You could fill bookcases with the number of half-finished novels sitting around my home. A busy stretch at work, sudden travel, a shift in mood — whatever — happened, and I put down one book for the next, promising to pick it up again but never keeping my word. This rarely happens with a short story. So, as activities move inward during winter, and in the spirit of curating a reading list that isn’t judgmental and will let you read it when you can — without punishing you with sustained, complex development — we’ve compiled the best short story collections (and a few memoirs and novellas, to boot) of 2015. The reading below is bite-sized, perfect for picking up when you can and for finishing a story, or knocking out the entire collection over a long weekend.
Sick in the Head: Conversations about Life and Comedy
By: Judd Apatow
Pages: 512 (38 conversations)
Published: June 16, 2015
Funniest Read: A collection of conversations between Judd Apatow, one of the funniest, most successful comedy filmmakers alive, and the comedians who inspired and informed his work. The snack-sized conversations span his high school days in 1983, up until 2014, and include big names such as Jerry Seinfeld, Lena Dunham, Key and Peele, Amy Schumer and many others.
