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December 2, 2015

These are the short fiction collections I have recommended most to blog readers, friends, and family throughout the year.

All links go to the authors' contributions to the Book Notes series. I have reposted my original comments for each book.

Two exceptional short fiction anthologies were also published this year, New American Stories (edited by Ben Marcus) and 100 Years of The Best American Short Stories (edited by Lorrie Moore).

What was your favorite short story collection of 2015?





Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

Kelly Link proves herself one of the modern short fiction masters with her new collection Get in Trouble, which brilliantly melds the fantastic with the everyday.





Man V. Nature by Diane Cook

Diane Cook's dark and boldly imaginative Man V. Nature is one of the decade's finest short story collections.





Mothers, Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Bonnie Jo Campbell's remarkable new short story collection Mothers, Tell Your Daughters is filled with sharp observances of Midwestern life and the hardships women face.





The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

Anthony Marra's brilliant linked story collection The Tsar of Love and Techno spans almost a century of Russian history and reads like a novel.





Upright Beasts by Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel's short story collection Upright Beasts enthralls with its tales of the surreal and the absurd.





Viral by Emily Mitchell

Emily Mitchell's Viral is one of the year's finest short story collections, a startlingly clever book.



also at Largehearted Boy:

online "best of 2015" book lists

Largehearted Boy favorite nonfiction books of 2015

Largehearted Boy favorite novels of 2015

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2014

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2013

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2012

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2011

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2010

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2009

Largehearted Boy favorite short story collections of 2008

previous lists at Largehearted Boy

Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)

Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)

Note Books (musicians discuss literature)

guest book reviews

musician/author interviews

52 Books, 52 Weeks book reviews

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