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 ...

Newsweek staff has gathered an eclectic list of classics and new favorite reads that will appeal, no matter how choosy the ...

Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the ...

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. She has been working at ...

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 ...

From a thriller that will leave you breathless to a beautiful ode to teenage friendship, we've rounded up the best short books to enjoy if time is tight. Although they might be slim, they don't ...

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 ...

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…).

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 ...

she turned to the short story form. The result, “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things,” is an astonishingly good debut collection that often incorporates the bizarre, life-altering reality ...