--- title: Fiction | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/fiction/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/fiction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fiction ## Fiction *  Apr 16, 2021 ## ["When the Rain Stops": a Short Story by Bryan Washington](https://time.com/5953389/bryan-washington-when-the-rain-stops/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Bryan Washington *  Feb 23, 2017 ## [Why It’s Healthy to Cry Over TV Shows](https://time.com/4681115/crying-television-this-is-us/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Amanda MacMillan *  Feb 16, 2017 ## [_Lincoln in the Bardo_ Explores the Mind of a Mourning Abraham Lincoln](https://time.com/4672411/george-saunders-lincoln-bardo-abraham/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Nate Hopper *  Feb 9, 2017 ## [Review: _Six Four_ by Hideo Yokoyama](https://time.com/4664993/review-six-four-hideo-yokoyama/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarah Begley *  Feb 2, 2017 ## [A Found Novel of Harlem Works As a Time Capsule](https://time.com/4657651/claude-mckay-amiable-with-big-teeth/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarah Begley *  Jan 26, 2017 ## [Review: Paul Auster's New Novel Is Four Times the Fun](https://time.com/4649885/4321-paul-auster/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarah Begley *  Nov 22, 2016 ## [J.K. Rowling Confirms 'Fantastic Beasts' Timeline](https://time.com/4579523/rowling-fantastic-beasts-timeline/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Entertainment Weekly *  Sep 22, 2016 ## [Maladies and Miracles in Emma Donoghue's _The Wonder_](https://time.com/4504007/of-maladies-and-miracles/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarah Begley *  Oct 16, 2015 ## [The 21 Most Popular Novels of 2015 So Far](https://time.com/4076558/popular-books-amazon-2015/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Business Insider *  Jan 8, 2015 ## [My Debt to Sylvia Plath](https://time.com/3655035/meg-wolitzer-sylvia-plath/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Meg Wolitzer *  Aug 11, 2014 ## [Surveillance in the Movies: Fact vs. Fiction](https://time.com/3099090/surveillance-movies-fact-versus-fiction/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Denver Nicks *  Jun 13, 2014 ## [Lessons From My Husband Michael Hastings](https://time.com/2854564/michael-hastings-bowe-berghdal-elise-jordan/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Elise Jordan *  Jun 10, 2014 ## [Lindsay Lohan Recalls the Time She Had Sex With James Franco](https://time.com/2853753/lindsay-lohan-james-franco-fiction/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarah Miller ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/fiction/","name":"Fiction"}}]}] ```