The Best American Short Stories is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 2007 with contributions by Alice Munro, Lawrence Osborne, Julie Otsuka, Edith Pearlman, Angela Pneuman, Eric Puchner, George Saunders, Sharon Solwitz, Kate Walbert, Carol Anshaw, Jess Walter, Adam Wilson, Taylor Antrim, Nathan Englander, Mary Gaitskill, Jennifer Haigh, Mike Meginnis, Steven Millhauser, Taiye Selasi, Roxane Gay, Lorrie Moore, Gabriel Bump, Rita Chang-Eppig, Vanessa Cuti, Jenzo DuQue, Brandon Hobson, Jamil Jan Kochai, Nicole Krauss, David Means, Yxta Maya Murray, Eloghosa Osunde, Jane Pek, Tracey Rose Peyton, Christa Romanosky, Shanteka Sigers, Stephanie Soileau, Madhuri Vijay, Bryan Washington, Kevin Wilson, and C Pam Zhang.