However, when you are busy, tired, or lacking in energy, it is not a great tome you ought to reach for. Short books – those that can be consumed in one deliciously gratifying reading gulp ...

The best one-sitting ... a landmark book that launched decades of pale imitations: Jesus’ Son, a glittering stick of dynamite thrown into the literary firmament. In this short, luminous novel ...

What could be better than a book where each and every ‘chapter ... We’ve gathered eleven of the best short story collections. Some are contemporary fiction, some are science fiction/fantasy ...

The Book of Ayn captures ... in the best way possible. Beginning unforgettably with a young girl’s high-octane escape from a Catholic reform school, Engel’s short but sweeping novel gives ...

A great short story cannot be topped. When a bunch of great short stories are gathered together in a book, this is even better, like having the world’s greatest candy sampler sitting chairside ...

All I’m suggesting is, this whole Goodreads game is actually a great way to discover some really good books that just so happen to be really short. Need a Quick, Fun Book? Goodreads Has Your Back!

Unmissable super short stories by brilliant women. Here is Stylist’s guide to the flash fiction female writers you need to read (plus you could probably do it all in the next hour…).

Having read them all, it is more of a mixed bag than I hoped – while two are easily the best books I’ve read all year, there was more than one I couldn’t get on with. But it’s still the best, most ...

A father compelled to offer his accomplished but dark-skinned daughter in marriage to a stranger. An urban man forced to sacrifice who he is to become an alpha male. An elderly woman treats her ...

These memoirs, thrillers, romance, literary fiction, nonfiction and short stories focus on Native and Indigenous stories Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE ... freer future. One of the ...