Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get extra excited because it means I may be able to recommend a book of short ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Seven years have passed since the three-time National Book Award-nominated author Lauren Groff last ...

“Brawler” is a knockout. This new short story collection from award-winning Gainesville writer Lauren Groff is her eighth ...

Ever since she published her debut novel Prep in 2005, Curtis Sittenfeld has become one of America’s most beloved authors.

The myth is this. Alaska is a big land, challenging its residents in big and heroic ways. The open country, extreme climate, abundant and sometimes dangerous wildlife, and geographical isolation from ...

For readers seeking serious literary fiction that delivers both intellectual stimulation and emotional depth without ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

The iconic novelist behind 'It' and 'The Shining' shared other compliments — which are rather unfiltered in nature.

Ruth Bancroft wants to be “The Good Bride” — she really does — with just a simple beach wedding to her nice fiance Teo, as quiet a ceremony as possible with no drama. But that is unlikely to happen in ...