Selected Shorts Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Selected Shorts books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: January 2026
Publication Order
For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon1993
Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Pets! (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Tales of Betrayal (By: John Cheever,Tessa Hadley,John Biguenet,Adam Haslett,Rattawut Lapcharoensap,Symphony Space,Galina Vromen)
Buy on Amazon2007
Family Matters (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2007
Are We There Yet? (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2008
The William Hurt Collection (By: Richard Ford,Tobias Wolff,Aleksandar Hemon,William Hurt,Ron Carlson,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2009
American Classics (By: Edgar Allan Poe,Joyce Carol Oates,Eudora Welty,John Cheever,Alice Walker,Donald Barthelme,John Sayles,Amy Tan,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2010
New American Stories (By: Sherman Alexie,Jhumpa Lahiri,Aleksandar Hemon,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2011
Poe! (By: Symphony Space)
Buy on Amazon2012
A Convergence of Birds
Buy on Amazon2001
The Future Dictionary of America
Buy on Amazon2004
Rotten English
Buy on Amazon2007
Central Park: An Anthology
Buy on Amazon2012
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts
Buy on Amazon2012
Tales of Two Cities: The Best and Worst of Times In Today's New York
Buy on Amazon2014
The New Diaspora
Buy on Amazon2014
Way More than Luck
Buy on Amazon2015
Conceptualisms
Buy on Amazon2022
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Selected Shorts series is publication order: 1. For Better and for Worse (By: Symphony Space) (1993), 2. Food Fictions (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 3. Travel Tales (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 4. Edith Wharton (By: Symphony Space) (2007), 5. Pets! (By: Symphony Space) (2007), and 16 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Selected Shorts series by Jonathan Safran Foer contains 21 books. The series began in 1993 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Selected Shorts series is written by Jonathan Safran Foer. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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