Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:43     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Anonymous wrote:so many great short story writers (and I like Poe also). W. Somerst Maugham and Checkov come right to mind , especially the latter.


sorry, that should be Chekhov
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:41     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
so many great short story writers (and I like Poe also). W. Somerst Maugham and Checkov come right to mind , especially the latter.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:40     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
I have a short novel to recommend:

The Old Woman with the Knife, by Gu Byeong-mo

I couldn't put it down.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:38     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Anonymous wrote:Alice Munro


but not her latest collection! it goes way too dark and for no purpose.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:36     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Oh another place to find them is The New Yorker. I prefer print but it’s not a cheap subscription, so you can listen to their fiction podcast. They have an author on and the author chooses a story and reads it, and then they discuss. Excellent podcast.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 09:33     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
First things first...

What genres do you enjoy?
What genres do you not enjoy?
Are there any topics/tropes that are off-limits?

This thread will be useless without some more information.
Anonymous
Post 03/08/2023 00:32     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Isaac Bashevis Singer. His short stories are amazing.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:34     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Thank you all.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:33     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
They have The Best American Short stories for each year in this anthology. This is how I was introduced to Roxane Gay and some of my other favorite authors.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Short-Stories-2022-ebook/dp/B09SHSFDNW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:31     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Not a short story person, but when I was struggling to get into a reading habit, I started with really trashy novels. Chick lit, beach reads, some John Grisham, stuff like that. Plot driven, easy reads. It really helped get me into the groove.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:19     Subject: Re:Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Amber Sparks, And I Do not Forgive You
Flannery O’Connor (it’s all pretty brutal but great)
Meghan Phillips, Abstinence Only
Damien Dressick, Fables of the Destruction

Also, look for anthologies/best ofs with different authors, it’s a great way to find writers you like and read lots of different styles.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:14     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Alice Munro
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:12     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
"Ladies Night at Finbar's Hotel" is a book of short stories by Irish female authors. The stories all take place at the same hotel on the same night.
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 22:09     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
Curtis Sittenfield's You think it I'll say it
Anonymous
Post 03/07/2023 19:17     Subject: Help! I can't commit to finishing a novel so
I'm looking to increase my reading time by focusing on short stories. Any suggestions? I'm currently reading The Gold-Bug and Other Stories by Poe. I'll read just about anything as long as it's in English and available in hard copy.

TIA