1. Martians - Lee K. Abbott
2. Dreams of Distant Lives - Lee K. Abbott
3. The Woman, The Girl - Pip Adam
4. Verlie I Say Unto You - Alice Adams
5. Roses, Rhododendrons - Alice Adams
6. Birdsong - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. The Headstrong Historian - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
8. Things My Mother Said - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
9. Lightspitter - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
10. Friday Black - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
11. The Inner Room - Robert Aickman
12. Cocteau - Andre Alexis
13. The Man Who Became a Woman - Sherwood Anderson
14. A Tiny Feast - Chris Adrian
15. A Mother’s Tale - James Agee
16. The All That Plows Through the Nothing - Cesar Aira
17. A Grave of Fireflies - Nosaka Akiyuki
18. What You Pawn I Will Redeem - Sherman Alexie
19. Donkey, Greedy Donkey Gets Punched - Steve Almond
20. The Kelley Street Disappearances - Chad B. Anderson
21. Death in the Woods - Sherwood Anderson
22. The Emerald Light in the Air - Donald Antrim
23. Who Will Greet You at Home - Lesley Nneka Arimah
24. The Stone Mattress - Margaret Atwood
25. Death by Landscape - Margaret Atwood
26. El Sobresaliente - Max Aub
27. Fresh Water from the Sea - Ramona Ausubel
28. Sabine Women - Marcel Ayme
29. The Drowned Giant - J.G. Ballard
30. The Red Inn - Honore de Balzac
31. A Passion in the Desert - Honore de Balzac
32. My Man Bovanne - Toni Cade Bambara
33. Blue - Russell Banks
34. The Burning House - Anne Beattie
35. Where You’ll Find Me - Anne Beattie
36. Bears Discover Fire - Terry Bisson
37. Babette’s Feast - Karen Blixen
38. The Frozen Fields - Paul Bowles
39. The Coast of Leitrim - Kevin Barry
40. See the Tree, How Big It’s Grown - Kevin Barry
41. Fjord of Killary - Kevin Barry
42. Breakfast Wine - Kevin Barry
43. The Balloon - Donald Barthelme
44. Game - Donald Barthelme
45. Visitors - Donald Barthelme
46. Rebecca - Donald Barthelme
47. Manual for Sons - Donald Barthelme
48. Mexico - Rick Bass
49. Fires - Rick Bass
50. The Hermit’s Story - Rick Bass
51. The Man Who Knew Belle Starr - Richard Bausch
52. Old Tandolfo the Great - Richard Bausch
53. High-Heeled Shoe - Richard Bausch
54. A Kind of Simple Happy Grace - Richard Bausch
55. Aren’t You Happy for Me - Richard Bausch
56. Flood Show - Charles Baxter
57. Gryphon - Charles Baxter
58. Werner - Jo Ann Beard
59. The Tomb of Wrestling - Jo Ann Beard
60. Ill Seed Ill Said - Samuel Beckett
61. Taylor Swift - Hugh Behm-Steinberg
62. What You Left in the Ditch - Aimee Bender
63. Fake Nazi - Aimee Bender
64. Off - Aimee Bender
65. Ain’t That Good News - Brit Bennett
66. Trent’s Last Case - E.C. Bentley
67. “The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead” - Chanelle Benz
68. “A Manual for Cleaning Women” - Lucia Berlin
69. My Jockey - Lucia Berlin
70. Tiger Bites - Lucia Berlin
71. Dr. H. A. Moynihan - Lucia Berlin
72. My Jockey - Lucia Berlin
73. Angel’s Laundromat - Lucia Berlin
74. Fool to Cry - Lucia Berlin
75. The Woman in the Rose-Colored Dress - Gina Berriault
76. The Stone Boy - Gina Berriault
77. Margaret Lives in the Basement - Michelle Berry
78. The Boundary - Wendell Berry
79. Pray Without Ceasing - Wendell Berry
80. A Clearing - Wendell Berry
81. The Hurt Man - Wendell Berry
82. Fidelity - Wendell Berry
83. Fondly Fahrenheit - Alfred Bester
84. Tapka - David Bezmogis
85. Chickamauga - Ambrose Bierce
86. A Horseman in the Sky - Ambrose Bierce
87. The Penance of Scoot McCutchen - Frank Bill
88. The Farmer’s Children - Elizabeth Bishop
89. A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You - Amy Bloom
90. Silver Water - Amy Bloom
91. Love is Not a Pie - Amy Bloom
92. The Story - Amy Bloom
93. Talk of Heroes - Carol Bly
94. Sensini - Robert Bolano
95. Last Evenings on Earth - Robert Bolano
96. The Laugher - Heinrich Boll
97. The South - Jorge Luis Borges
98. The Garden of Forking Paths - Jorge Luis Borges
99. The Secret Miracle - Jorge Luis Borges
100. No River Wide - Robert Boswell
101. A Stick of Green Candy - Jane Bowles
102. A Distant Episode - Paul Bowles
103. Your Body is a Jewel Box - Kay Boyle
104. Greasy Lake - T.C. Boyle
105. Chixculub - T.C. Boyle
106. The Champ - T.C. Boyle
107. Kaleidoscope - Ray Bradbury
108. The Rocket Man - Ray Bradbury
109. Exchange - Ray Bradbury
110. The Terrible Conflagration up at the Place - Ray Bradbury
111. All in a Summer Day - Ray Bradbury
112. A Sound of Thunder - Ray Bradbury
113. At Midnight, in the Month of June - Ray Bradbury
114. August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains - Ray Bradbury
115. The Springs of Affection - Maeve Brennan
116. The State of Grace - Harold Brodkey
117. Verona: A Young Woman Speaks - Harold Brodkey
118. His Son, in His Arms, in Light, Aloft - Harold Brodkey
119. The Most Beautiful Woman in Town - Charles Bukowski
120. Ralph the Duck - Frederick Busch
121. Dog Song - Frederick Busch
122. Bloodchild - Octavia Butler
123. Salem - Robert Olen Butler
124. Seven Floors - Dino Buzzati
125. Likes - Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
126. All the People Were Mean and Bad - Lucy Caldwell
127. The Aquatic Uncle - Italo Calvino
128. Under the Jaguar Sun - Italo Calvino
129. The Guest - Albert Camus
130. The Artist at Work - Albert Camus
131. Jonas - Albert Camus
