The Best Short Stories 2024, Amor Towles
The Best Short Stories 2024, Amor Towles
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The Best Short Stories 2024
The O. Henry Prize Winners

Author: Amor Towles

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini, Kristen DiMercurio, Blair Young, Sean Patrick Hopkins, Vikas Adam, Helen Laser, Johnny Rey Diaz, Jeena Yi, Jason Culp, Annette Amelia Oliveira, Dylan Moore, Alana Kerr Collins, Full Cast

Unabridged: 13 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/10/2024


Synopsis

“A diverse and glorious selection . . . a gift of imagination, wit, and wonder. The collection is filled with miniature masterpieces. . . .  This must-have anthology is a treasure trove not to be missed.” —Library Journal (starred review)

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Amor Towles has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.

THE WINNING STORIES

“Roy,” Emma Binder
“The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz,” Michele Mari (translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore)
“Orphans,” Brad Felver
“The Home Visit,” Morris Collins
“The Import,” Jai Chakrabarti
“Didi,” Amber Caron
“Serranos,” Francisco González
“Hiding Spot,” Caroline Kim
“Junior,” Katherine D. Stutzman
“My Good Friend,” Juliana Leite (translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry)
"The Castle of Rose Tellin,” Kate DiCamillo
"Rain,” Colin Barrett
“Marital Problems,” Robin Romm
“The Last Grownup,” Allegra Goodman
“The Honor of Your Presence,” Dave Eggers
“The Paper Artist,” E. K. Ota
“The Room-Service Waiter,” Tom Crewe
“Seeing Through Maps,” Madeline ffitch
“The Dark,” Jess Walter
“Mobilization,” Allegra Hyde

About The Author

AMOR TOWLES is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility. His novels have collectively sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Towles lives in Manhattan.JENNY MINTON QUIGLEY is the author of a memoir, The Early Birds, and editor of the anthology Lolita in the Afterlife. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with her husband, sons, and dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Books_the_Magical_Fruit (Kerry) on August 08, 2024

It’s pretty par for the course that short story collections tend to be very hit or miss. This book is no exception. There are some beautiful stories in here. However, some of the stories had me absolutely scratching my head, especially at the conclusions. The story “Orphans” was a gorgeous tale abou......more

Goodreads review by Lily on November 24, 2024

Spellbinding. As in a mixed collection, there were some I found less captivating but on the flipside, there's some that swim through my veins and live behind my eyes every day. The stand out stories were: Roy, Orphans, The Import, The Castle of Rose Tellin, My Good Friend and The Honour of Your Pres......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on October 02, 2024

Roy by Emma Binder - a colorful uncle is tasked with watching his two young nieces The Soccer Balls of Mr. Kurz by Michele Mari- the boys of an Italian boarding school plot to retrieve soccer balls that have been lost to the backyard of a neighboring property. Reminded me of the Sandlot Orphans by Bra......more

Goodreads review by Cătălina on April 07, 2025

A collection of well-written American contemporary short stories......more

Goodreads review by Ros on March 30, 2025

These American short stories, the O.Henry Prize Winners, are almost all spectacularly good. Poignant, funny, sad, beautiful. Makes you wonder how a country with such talent can get itself into such a mess.......more