The Best American Short Stories 2025

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A collection of the years best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere, and series editor Nicole Lamy.

The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the countrys finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respectedand most popularof its kind.

Celeste NgPuschcart Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhereselects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published this year.

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Celeste Ngis the #1New York Timesbestselling author of the novelsEverything I Never Told You,Little Fires Everywhere, andOur Missing Hearts. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages. Nicole A. Lamywas the books editor of theBoston Globe,where she expanded books coverage, including a reader advice column calledMatch Book, which she subsequently wrote for theNew York Times Book Review. In addition to book reviews and features she has written about food, photography, and parenting among other topics for theGlobe, theTimes,The Boston Globe Magazine, and theAmerican Scholar.