PRE-ORDER: The Best American Short Stories 2026: A Collection of Twenty Short Stories Selected by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer.
The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.
Viet Thanh Nguyen—Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Sympathizer—selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published this year.
- Author(s)
- Viet Thanh Nguyen and Nicole A. Lamy
- Publication Year
- 2026
- Publication date
- October 20, 2026
- Pages
- 352
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- ISBN
- 9780063399853
- Dimensions
- 10.0 × 2.0 × 2.7 in
- Weight
- 0.65 lb
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