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
Points of View
Buy on Amazon1956
Prize Stories 1973: The O. Henry Awards
Buy on Amazon1973
Prize Stories 1974: The O'Henry Awards
Buy on Amazon1974
The Best American Short Stories 1982
Buy on Amazon1982
The Best American Short Stories 1986
Buy on Amazon1986
American Short Story Masterpieces
Buy on Amazon1987
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Buy on Amazon1992
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
Buy on Amazon1992
Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories
Buy on Amazon1992
The Granta Book of the American Short Story
Buy on Amazon1993
The New Mystery
Buy on Amazon1993
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
Buy on Amazon1994
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
Buy on Amazon1994
American Gothic Tales
Buy on Amazon1996
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
Buy on Amazon1999
Granta 68: Love Stories
Buy on Amazon1999
Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards
Buy on Amazon2000
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
Buy on Amazon2000
A Life in Medicine: A Literary Anthology
Buy on Amazon2002
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
Buy on Amazon2004
Birthday Stories
Buy on Amazon2004
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
Buy on Amazon2007
A World of Difference: An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents
Buy on Amazon2008
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 30 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Selected Shorts series by Raymond Carver contains 35 books. The series began in 1993 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Selected Shorts series is written by Raymond Carver. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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