There's a unique magic to the short story collection. Unlike the sprawling landscape of a novel, each piece offers a concentrated burst of narrative, a fleeting glimpse into a character's life or a ...

If you struggle to make your way through lengthy novels, then it may be time to try one of the 27 best short stories available. Short stories allow you to immerse yourself in new characters and ...

Are you trying to get back into reading? Looking for something easy to dip into during your lunch breaks, or in between dips in the pool while on vacation? What could be better than a book where each ...

Ever since she published her debut novel Prep in 2005, Curtis Sittenfeld has become one of America’s most beloved authors. The novels that have followed – American Wife, Rodham, Romantic Comedy – have ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

The interconnected stories in Knight's exquisitely crafted collection Eveningland explore the lives of characters living in and around Mobile, Ala., in the years preceding the destruction wrought by a ...

James’ third novel and brilliant anticolonial critique (also a National Book Award longlist nominee) deploys a large cast of British and Indian characters. But its protagonist is a machine: an ...

If your attention span suffers from news fatigue these days, you might find it difficult to commit to reading a novel or longform work of nonfiction. Filled with digestible bites of fiction, these 23 ...

Two of Greg Wolos' short story collections. His third, "The Thing About Men," will be published in the fall. When Schenectady High School English teacher Gregory Wolos retired in 2009 after 31 years ...