Keep scrolling for a curated selection of some of the best short novels of all time. Shop now. As you may well know, the story behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus was ...

Hemingway’s style, this prose stripped to its firm young bones, is far more effective, far more moving, in the short story than in the novel. He is, to me, the greatest living writer of short ...

I get excited because, in my decade-plus of professional book recommending many readers, even very dedicated readers, will ...

The best one-sitting novels sweep you off your ... In the case of Anna, the protagonist of this short satirical novel, the answer is: get radicalized by Ayn Rand. Deeply in thrall to Rand ...

And if you’ve been looking to get into short stories, these must-read collections are a great place to start. We’ve gathered eleven of the best short story collections. Some are contemporary ...

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 voice to three generations of a ...

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…).

Carl Jacobi’s “Revelations in Black” — originally published in 1947 by Arkham House and now reprinted by Valancourt Books — gathers the best short fiction by an important contributor to ...