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The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 by Otto Penzler
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Category: Fiction | Series: Best American
"With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection . . . it doesn't take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles . . . These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do." -- "USA Today""The Best American Mystery Sto ...Show more
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 by James Patterson, MD (Iowa State Univ. Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University Iowa State University)
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Best American
Readers who haven t yet sampled the series . . . should be urged to check it out; they will discover that a well-told mystery story can pack all the wallop of a full-length novel. " Booklist" Mega-best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson is the editor for "The Best American Mystery St ...Show more
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 by Elizabeth George
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Category: Fiction | Series: Best American
A superb anthology that never disappoints." "Publishers Weekly" Elizabeth George, superstar of the crime fiction world ("Seattle Times") and author of the beloved Inspector Lynley series, collects the best mystery writing of the year that will have you on the edge of your seat ("USA Today")."
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 by John Sandford
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Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: Best American
"A venerable series . . . there isn't enough Xanax in anyone's medicine cabinet to calm the jitters these twenty skillful stories will unleash." --Kirkus Reviews Number-one New York Times best-selling author John Sandford--"one of the great summer-read novelists of all time" (Stephen King, Entertainment ...Show more
The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 by Jonathan Lethem (Editor); Otto Penzler (Editor)
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Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year's best mystery short fiction. For Jonathan Lethem, "crime stories are deep species gossip." He writes in his introduction that "they're fundamentally stories of power, of its exercise, both ...Show more
The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 by C. J. Box (Editor); Otto Penzler (Editor)
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Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
A collection of the year's best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. C. J. Box, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annu ...Show more
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 by Steph Cha (Editor); Alafair Burke (Editor)
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Category: Crime & Thrillers | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new TheBest American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. Beginning with the 2021 volume, the annual short story anthology The Best Amer ...Show more
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 by Dave Eggers
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Category: Fiction | Series: Best American Nonrequired Reading (Paperback)
An eclectic volume introduced by David Sedaris and compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, who don't leave a stone unturned in their search for nonrequired gems. Cover art by art by Maurice Sendak.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014 by Daniel Handler
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: Best American
"Lively, eclectic and surprising." -- "Minneapolis Star Tribune"Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket, author of the enormously popular young adult series "A Series of Unfortunate Events, " takes over as editor for this volume. He will work with the students of 826 Valencia and 826 Michigan writing labs to ...Show more
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015 by Adam Johnson
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Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: Best American
Full of delights . . . A joy to read. " The Stranger" Guest editor Adam Johnson, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning "The Orphan Master s Son," works with a group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select "The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015." The BANR Committee gathers weekly i ...Show more
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017 by Sarah Vowell
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Category: Not a Book | Series: Best American
"A gift . . . One wonders how the world might be different if works in The Best American Nonrequired Reading were indeed required." --USA Today Sarah Vowell, author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States and other best-selling titles "gilded with snark, buoyant on charm" (NPR), worked with the stude ...Show more
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 by Sheila Heti (Editor); 826 National (Editor)
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Category: Essays & Anthologies | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
Sheila Heti, author of the acclaimed How a Person Should Be? and coeditor of the best-selling anthology Women in Clothes, along with the students of 826 Valencia writing lab will edit this year's anthology. Their compilation includes new fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and the category-defying gem ...Show more