Books like Night in Question by Tobias Wolff

The Bell Jar is the sole novel by Sylvia Plath, a psychologically intense and autobiographical look at a young woman’s decline into mental illness.

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 eerie American short stories where a cursed play, cults of otherworldly power, and time‑shifting tragedies intertwine, crafting a haunting early classic of fantasy and horror.

Posthumously published, Hemingway’s *A Moveable Feast* is a memoir of his Paris years in the 1920s, detailing his early career, intimate relationships, and encounters with other literary figures of the Lost Generation.

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

The Four Million is O. Henry’s 1906 collection of 25 short stories, featuring classics like "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Cop and the Anthem," set in early‑20th‑century New York.

Benjamin Button is born in 1860 as an elderly man who then ages backward—Fitzgerald’s satirical exploration of aging, social customs, and human oddities in a single, memorable short story.

A candid account of a young boy's life in 1950s America and his coming of age process in the face of adversity and growth through experiences like paper routes, whiskey, scouting, fistfights, and betrayal.

The works of Kate Chopin, including short stories, psychological fiction, and women's fiction, highlighting the struggles of women and their relationships in the American South of the late 19th century.

Short stories of life in a Louisiana bayou, featuring the Creole way of life and miscegenation, written by Kate Chopin, a prominent figure in American literature.

Tonka spends a sleepless night watching TV while planning to leave her husband for a younger man. Between sharp social critiques and memory, she reveals the trauma of the Yugoslav war and tangled affairs with a friend.

**From Amazon.com:** Thirty years ago, David Leavitt first appeared on the literary scene with a gutsy story collection that stunned readers and reviewers. Just twenty-three, he was hailed as a prodigy of sorts: “remarkably gifted” (The Washington Post), with “a genius for empathy” (The New York Times Book Review) and “a knowledge of others’ lives . . . that a writer twice his age might envy” (USA Today). “Regardless of age,” wrote the New York Times, “few writers so effortlessly achieve the sense of maturity and earned compassion so evident in these pages.” In “Territory,” a well-intentioned, liberal mother, presiding over her local Parents of Lesbians and Gays chapter, finds her acceptance of her son’s sexuality shaken when he arrives home with a lover. In the title story, a family extended through divorce and remarriage dances together at the end of a summer party—in the recognition that they are still bound by the very forces that split them apart. Tender and funny, these stories reveal the intricacies and subtleties of the dances in which we all engage.

Emily Prager's A Visit from the Footbinder and Other Stories gathers compact American short stories that paint everyday life and social customs across the United States.

A highly regarded anthology of thirty‑five short stories by Gina Berriault, including the title tale that follows an uncertain young actress in a hospital ward. The collection balances sharp irony with raw emotional depth, exploring suffering, individuality, and human connections.

A collection of Henry James’s short fiction, including "The Last of the Valerii," "The Real Thing," "The Lesson of the Master," and "Daisy Miller."