jim Hendrix Play The Star-Spangled Banner At Woodstock’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Every Little Hurricane’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Family Portrait’ by Sherman Alexie

‘The Fun House’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Indian Education’ by Sherman Alexie

‘The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven’ by Sherman Alexie

‘The Only Traffic Signal On The Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore’ by Sherman Alexie

‘This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Sybil’ by A. Manette Ansay

‘There Was Once’ by Margaret Atwood

‘G-String’ by Nicola Barker

‘A Half-Pint Of Old Darling’ by Wendell Berry

‘Top Of The Food Chain’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Children Of The Sea’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘Night Women’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘We Didn’t’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Across The Lake’ by Deborah Eisenberg

‘Dance In America’ by Lorrie Moore

‘The Threshold’ by Cristina Peri Rossi

‘A Day’ by William Trevor

1994

‘Aren’t You Happy For Me?’ by Richard Bausch

‘How To Travel With A Salmon’ by Umberto Eco

‘Falalalalalalalala’ by Nikki Giovanni

‘Good Intentions’ by Etgar Keret

‘Leg’ by Stephen Polansky

1995

‘Complicities’ by Alice Adams

‘Billboard’ by Richard Bausch

‘Fatality’ by Richard Bausch

‘How To Date A Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, Or Halfie)’ by Junot Díaz

‘Ysrael’ by Junot Díaz

‘Paper Lantern’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Cinnamon’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Beautiful Grade’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Ghost Girls’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Mark Of Satan’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Sticks’ by George Saunders

‘Bullet In The Brain’ by Tobias Wolff

‘Helix’ by Banana Yoshimoto

1996

‘Nobody In Hollywood’ by Richard Bausch

‘The Drill’ by Breena Clarke

‘New York Day Women’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘Aguantando’ by Junot Díaz

‘Aurora’ by Junot Díaz

‘Boyfriend’ by Junot Díaz

‘Drown’ by Junot Díaz

‘Edison, New Jersey’ by Junot Díaz

‘Fiesta, 1980’ by Junot Díaz

‘Negocios’ by Junot Díaz

‘No Face’ by Junot Díaz

‘Privacy’ by Richard Ford

‘The Hammam’ by Hervé Guibert

‘Uncle High Lonesome’ by Barry Hannah

‘Nadine At Forty’ by Hilary Mantel

‘Agnes Of Iowa’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Life After High School’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Lighthouse’ by Agnes Owens

‘Christmas Freud’ by David Rakoff

‘Counting Breaths’ by Rosemarie Robotham

‘The Falls’ by George Saunders

‘The Night In Question’ by Tobias Wolff

1997

‘Elk’ by Rick Bass

‘Clara’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Henri Simon Leprince’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Phone Calls’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Sansini’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Odd Behavior’ by Lydia Davis

‘Blowing Shades’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Lunch At The Loyola Arms’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Because They Wanted To’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘The Blanket’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Comfort’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘The Girl On The Plane’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Tiny Smiling Daddy’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Turgor’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘The Annex’ by Amy Hempel

‘The Children’s Party’ by Amy Hempel

‘Housewife’ by Amy Hempel

‘Weekend’ by Amy Hempel

‘Mouses’ by Thom Jones

‘Everything In This Country Must’ by Colum McCann

‘A Visit’ by Steven Millhauser

‘Brokeback Mountain’ by Annie Proulx

‘The Half-Skinned Steer’ by Annie Proulx

‘Winky’ by George Saunders

‘Mortals’ by Tobias Wolff

1998

‘Quiet Please’ by Aimee Bender

‘Son Of The Wolfman’ by Michael Chabon

‘The Boys’ by Ethan Coen

‘The Sun, The Moon, The Stars’ by Junot Díaz

‘Naked Woman Playing Chopin’ by Louise Erdrich

‘Creche’ by Richard Ford

‘A Dream Of Men’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Birdland’ by Michael Knight

‘A Temporary Matter’ by Jhumpa Lahiri

‘Nachman’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Nachman Burning’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Real Estate’ by Lorrie Moore

‘The Mud Below’ by Annie Proulx

‘What I Hear’ by Mary Robison

‘The End Of FIRPO In The World’ by George Saunders

‘Sea Oak’ by George Saunders

‘Of The Cloth’ by William Trevor

1999

‘The Toughest Indian In The World’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Nilda’ by Junot Díaz

‘The Local Production Of Cinderella’ by Allegra Goodman

‘The Best Girlfriend You Never Had’ by Pam Houston

‘1408’ by Stephen King

‘Nachman At The Races’ by Leonard Michaels

‘The Penultimate Conjecture’ by Leonard Michaels

‘The Bear Came Over The Mountain’ by Alice Munro

‘Man-Eating Cats’ by Haruki Murakami

‘Stitches’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Brownies’ by ZZ Packer

‘Job History’ by Annie Proulx

‘The Barber’s Unhappiness’ by George Saunders

2000

‘Lobster Night’ by Russell Banks

‘Water Child’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘Calling’ by Richard Ford

‘Quality Time’ by Richard Ford

‘Reunion’ by Richard Ford

‘Under The Radar’ by Richard Ford

‘The Paperhanger’ by William Gay

‘Brothers And Sisters Around The World’ by Andrea Lee

‘Spirituality; With Or Without A Prayer’ by Elmore Leonard

‘The Mappist’ by Barry Lopez

‘First Love’ by Ben Marcus

‘Ranch Girl’ by Maile Meloy

‘Tome’ by Maile Meloy

‘Boys’ by Rick Moody

‘Drinking Coffee Elsewhere’ by ZZ Packer

‘Family Christmas’ by Roxana Robinson

‘Exhortation’ by George Saunders

‘Pastoralia’ by George Saunders

2001

‘1-900’ by Richard Bausch

‘Days Of 1978’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Gómez Palacio’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Last Evenings On Earth’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Mauricio (‘The Eye’) Silva’ by Roberto Bolaño

‘Along The Frontage Road’ by Michael Chabon

‘Seven’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘Like It Or Not’ by Deborah Eisenberg

‘Puppy’ by Richard Ford

‘A Village After Dark’ by Kazuo Ishiguro

‘Breaking The Pig’ by Etgar Keret

‘Aqua Boulevard’ by Maile Meloy

‘Nachman From Los Angeles’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Family Furnishings’ by Alice Munro

‘Aftermath’ by Mary Yukari Waters

2002

‘Drummond & Son’ by Charles D’Ambrosio

‘Grammar Questions’ by Lydia Davis

‘Uncle Raymond’ by Nelson Eubanks

‘The Trouble With Mrs. Blynn, The Trouble With The World’ by Patricia Highsmith

‘Four Lean Hounds, ca. 1976’ by Maile Meloy

‘Red’ by Maile Meloy

‘Thirteen And A Half’ by Maile Meloy

‘Travis, B.’ by Maile Meloy

‘Of Mystery There Is No End’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Birthday Girl’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Ant Of The Self’ by ZZ Packer

‘Every Tongue Shall Confess’ by ZZ Packer

‘Last Night’ by James Salter

‘My Flamboyant Grandson’ by George Saunders

2003

‘Flight Patterns’ by Sherman Alexie

‘What You Pawn I Will Redeem’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Yao’s Chick’ by Max Apple

‘Unjust’ by Richard Bausch

‘The Card Trick’ by Tessa Hadley

‘The Surrogate’ by Tessa Hadley

‘It Was Romance’ by Miranda July

‘Harvey’s Dream’ by Stephen King

‘Rest Stop’ by Stephen King

‘Gallatin Canyon’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Red From Green’ by Maile Meloy

‘Cryptology’ by Leonard Michaels

‘Debarking’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Runaway’ by Alice Munro

‘Our Lady Of Peace’ by ZZ Packer

‘Officer Friendly’ by Lewis Robinson

‘Jon’ by George Saunders

‘Extra’ by Yiyun Li

2004

‘The Thing Around Your Neck’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979’ by Daniel Alarcón

‘Chicxulub’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Malta Sheffer’ by Nelson Eubanks

‘The Appropriation Of Cultures’ by Percival Everett

‘Closing Time’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Drive’ by Cristina Henríquez

‘The Man On The Stairs’ by Miranda July

‘The Best Christmas Ever’ by James Patrick Kelly

‘Brides’ by Aryn Kyle

‘Company Of Strangers’ by Aryn Kyle

‘Foaling Season’ by Aryn Kyle

‘Sault Ste. Marie’ by David Means

‘Celebrations Of Thanksgiving: Cuban Seasonings’ by Ana Menéndez

‘The Cousins’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Adams’ by George Saunders

‘Incarnations Of Burned Children’ by David Foster Wallace

‘My Brother At The Canadian Border’ by Sholeh Wolpé

2005

‘Reading Lessons’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘The Flaw In The Design’ by Deborah Eisenberg

‘City Visit’ by Adam Haslett

‘Offertory’ by Amy Hempel

‘Ashes’ by Cristina Henríquez

‘Some Terpsichore’ by Elizabeth McCracken

‘Cowboy’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Ice’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Old Christmas’ by Stephen Merion

‘The Juniper Tree’ by Lorrie Moore

‘The View From Castle Rock’ by Alice Munro

‘Wenlock Edge’ by Alice Munro

‘The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The Shinagawa Monkey’ by Haruki Murakami

‘High Lonesome’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Smother’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Haunting Olivia’ by Karen Russell

‘Lars Farf, Excessively Fearful Father And Husband’ by George Saunders

‘Ambush’ by Donna Tartt

‘Awaiting Orders’ by Tobias Wolff

2006

‘Republica Y Grau’ by Daniel Alarcón

‘The Canoeists’ by Rick Bass

‘Snakebite’ by Arthur Bradford

‘Twilight Of The Superheroes’ by Deborah Eisenberg

‘A Family Like Any Other’ by Carlos Fuentes

‘Good Boys Deserve Favors’ by Neil Gaiman

‘How To Talk To Girls At Parties’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Chasing Birds’ by Cristina Henríquez

‘The Yo-Yo’ by P.D. James

‘Something That Needs Nothing’ by Miranda July

‘North Coast’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Old Friends’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Vicious Circle’ by Thomas McGuane

‘In The Reign Of Harad IV’ by Steven Millhauser

‘Paper Losses’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Kansas’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Landfill’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘Accident Brief’ by Karen Russell

‘Ava Wrestles The Alligator’ by Karen Russell

‘Lady Yeti And The Palace Of Artificial Snows’ by Karen Russell

‘St. Lucy’s Home For Girls Raised By Wolves’ by Karen Russell

‘ZZ’s Sleep-Away Camp For Disordered Dreamers’ by Karen Russell

‘A Priest In The Family’ by Colm Tóibín

‘Folie À Deux’ by William Trevor

2007

‘The Cold Outside’ by John Burnside

‘Television’ by Lydia Davis

‘Alma’ by Junot Diaz

‘The Pram’ by Roddy Doyle

‘If I Vanish’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Waiting’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Found Objects’ by Jennifer Egan

‘When We Went To See The End Of The World By Dawnie Morningside, Age 11¼’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Different Shorelines’ by S.E. Hinton

‘How To Tell Stories To Children’ by Miranda July

‘Roy Spivey’ by Miranda July

‘The Swim Team’ by Miranda July

‘O Tannenbaum’ by Maile Meloy

‘Fiction’ by Alice Munro

‘Heirs’ by Amos Oz

‘Puppy’ by George Saunders

‘Bravado’ by William Trevor

‘Good People’ by David Foster Wallace

2008

‘The Headstrong Historian’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘Fly Away, Breath’ by Wendell Berry

‘Blue Girl’ by Elizabeth Crane

‘You Must Be This Happy To Enter’ by Elizabeth Crane

‘Bullfighting’ by Roddy Doyle

‘Until The Girl Died’ by Anne Enright

‘Robert E. Lee Is Dead’ by Danielle Evans

‘The Dinner Party’ by Joshua Ferris

‘Playing Before Royalty’ by Ian MacMillan

‘Foes’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Waiting’ by Amos Oz

‘Them Old Cowboy Songs’ by Annie Proulx

‘The Woman Of The House’ by William Trevor

‘The Full Glass’ by John Updike

‘Cattle Haul’ by Jesmyn Ward

‘Awake’ by Tobias Wolff

2009

‘Breaking And Entering’ by Sherman Alexie

‘War Dances’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Seiche’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Mirrorball’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘How’ by Roxane Gay

‘On The Oregon Trail’ by Caitlin Horrocks

‘Premium Harmony’ by Stephen King

‘The Vanishing American’ by Leslie Parry

‘Al Roosten’ by George Saunders

‘The Red Bow’ by George Saunders

‘Victory Lap’ by George Saunders

‘Birds In The Mouth’ by Samanta Schweblin

‘Indianapolis (Highway 74)’ by Sam Shepard

‘The Five Wounds’ by Kirstin Valdez Quade

‘Fauntleroy’s Ghost’ by Vinnie Wilhelm

2010

‘Birdsong’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

‘The Warm Fuzzies’ by Chris Adrian

‘Free Fruit For Young Widows’ by Nathan Englander

‘Butcher’s Perfume’ by Sarah Hall

‘If It Keeps On Raining’ by Jon McGregor

‘The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934’ by David Means

‘When The Door Closed, It Was Dark’ by Alison Moore

‘Corrie’ by Alice Munro

‘Escape From Spiderhead’ by George Saunders

‘The Landlord’ by Wells Tower

‘The Last Thing We Need’ by Claire Vaye Watkins

2011

‘Stone Mattress’ by Margaret Atwood

‘Going For A Beer’ by Robert Coover

‘Miracles’ by Lucy Corin

‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank’ by Nathan Englander

‘The Years Of My Birth’ by Louise Erdrich

‘The Other Place’ by Mary Gaitskill

‘Clever Girl’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Sun City’ by Caitlin Horrocks

‘The Paper Menagerie’ by Ken Liu

‘Rollingwood’ by Ben Marcus

‘What Have You Done?’ by Ben Marcus

‘Miracle Polish’ by Steven Millhauser

‘Axis’ by Alice Munro

‘Dear Life’ by Alice Munro

‘Gravel’ by Alice Munro

‘Diem Perdidi’ by Julie Otsuka

‘The King Of Norway’ by Amos Oz

‘The Cold Boy’ by Benjamin Percy

‘Home’ by George Saunders

‘Tenth Of December’ by George Saunders

‘La Moretta’ by Maggie Shipstead

‘I Arrive First’ by Emma Jane Unsworth

2012

‘The Provincials’ by Daniel Alarcon

‘The Doctor And The Rabbi’ by Aimee Bender

‘Ordinary Nudes’ by Stuart Dybek

‘Tosca’ by Stuart Dybek

‘An Abduction’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Even Pretty Eyes Commit Crimes’ by M.J. Hyland

‘Batman And Robin Have An Altercation’ by Stephen King

‘Watching Mysteries With My Mother’ by Ben Marcus

‘The Proxy Marriage’ by Maile Meloy

‘Referential’ by Lorrie Moore

‘The Eye’ by Alice Munro

‘Night’ by Alice Munro

‘Train’ by Alice Munro

‘Voices’ by Alice Munro

‘Chapter Two’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Funny Once’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Literally’ by Antonya Nelson

‘The Semplica Girl Diaries’ by George Saunders

‘Inventing Wampanoag, 1672’ by Ben Shattuck

‘Permission To Enter’ by Zadie Smith

‘Blackie’ by Elizabeth Spencer

‘Christmas Longings’ by Elizabeth Spencer

‘A Talking Cure’ by Justin Taylor

‘Nemecia’ by Kirstin Valdez Quade

‘Lorry Raja’ by Madhuri Vijay

‘Ghosts, Cowboys’ by Claire Vaye Watkins

2013

‘Collectors’ by Daniel Alarcon

‘Modern Girls’ by Teju Cole

‘The Christmas Miracle’ by Rebecca Curtis

‘The Two Davises And The Rugs’ by Lydia Davis

‘Sugar Babies’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘Down To A Sunless Sea’ by Neil Gaiman

‘Absit’ by Angélica Gorodischer

‘Bad Dreams’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Then Later, His Ghost’ by Sarah Hall

‘Paranoia’ by Shirley Jackson

‘This Is Paradise’ by Kristiana Kahakauwila

‘Success’ by Adriana Lisboa

‘Doctors’ by Anneliese Mackintosh

‘The Dark Arts’ by Ben Marcus

‘I Can Say Many Nice Things’ by Ben Marcus

‘Coming Soon’ by Steven Millhauser

‘The Weirdos’ by Ottessa Moshfegh

‘First Husband’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Mastiff’ by Joyce Carol Oates

‘The Knowers’ by Helen Phillips

‘Reeling For The Empire’ by Karen Russell

‘The Embassy Of Cambodia’ by Zadie Smith

‘Meet The President!’ by Zadie Smith

‘On The Hill’ by Elizabeth Spencer

‘Snow Blind’ by Elizabeth Strout

‘Katania’ by Lara Vapnyar

2014

‘The Emerald Light In The Air’ by Donald Antrim

‘Ain’t That Good News’ by Brit Bennett

‘The Frog Prince’ by Robert Coover

‘The Alaska Of Giants And Gods’ by Dave Eggers

‘Sabrina And Corina’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘Click-Clack The Rattlebag’ by Neil Gaiman

‘The Pier Falls’ by Mark Haddon

‘One Saturday Morning’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Cranberry Relish’ by Katherine Heiny

‘Serve-And-Volley Near Vichy’ by Greg Jackson

‘One Gram Short’ by Etgar Keret

‘The Long QT’ by Hilary Mantel

‘Subject To Search’ by Lorrie Moore

‘Thank You For Having Me’ by Lorrie Moore

‘A Clean Marriage’ by Sayaka Murata

‘Scheherazade’ by Haruki Murakami

‘The There There’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Winter In Yalta’ by Antonya Nelson

‘Filling Up With Sugar’ by Yuten Sawanishi

‘Moonlit Landscape With Bridge’ by Zadie Smith

2015

‘The Little Men’ by Megan Abbott

‘Yancey’ by Ann Beattie

‘Dismemberment’ by Wendell Berry

‘Little Man’ by Michael Cunningham

‘Sisters’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘Silk Brocade’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Treasure State’ by Smith Henderson

‘My Life Is A Joke’ by Sheila Heti

‘The Weave’ by Charles Johnson

‘Late’ by Steven Millhauser

‘The Prospectors’ by Karen Russell

‘Bad Latch’ by Curtis Sittenfeld

‘Escape From New York’ by Zadie Smith

‘Donna’ by Michaella Thornton

‘Neighbors’ by Anthony Tognazzini

2016

‘Anhedonia, Here I Come’ by Colin Barrett

‘Deer Season’ by Kevin Barry

‘Are We Not Men?’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘A Small Sacrifice For An Enormous Happiness’ by Jai Chakrabarti

‘Exteriors’ by Kathleen Collins

‘The Hanging Of The Schoolmarm’ by Robert Coover

‘Invasion Of The Martians’ by Robert Coover

‘The Mechanic’ by Lena Dunham

‘All Her Names’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘How Can I Help?’ by Rivka Galchen

‘Flower Hunters’ by Lauren Groff

‘The Midnight Zone’ by Lauren Groff

‘Dido’s Lament’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Three Short Moments In A Long Life’ by John L’Heureux

‘To The Moon And Back’ by Etgar Keret

‘Ancient Rome’ by Kyle McCarthy

‘My Purple Scented Novel’ by Ian McEwan

‘The Beach Boy’ by Ottessa Moshfegh

‘An Honest Woman’ by Ottessa Moshfegh

‘The MYMan Solution’ by Helen Phillips

‘At The Clinic’ by Sally Rooney

‘Mr. Salary’ by Sally Rooney

‘The Bog Girl’ by Karen Russell

‘Gender Studies’ by Curtis Sittenfeld

‘Two Men Arrive In A Village’ by Zadie Smith

‘Aspic’ by Tatyana Tolstaya

‘Stuff’ by Joy Williams

‘Some Get Back’ by Robert J. Williams

‘Spirit Of Christmas’ by Jeanette Winterson

‘Fable’ by Charles Yu

2017

‘Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest’ by Sherman Alexie

‘Most Die Young’ by Camille Bordas

‘Northeast Regional’ by Emma Cline

‘The Hotel’ by Anne Enright

‘Solstice’ by Anne Enright

‘FAQs’ by Allegra Goodman

‘An Evening Out’ by Garth Greenwell

‘Funny Little Snake’ by Tessa Hadley

‘The Metal Bowl’ by Miranda July

‘Fly Already’ by Etgar Keret

‘As You Would Have Told It To Me (Sort Of) If We Had Known Each Other Before You Died’ by Jonas Hassen Khemiri

‘Signal’ by John Lanchester

‘On The Street Where You Live’ by Yiyun Li

‘Blueprints For St. Louis’ by Ben Marcus

‘Buck Boy’ by James McBride

‘Father Abe’ by James McBride

‘Ray-Ray’s Picture Box’ by James McBride

‘The Under Graham Railroad Box Car Set’ by James McBride

‘Riddle’ by Thomas McGuane

‘Mrs. Charbury At Eltham’ by Max Porter

‘Cat Person’ by Kristen Roupenian

‘You Are Happy?’ by Akhil Sharma

‘Show Don’t Tell’ by Curtis Sittenfeld

‘The Lazy River’ by Zadie Smith

‘The Walk’ by Elizabeth Strout

2018

‘The Intermediate Class’ by Sam Allingham

‘The State Of Nature’ by Camille Bordas

‘I Walk Between The Raindrops’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle

‘Without Inspection’ by Edwidge Danticat

‘The Third Tower’ by Deborah Eisenberg

‘Hellion’ by Julia Elliott

‘Displaced’ by Richard Ford

‘Dogs Go Wolf’ by Lauren Groff

‘Under The Wave’ by Lauren Groff

‘Cecilia Awakened’ by Tessa Hadley

‘Looking For A Thief’ by Danielle Lazarin

‘The State’ by Tommy Orange

‘Summer 1976’ by Chris Power

‘Thrift Store Coats’ by Brooks Rexroat

‘Road’s End’ by Alexis Smith

‘Our Sleeping Lungs Opened To The Cold’ by Elizabeth Tan

‘Omakase’ by Weike Wang

‘Waugh’ by Bryan Washington

2019

‘Only Orange’ by Camille Bordas

‘The Curfew’ by Roddy Doyle

‘The Stone’ by Louise Erdrich

‘Remedies’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘Back Then’ by Mary Grimm

‘She Said He Said’ by Hanif Kureishi

‘The Children’ by Andrea Lee

‘Principal Alpaca’ by Richard Leise

‘Color And Light’ by Sally Rooney

‘Elliott Spencer’ by George Saunders

‘Dandelion’ by Lore Segal

‘The Confession’ by Leïla Slimani

‘Magnificent Desolation’ by Jess Walter

‘The Match’ by Colson Whitehead

2020

‘Who’s-Dead McCarthy’ by Kevin Barry

‘Fish And Fences’ by Veeda Bybee

‘Close Enough’ by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

‘The Ugliest Babies In The World’ by Vanessa Chan

‘Flashlight’ by Susan Choi

‘Virginia Is Not Your Home’ by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

‘The Media’ by Ben Lerner

‘The Afterlife’ by Jonathan Lethem

‘Island Rodeo Queen’ by Yamile Saied Méndez

‘Haunted’ by Walter Mosley

‘Love Letter’ by George Saunders

‘You Are My Dear Friend’ by Madhuri Vijay

‘Visitor’ by Bryan Washington

2021

‘Seeing Clear’ by Cara Blue Adams

‘Offside Constantly’ by Camille Bordas

‘Ghost Sickness’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

‘Buying A House Ahead Of The Apocalypse’ by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

‘My Apology’ by Sam Lipsyte

‘Unread Messages’ by Sally Rooney

2022

‘Heathen’ by Mike Wilson