5 Wonderful Japanese Short Story Collections to Read
We’ve selected 5 Wonderful Japanese Short Story Collections featuring some of Japan’s most notable contemporary authors.
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft
The Tomb by H. P. Lovecraft was written in 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a tomb near his childhood home.
The Cunning Detective Book Quiz
From classic tales from Agatha Christie to modern crime thrillers, test your knowledge of Detective Books with our Cunning Detective Book Quiz.
Vanka by Anton Chekhov
Vanka by Anton Chekhov was published in 1886. It tells the story of a young orphan boy, Vanka, who has been apprenticed to a cobbler in Moscow.
5 Wonderful Japanese Short Story Collections to Read
We’ve selected 5 Wonderful Japanese Short Story Collections featuring some of Japan’s most notable contemporary authors.
The Madman by Kahlil Gibran
The Madman by Kahlil Gibran was published in in 1918. The Madman, His Parables and Poems is a thought provoking and inspiring collection of 35 short moral stories and poems.
Book of the Month November 2024
Quizlit’s Book of the Month November 2024 is the rip-roaring The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry. Set in the American West of the 1890s, it tracks the dangerously forbidden affair between a torrid young balladeer and the wife of a devout and powerful mine captain.
Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction Shortlist 2024
The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction has announced its shortlist for this year’s award. The seven novels on this year’s list “highlight the funniest novels of the past twelve months, which best evoke the Wodehouse spirit of witty characters and perfectly timed comic prose”.
The Courtship of Susan Bell by Anthony Trollope
The Courtship of Susan Bell by Anthony Trollope was written in 1859. Set in Saratoga Springs, New York, it tells the tale of young Susan Bell who lives there with her widowed mother and sister.
Red by W. Somerset Maugham
Red by W. Somerset Maugham appears in the short story collection, The Trembling of a Leaf which was published in 1921.
Three Guesses by David Goodis
Three Guesses by David Goodis was published in the magazine Hooded Detective in 1942. It tells the story about a Private Investigator fishing for clues to the murder of a lawyer.
