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When Reuben met Beth, he knew he’d found someone special, someone he wanted to spend his life with. But while Reuben fell head over heels i...

Sounds like the setup to a joke, doesn’t it? But this story by Cheryl Strayed definitely packs an emotional punch. Cheryl and her husband...

In 2005, I was working at a bookstore and one of my colleagues told me to read a book called Prep . It was excellent, despite my never havi...

“…aloneness breeds loneliness, and loneliness will come between you and your beloved before you know it and drive you apart.” I have been...

When I picked up this story by Lee Child, the last thing I expected was math. At least I didn’t have to solve any equations! Nathan is a ...

“I was an emotional kid, who turned into an even more emotional adult—one who mourns the good times as much as he mourns the bad. Perfect d...

“To think I may have found a best friend after a five-minute chat, an unlikely meeting in the bathroom of a bar.” It’s funny how some fri...

Rejection is a fascinating, thought-provoking, and truly visceral story collection. It’s definitely not a book that inspires positivity fo...

What does anyone’s life mean? Elizabeth Strout’s latest book is another masterpiece of storytelling, and it’s tremendously thought-provok...

There are times when I feel like many books out there are just slight variations on a theme. And then I stumble upon a book like Poor Deer ...

Shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the residents of a rundown apartment building on NYC’s Lower East Side begin gathering on...

Have you ever read a book that you definitely enjoyed despite the fact that you weren't really sure what it was about? That was defini...

Games and Rituals is an exceptional story collection from a writer at the top of her game. I’ve been a big fan of Katherine Heiny’s book...

Leigh Newman's debut collection, Nobody Gets Out Alive , is a collection of stories featuring women at their toughest, dealing with the...

If you’re looking for a gift for the YA romance lover in your life, you’ve found it: Serendipity , edited by Marissa Meyer! Romance and r...

Seasonal Work is a collection of intriguing, thought-provoking short stories, some with a tinge of mystery. But they're not about seas...

This debut collection by Jean Chen Ho contains interconnected stories about friendship, love, family, relationships, and being caught betwe...

In J. Courtney Sullivan's short story Model Home , all is not rosy behind the scenes of a popular home remodeling program. “Lately I ...

Clare Sestanovich's debut collection, Objects of Desire , features 11 short stories about the fragile connections we have with others. ...

Time for an unpopular opinion. Olive Kitteridge just didn’t work for me. Yes, I know it won the Pulitzer, but interestingly enough, in ...