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Selected Shorts Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Selected Shorts books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Selected Shorts series? Start with "For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)" (1993) and follow publication order through all 25 books.
The complete Selected Shorts reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
1993
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen)
2007
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
2007
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
2008
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space)
2009
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space)
2010
New American Stories (With: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Symphony Space)
2011
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
2012
Granta 91: Wish You Were Here
2005
O. Henry Prize Stories 2008
2008
Gods and Soldiers
2009
Freedom
2009
One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories
2009
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
2011
Selected Shorts: New American Stories
2011
Africa39
2014
New Daughters of Africa
2019
Eat Joy
2019
The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners
2021
Of This Our Country
2021
The Best Short Stories 2022: The O. Henry Prize Winners
2022
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