Misery: A Novel

Fruit Fly is a sharp, darkly humorous story about a washed-up author who will stop at nothing to return to relevancy, even steal someone else’s story. Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of books about books, writers, and the writing process – and not everyone gets their own happy ending. If you liked reading Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly, check out these other books that will give you the same feeling…or inspire you to write the next great novel.

The list of “must read” authors is long, and differs depending on who you ask. But usually, the authors on these lists are (or were) pretty prolific, and like a pool of frigid water, you may be nervous about diving into their backlists; better to dip your toe in first. Here are 10 ideal “starter novels” […]

Whether you think the new film delivers the scares better than the so-so 1989 version, the source material still stands as the single piece of writing King’s oeuvre that scares its own author the most—upon finishing it, he reportedly found the book so disturbing he stuffed the manuscript into a drawer, intending never to release […]

So many of Stephen King’s books have been adapted for film or television that it’s possible to be very familiar with his body of work even if you’ve never read a word of it. (We do not recommend this course of action.) Just this year, four of King’s books are hitting the big screen by […]