Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
"Here Preached His Last," from Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby, recommended by Rachel Yoder
"Kenji's Notebook," an excerpt of Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho, recommended by Aimee Bender
"Lockdown" by Mark Jacquemain, recommended by Electric Literature
"Córdoba" by Stuart Dybek, recommended by Electric Literature
"Charity" by Cara Blue Adams, recommended by Kirstin Valdez Quade
"Fish (in 13 sections)" by Eric Ozawa, recommended by Kristopher Jansma
"First and Second Children" by Matthew Neill Null, recommended by Electric Literature
"Ways of Seeing" an excerpt from White on White by Ayşegül Savaş, recommended by Sanaë Lemoine
"Dolls' Eyes" from Medusa's Ankles by A. S. Byatt, recommended by Neel Mukherjee
"Hotel Seattle" by Lily King, recommended by Electric Literature
"Office of the Mind," by Leland Cheuk, recommended by Electric Literature
"Once Nothing, Twice Shatter" by Tyler Barton, recommended by T Kira Māhealani Madden
Thank You!