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The Best American Short Stories 2026
Author: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nicole A. Lamy
Narrator: Nicole A. Lamy, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Allyson Ryan, Shawn K. Jain, Jane Oppenheimer, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Mark Bramhall, Ron Butler, Lindsey Dorcus, Dan Bittner, Victoria Villarreal, Elyse Dinh
Unabridged: TBD
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/20/2026
Categories: Fiction, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Literary Collections, Literary Fiction
Synopsis
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.
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.