Short story collections offer the perfect medium for fiction writers to craft compelling, affecting narratives that simply may not warrant a full-length novel to explore the ideas. The short story ...

You don’t read short stories. Well, you probably don’t – statistically speaking. Whenever I speak to friends, too, they’re always reading novels or nonfiction. They look at me with ...

Can’t concentrate for 250+ pages right now? A short story might be just the thing to get you back into reading regularly. Spending lots of time at home over the past year has given us more time ...

But it’s always easier to buy books than to actually read them—our Goodreads reading challenges make ... is here to help with a list of the best short books to read this January.

Whether you’re on your commute, reading before bed or sitting pretty beachside, there are times you want a quicker, shorter read rather than a lengthy novel. These short story collections give ...