Highlights among the year’s novels, short-story collections and works in translation, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

It’s a very straightforward setup ... This one is more of a novella than a short story, but it appears in one of the short fiction collections, and it’s just so good that we can’t help ...

I have brought a short fiction story into the Writing Center before and was met with nothing but support ... “In my opinion, the Writing Center is a very welcoming, positive environment—the perfect ...

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2000.

Will Boast is the author of a story collection, Power Ballads (Iowa Short Fiction Award, 2011), a memoir, Epilogue (Liveright/Norton and Granta Books, 2015), and a novel, Daphne (Liveright/Norton ...

“And in that way, writing a book is nothing short of an act of kindness.” The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s ...

But this month is most notable for the short story riches on offer ... a little too hectic to settle down with a whole novel. I am very excited about this one. Our previous sci-fi columnist ...

Lost in time but rooted in truth, historical fiction offers readers a mesmerizing portal to the past ... This National Book Award-winning novel explores not just physical freedom, but also ...

During the 1970s, Barnegat Township resident Scott Bilker’s parents were prolific authors. They had a particular interest in ...

Short fiction can be a great way to switch up your ... by Julie Leong — November 5 Believe it or not, we're still on the very first week of book releases for November — I did say there were ...