The Gotham Fiction Writing Resource List Part One

1.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories 4.18 avg rating — 152,905 ratings
2.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
3.
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories
by: Amy Bloom
3.86 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
4.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,942 ratings
5.
The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects 3.79 avg rating — 4,394 ratings
6.
Birds of America: Stories
Birds of America: Stories 4.09 avg rating — 16,399 ratings
7.
The Toughest Indian in the World
The Toughest Indian in the World 4.08 avg rating — 7,053 ratings
8.
Flying Leap
Flying Leap 4.07 avg rating — 497 ratings
9.
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories
Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories 4.10 avg rating — 2,226 ratings
10.
Cowboys Are My Weakness
Cowboys Are My Weakness 4.08 avg rating — 7,250 ratings
11.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,599 ratings
12.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,777 ratings
13.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,155 ratings
14.
Girls at War and Other Stories
Girls at War and Other Stories 3.74 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
15.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,325 ratings
16.
Wilderness Tips
Wilderness Tips 3.82 avg rating — 9,603 ratings
17.
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories 4.18 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
18.
The Watch
The Watch
by: Rick Bass
4.15 avg rating — 922 ratings
19.
Through the Safety Net
Through the Safety Net 3.95 avg rating — 478 ratings
20.
Last Evenings on Earth
Last Evenings on Earth 4.11 avg rating — 5,139 ratings
21.
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions 4.56 avg rating — 25,156 ratings
22.
T.C. Boyle Stories
T.C. Boyle Stories 4.21 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
23.
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain 3.95 avg rating — 9,279 ratings
24.
The Palace Thief
The Palace Thief 3.83 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
25.
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories 4.41 avg rating — 22,205 ratings
26.
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,587 ratings
27.
The Essential Tales of Chekhov
The Essential Tales of Chekhov 4.30 avg rating — 1,744 ratings
28.
A Night at the Movies, Or, You Must Remember This: Fictions
A Night at the Movies, Or, You Must Remember This: Fictions 3.63 avg rating — 385 ratings
29.
The Point and Other Stories
The Point and Other Stories 4.18 avg rating — 540 ratings
30.
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak! 4.16 avg rating — 9,528 ratings
31.
Almost No Memory
Almost No Memory 3.98 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
32.
Drown
Drown 4.01 avg rating — 36,958 ratings
33.
Selected Stories of Andre Dubus
Selected Stories of Andre Dubus 4.27 avg rating — 3,047 ratings
34.
The Coast of Chicago: Stories
The Coast of Chicago: Stories 4.04 avg rating — 2,662 ratings
35.
Twilight of the Superheroes
Twilight of the Superheroes 3.62 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
36.
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges 3.93 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
37.
The Short Stories
The Short Stories 4.22 avg rating — 14,875 ratings
38.
Rock Springs
Rock Springs 4.06 avg rating — 5,688 ratings
39.
Bad Behavior
Bad Behavior 3.87 avg rating — 13,208 ratings
40.
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories 3.97 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
41.
Airships
Airships 4.02 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
42.
You Are Not a Stranger Here
You Are Not a Stranger Here 3.96 avg rating — 4,358 ratings
43.
In Our Time
In Our Time 3.74 avg rating — 26,659 ratings
44.
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway 4.29 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
45.
Reasons to Live
Reasons to Live 4.13 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
46.
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction
On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction 3.69 avg rating — 192 ratings
47.
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel 4.21 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
48.
The Berlin Stories
The Berlin Stories 4.04 avg rating — 12,571 ratings
49.
Going to Meet the Man
Going to Meet the Man 4.37 avg rating — 8,160 ratings
50.
Jesus’ Son
Jesus’ Son 4.13 avg rating — 39,234 ratings
51.
The Pugilist at Rest
The Pugilist at Rest 4.18 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
52.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,140 ratings
53.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,031 ratings
54.
The Prussian Officer and Other Stories
The Prussian Officer and Other Stories 3.58 avg rating — 463 ratings
55.
Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories
Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories 4.04 avg rating — 28,048 ratings
56.
The Necklace and Other Short Stories
The Necklace and Other Short Stories 3.94 avg rating — 18,705 ratings
57.
Self-Help
Self-Help 4.11 avg rating — 15,451 ratings
58.
The Middleman and Other Stories
The Middleman and Other Stories 3.59 avg rating — 643 ratings
59.
Open Secrets
Open Secrets 4.03 avg rating — 6,539 ratings
60.
Selected Stories
Selected Stories 4.27 avg rating — 7,179 ratings
61.
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose 3.90 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
62.
The Elephant Vanishes
The Elephant Vanishes 3.83 avg rating — 56,808 ratings
63.
The Expendables: Stories
The Expendables: Stories 3.99 avg rating — 104 ratings
64.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,458 ratings
65.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,389 ratings
66.
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
67.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
Close Range: Wyoming Stories 3.99 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
68.
Pastoralia
Pastoralia 4.07 avg rating — 25,642 ratings
69.
A Crown of Feathers: Stories
A Crown of Feathers: Stories 4.12 avg rating — 648 ratings
70.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.46 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
71.
The Portable Mark Twain
The Portable Mark Twain 4.13 avg rating — 197 ratings
72.
Girl With Curious Hair
Girl With Curious Hair 3.85 avg rating — 14,856 ratings
73.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories 4.01 avg rating — 1,249 ratings
74.
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs 4.12 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
75.
12 Short Stories and Their Making
12 Short Stories and Their Making 3.85 avg rating — 92 ratings
76.
American Short Story Masterpieces
American Short Story Masterpieces 4.08 avg rating — 443 ratings
77.
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories 3.94 avg rating — 927 ratings
78.
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
The Best American Short Stories of the Century 4.11 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
79.
The GWW Fiction Gallery: Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School
The GWW Fiction Gallery: Exceptional Short Stories Selected by New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School 4.15 avg rating — 282 ratings
80.
The Granta Book of the American Short Story
The Granta Book of the American Short Story 3.97 avg rating — 355 ratings
81.
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales 3.53 avg rating — 2,811 ratings
82.
Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories
Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories 3.93 avg rating — 556 ratings
83.
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction: Fifty North American Stories Since 1970 4.10 avg rating — 1,218 ratings
84.
Sudden Fiction: American Short Stories
Sudden Fiction: American Short Stories 3.82 avg rating — 559 ratings
85.
Sudden Fiction International: 60 Short-Short Stories
Sudden Fiction International: 60 Short-Short Stories 3.76 avg rating — 353 ratings
86.
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction: Seventh Edition
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction: Seventh Edition 4.13 avg rating — 189 ratings
87.
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories 4.10 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
88.
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe
You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe 4.11 avg rating — 454 ratings