The Best American Short Stories 2025

<p><strong>A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Celeste Ng, author of <em>Everything I Never Told You</em> and <em>Little Fires Everywhere</em>, and series editor Nicole Lamy.</strong></p><p>The Best American series, launched in 1915, is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction, and it is the most respected—and most popular—of its kind.</p><p>Celeste Ng—Puschcart Prize winner and #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Little Fires Everywhere</em>—selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published this year.</p>