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Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith series? Start with "Winter's Tales" (1980) and follow publication order through all 23 books.
The complete Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Winter's Tales
1980
Winter's Tales 26
1981
Matters of Life and Death: New American Stories
1983
A World of Fiction
1983
The Best American Short Stories 1992
1992
The Picador Book Of Contemporary American Stories
1993
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
1994
The Best American Short Stories 1994
1994
Listening for God, Vol. 2
1996
1996
Best New American Voices 2000
2000
Writers Harvest 3
2000
The Campfire Collection: Spine-tingling Tales to Tell in the Dark
2000
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules
2005
12 Short Stories and Their Making
2005
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers
2005
The Best American Short Stories 2006
2006
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
The Ecco Anthology of Contemporary American Short Fiction
2008
Radio Silence
2012
The Story Prize
2019
Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World
2019
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story
2021
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