The Best American Short Stories 2026A collection of the years 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 countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respectedand most popularof its kind. Viet Thanh NguyenPulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Sympathizerselects twenty

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disturbing and compelling' Neil Lancaster

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