Books
- Anagrams – Lorrie Moore
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank – Nathan Englander
- What the World Will Look Like when All the Water Leaves Us – Laura van den Berg
- War Dances – Sherman Alexie
- Motherless Brooklyn – Jonathan Lethem
- Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut
- Open Secrets – Alice Munro
- Because it is Bitter, and Because it is My Heart – Joyce Carol Oates
- Pieces for the Left Hand – J. Robert Lennon
- A Book of Common Prayer – Joan Didion
- The Rise & Fall of the Scandamerican Domestic – Christopher Merkner
- This is Not Your City – Caitlin Horrocks
- Brightfellow – Rikki Ducornet
- I’m Fine, But You Appear to Be Sinking – Leyna Krow
Stories
- Safety – Lydia Fitzpatrick
- Newborn Thrown in Trash and Dies – John Edgar Wideman
- How to Become a Writer – Lorrie Moore
- Brownies – ZZ Packer
- Days – Deborah Eisenberg
- Eyewall – Lauren Groff
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank – Nathan Englander
- Double Solitaire – Joyce Carol Oates
- Mr. Voice – Jess Walter
- King of Sentences – Jonathan Lethem
- City Council – Zach VandeZande
- Accord – Zach VandeZande
- Katie Eats Boston Cream Pie at a Motel Diner in Southeast Portland – Leyna Krow
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