We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine to Octavia E.

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Every book New York Times best-seller Michael and Kathleen Gear write is influenced by Wyoming. After 88 published books, the ...

But there’s good news: Observer is here to help with a list of the best short books to read this January ... It’s a brutal, rapid-fire story of toxic masculinity set against the Argentine ...

Unmissable super short stories by brilliant women. Here is Stylist’s guide to the flash fiction female writers you need to read (plus you could probably do it all in the next hour…).

A short story might be just ... time to get back to a good book to realize you’ve left it so long that you’ve forgotten everything that has happened so far. The best part?

These short stories are imaginative ... Birbal is one of the best friendships to read about. This classic book written for kids aged 9 to 12 teaches kids how to get through life’s challenges ...

Short books offer something to read when you want to surrender to a story for longer than an hour but not for days and days. They are hefty enough to immerse yourself in and often short enough to ...