New Stories From The South Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of New Stories From The South books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1988
New Stories from the South 1992 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1992
New Stories from the South 1993 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1993
New Stories from the South 1994 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1994
New Stories from the South 1995 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1995
New Stories from the South 1996 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon1996
New Stories from the South 1997
Buy on Amazon1997
New Stories from the South 1998 (By: Padgett Powell)
Buy on Amazon1998
New Stories from the South 1999 (By: Tony Earley)
Buy on Amazon1999
New Stories from the South 2000 (By: Ellen Douglas)
Buy on Amazon2000
New Stories from the South 2001 (By: Lee Smith)
Buy on Amazon2001
New Stories from the South 2003 (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon2003
New Stories from the South 2004 (By: Allan Gurganus)
Buy on Amazon2004
New Stories from the South, 2005 (By: Jill McCorkle)
Buy on Amazon2005
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel)
Buy on Amazon2005
New Stories from the South 2006 (By: Allan Gurganus,Kathy Pories)
Buy on Amazon2006
New Stories from the South 2007 (By: Allan Gurganus)
Buy on Amazon2007
New Stories from the South 2008 (By: Z.Z. Packer)
Buy on Amazon2008
New Stories from the South 2009 (By: Madison Smartt Bell)
Buy on Amazon2009
New Stories from the South 2010 (By: Amy Hempel)
Buy on Amazon2010
The Best American Short Stories 1991
Buy on Amazon1991
The Best American Short Stories 1994
Buy on Amazon1994
Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Tenth Annual Collection
Buy on Amazon1996
The Best American Erotica 1996
Buy on Amazon1996
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Buy on Amazon1999
The Good Parts
Buy on Amazon2000
Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve.com
Buy on Amazon2000
Listening For God, Vol. 4
Buy on Amazon2002
A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers
Buy on Amazon2003
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
Buy on Amazon2004
The Future Dictionary of America
Buy on Amazon2004
The 2004 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories
Buy on Amazon2005
Verb, An Audioquarterly, Volume 1, No. 1
Buy on Amazon2005
The 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories
Buy on Amazon2006
The 2007 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories
Buy on Amazon2007
Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives
Buy on Amazon2007
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
Buy on Amazon2007
The 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories
Buy on Amazon2008
The 2009 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories
Buy on Amazon2011
Astoria to Zion
Buy on Amazon2013
In Sunlight or In Shadow
Buy on Amazon2016
The Best Peace Fiction
Buy on Amazon2021
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the New Stories From The South series is publication order: 1. New Stories from the South (By: Shannon Ravenel) (1988), 2. New Stories from the South 1992 (By: Shannon Ravenel) (1992), 3. New Stories from the South 1993 (By: Shannon Ravenel) (1993), 4. New Stories from the South 1994 (By: Shannon Ravenel) (1994), 5. New Stories from the South 1995 (By: Shannon Ravenel) (1995), and 37 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The New Stories From The South series by Robert Olen Butler contains 42 books. The series began in 1988 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The New Stories From The South series is written by Robert Olen Butler. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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