Maylis de Kerangal's new story collection, "Canoes," is a moving, surprising exploration of grief and friendship across seven short stories and one novella, set in France, Canada and the United States ...

Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the ...

Why do humans prefer a simple shortcut over a more complex solution? Researchers have found the answer in our brains.

Every time I get a recommendation request where one of the five recent reads contains a collection of short stories, I get ...