Best American series

Presents selections of mainstream and alternative American literatue including both fiction and nonfiction, that discuss a broad spectrum of subjects.

Boundary-pushing and experimental, this diverse selection of science fiction and fantasy stories illuminates what it means to be human and explores the ever-expanding and changing world of SFF today.

Presents literature from mainstream and alternative American periodicals, including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Pa's darling / Louis Auchincloss Toga party / John Barth Solid wood / Ann Beattie Balto / T.C. Boyle Riding the doghouse / Randy DeVita My brother Eli / Joseph Epstein Where will you go when your skin cannot contain you? / William Gay Eleanor's music / Mary Gordon L. DeBard and Aliette, a love story / Lauren Groff Wake / Beverly Jensen Wait / Roy Kesey Findings & impressions / Stellar Kim Allegiance / Aryn Kyle Boy in Zaquitos / Bruce McAllister Dimension / Alice Munro Bris / Eileen Pollack St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves / Karen Russell Horseman / Richard Russo Sans farine / Jim Shepard Do something / Kate Walbert.

A new collection of the finest nonfiction essays published over the past year incorporates the work of distinguished masters of the essay genre on topics ranging from pathology to the boxing arena to growing up.

"The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction--from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web--to make a unique, stunning collection. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called guest editor Scott McCloud 'just about the smartest guy in comics.'"--Publisher's description.

Gifted authors don't just tell us about unique or out-of-the-way places; they take us to them, show us what they look like, show us who their people are, and make us feel like we've experienced them.

This anthology presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2016, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

Presents a selection of short works from mainstream and alternative American periodicals published in 2015, including nonfiction, screenplays, television writing, fiction, and alternative comics.

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind. Assembled by best-selling suspense author Nelson DeMille, The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 contains a spectacular array of stories by mystery veterans and talented newcomers. Follow a chain reaction that saves a woman’s life, visit a house haunted by a husband’s violent killing spree, enter the high-stakes world of Las Vegas gambling, watch the line between reality and dream blur, travel with a bored salesman driven to crime, and much more. Encompassing all aspects of the genre, this year’s selections are sure to quicken pulses, send chills down the spine, and keep readers continually guessing. Bet on red by Jeff Abbott Stonewalls by Jeffrey Robert Bowman Height advantage by William J. Carroll, Jr. Evolution by Benjamin Cavell All through the house by Christopher Coake Where beautiful ladies dance for you by Patrick Michael Finn How Wendy Tudhope was saved from sure and certain death by Rob Kantner Snake eyes by Jonathon King Harvey's dream by Stephen King Smash and grab by Michael Knight Bank of America by Richard Lange Lids by Tom Larsen Low tide by Dick Lochte The incident of the impecunious chevalier by Richard A. Lupoff Doll: a romance of the Mississippi by Joyce Carol Oates The swag from Doc Hawthorne's by Jack O'Connell Best man wins by Frederick Waterman Something about Teddy by Timothy Williams El Rey by Scott Wolven Green heat by Angela Zeman

Presents fictional and non-fictional stories written by American authors that discuss topics in science and nature.

Compiles the best literary essays of the year 2012 which were originally published in American periodicals.

In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.