Three contributing critics pick their best fiction of the year, including work by Victor LaValle, Ed Park, Lauren Groff, Yiyun Li and Tania James.

Nightfall was one of Isaac Asimov’s first ever published sci-fi short stories, written when he was still in his early 20’s.

Just look at some of the best books of 2024 – acclaimed novelists from heavyweight Stephen King to rising stars Eliza Clark and Gina Chung all published hotly-anticipated short story collections.

In keeping with this article’s theme, we’ll keep its introduction short. Keep scrolling for a curated selection of some of the best short novels of all time. Shop now.

It seems in order to offer lists of short stories. Were I a publisher I would try to gather the following stories into a handy little volume: View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...

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The Best American Short Stories 2022 (Mariner 2022), selected and edited by fiction writer Andrew Sean Greer (The Confessions of Max Tivoli, 2003), presents as strong a selection of writing as the ...

Discover the best short books under 250 pages, from contemporary to classic, lighthearted to weighty, perfect for a one-sitting read.