Reading Lists
15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Winter
Grab a warm drink and cozy up with these great new indie titles
Jan 16 - Wendy J. Fox
Reading Lists
POPULAR in Reading Lists
7 Books That Complicate Stories About the South
These writers make space for the textured beliefs, experiences, and desires of a misunderstood region
Jan 5 - Grace Gaynor
Reading Lists
11 Transportive Novellas You Can Read in One Sitting
Start your reading year off right with some of the best short novels from the last decade
Jan 2 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
Our Favorite Short Stories and Poems to Read This Holiday Season
Celebrate with writing from the archives of “Recommended Reading” and “The Commuter”
Dec 23 - Lennie Roeber-Tsiongas
Reading Lists
Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2025
The writing that comforted readers and confronted chaos this year
Dec 19 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
The Most Popular Personal Narrative Essays of 2025
Discover the nonfiction that resonated with our readers this year
Dec 18 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
The Commuter’s Most Popular Posts of 2025
The top 5 pieces of flash, poetry, and graphic narratives from our weekly magazine of short, strange, diverting work
Dec 17 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
Recommended Reading’s Most Popular Stories of 2025
Revisit the top five short stories from our weekly fiction magazine
Dec 16 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
7 Books About Very Hungry Women
These women have gnawing appetites for food, love, survival, and power
Dec 12 - Anna Rollins
Reading Lists
11 Books About Disability as an Ethics of Care
In these novels, essays, and poems, disability is a form of knowledge that can reshape an inaccessible world
Dec 9 - Jodi-Ann Burey
Reading Lists
7 Literary Diaries That Illuminate the Lives of Great Writers
These authors respond to tragedy, modernity, and overstimulation with mundane brilliance
Dec 3 - Matthew Gasda
Reading Lists
Electric Lit’s Best Novels of 2025
Books by Katie Kitamura, Angela Flournoy, and Susan Choi are among the year's most celebrated novels
Nov 25 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
Electric Lit’s Best Nonfiction of 2025
Books by Edgar Gomez, Maris Kreizman, and Zefyr Lisowski are among the year's most celebrated nonfiction
Nov 24 - Electric Literature
Reading Lists
