The Best American Short Stories 2005

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2005 includes Dennis Lehane bull; Tom Perrotta bull; Alice Munro bull; Edward P. Jones bull; Joy Williams bull; Joyce Carol Oates bull; Thomas McGuane bull; Kelly Link bull; Charles D'Ambrosio bull; Cory Doctorow bull; George Saunders bull; and others Michael Chabon, guest editor, is the best-selling author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, A Model World, and, most recently, The Final Solution. His novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000.