Order of Aimee Bender Books
Aimee Bender crafts surrealist fiction that masterfully weaves together magical realism and dark comedy, transforming the mundane into something wonderfully peculiar and occasionally haunting. This American novelist has built a reputation for her enchanting yet unsettling narratives that find extraordinary magic lurking within ordinary moments.
Her literary journey began in 1998 with The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, a short story collection that established her distinctive voice. Bender has since captivated readers with novels including An Invisible Sign of My Own and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, works that have garnered critical praise for their poetic language and imaginative narrative techniques.
Here are Aimee Bender's published works listed chronologically by their original publication dates:
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  On the Rocks: The KGB Bar Fiction Anthology | 2002 | |
| 2 |  The Future Dictionary of America | 2004 | |
| 3 |  The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories | 2004 | |
| 4 |  The Secret Society of Demolition Writers | 2005 | |
| 5 |  The Insomniac Reader | 2005 | |
| 6 |  Awake! | 2007 | |
| 7 |  Tin House | 2007 | |
| 8 |  Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical | 2009 | |
| 9 |  My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me | 2010 | |
| 10 |  Unstuck #1 | 2011 | |
| 11 |  The Best Bizarro Fiction of the Decade | 2012 | |
| 12 |  Monsters of Literary Sightings | 2012 | |
| 13 |  My First Novel | 2013 | |
| 14 |  Selected Shorts: Behaving Badly | 2013 | |
| 15 |  xo Orpheus | 2013 | |
| 16 |  Unscrolled | 2013 | |
| 17 |  Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | 2014 | |
| 18 |  Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good | 2015 | |
| 19 |  Watchlist | 2015 | |
| 20 |  Ploughshares Summer 2021 | 2021 |
