Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
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
An excerpt from THE DREAM OF THE JAGUAR by Miguel Bonnefoy, translated and recommended by Ruth Diver
“Wound” by Sammy Stevens, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord
An excerpt from TERRY DACTYL by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, recommended by Lisa Ko
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