ten really good books of short stories

1. i am no one you know: stories,
   by joyce carol oates

2. reasons for and advantages of breathing: stories,
   by lydia peele

3. no one belongs here more than you: stories
   by miranda july

4. in persuasion nation
   by george saunders

5. why i go to the movies alone
   by richard prince

6. love trouble is my business
   by veronica geng

7. excitability: selected stories 1986-1996
   by diane williams

8. jesus' son
   by denis johnson

9. the collected stories
   by vladimir nabokov

10. the thurber carnival
    by james thurber

- Amy Theobald