Books like Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a landmark collection of fifteen short stories set in late‑19th‑century Dublin, capturing ordinary lives and suppressed dreams while exploring themes of lost innocence, paralysis, and the moral fabric of Irish society.

A collection of nine short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows Indian and Indian‑American characters navigating identity, displacement, and complex relationships.

A collection of linked short stories that follows a platoon of American soldiers and their experiences, thoughts, and burdens during the Vietnam War.

A collection of short stories by George Saunders, featuring unforgettable characters and Saunders’s signature blend of exuberant prose, deep humanity, and stylistic innovation.

A collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s celebrated short stories, spanning diverse publications and blending humor with imaginative science‑fiction visions.

George Saunders’ collection of six short stories and the novella "Bounty" follows American characters grappling for survival in a chaotic, modern world, while echoing themes of the Civil War era.

A curated anthology of 49 Ernest Hemingway short stories that captures the intensity of his life, from American society and wartime drama to adventure and social customs, spanning his modernist legacy.

A collection of forty‑three short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, blending his most celebrated works with lesser‑known tales that showcase his literary breadth and include pieces originally published in the Saturday Evening Post.

A collection of darkly comic short stories that explore the bizarre, passionate, and sometimes grotesque lives of New York City’s marginalized characters.

A witty, candid collection of short stories about American young women navigating flawed love, friendships, and self‑acceptance amid Southern landscapes, gas stations, and dive bars.

A collection of short stories showcasing Benjamin Alire Sáenz's exploration of LGBTQ+ themes in the Kentucky Club, a place of fluidity and crossroads between the American South and Mexico.

A collection of Jim Shepard’s short stories that has earned recognition in The New York Times.

Fenstad's Mother / Charles Baxter -- Customs of the country / Madison Smartt Bell -- Living to be a hundred / Robert Boswell -- The black hand girl / Blanche McCrary Boyd -- Kubuku Rides (This is it) / Larry Brown -- Ralph the Duck / Frederick Busch -- White angel / Michael Cunningham -- The flowers of boredom / Rick DeMarinis -- Edie: a life / Harriet Doerr -- The concert party / Mavis Gallant -- Why I decide to kill myself and other jokes / Douglas Glover -- Disneyland / Barbara Gowdy -- Aunt Moon's young man / Linda Hogan -- Displacement / David Wong Louie -- The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee -- Meneseteung / Alice Munro -- What men love for / Dale Ray Phillips -- Strays / Mark Richard -- The boy on the train / Arthur Robinson -- The letter writer / M.T. Sharif. Responsibility: selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Margaret Atwood with Shannon Ravenel ; with an introduction by Margaret Atwood.