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Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

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Kick off 2026 with 10 must-read books, including a bold "Moby Dick" retelling by Xiaolu Guo, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s stunning ...

Summer reading is often characterised as paperback romance or detective fiction. And it is that. But it's also anything your ...

New Ben Lerner, George Saunders gets metaphysical, and Tayari Jones makes her big post–American Marriage return.

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To help jump start your 2026 reading, especially if you need to get out of a reading slump, we’ve got nine suggestions that range from literary fiction to thriller to poetry. These books are around or ...

You know that feeling when life gets hectic? When the days blur together and you’re craving an escape but simply don’t have ...