Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
“Paradeability” from ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS by Bret Anthony Johnston, recommended by Téa Obreht
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
“Notebooks” by Imogen Clarke, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
“Albatross” from AS IF BY MAGIC by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated and recommended by Margaret A. Neves
“Monsters” from I COULD BE FAMOUS by Sydney Rende, recommended by Jonathan Dee
“Another Christmas” from THE COLLECTED STORIES by William Trevor, recommended by Marisa Silver
“Shapeshifter” by Maggie Love, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
An excerpt from HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT by Olga Tokarczuk, translated and recommended by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
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