"If you've never gone on a short story reading binge, we highly recommend it as a regular practice. Short fiction plays by different rules than the novel, and there are certain delights that can only be mined in the short story format.
There's also an undeniable practical benefit to the short story. It's perfect for those moments when you want to wedge in some reading and time is short—but you also want the rounded narrative experience of a beginning, middle, and end.
The year 2021 has been a particularly busy one for short story collections. It's been an interesting one, too. Each of the collections presented below is the work of a single author—no anthologies this time around.
Several of these titles have made something of a splash in the larger world of pop culture and entertainment. For instance: Haruki Murakami's First Person Singular, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson's My Monticello, and Afterparties by the late Anthony Veasna So."
