YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A,

BY MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD

Arriving on the heels of her 2021 Booker Prize–nominated novel, Great Circle, Shipstead’s first short-story collection examines the trials and complexities of love, life, and sex with a dose of humor. In the titular piece, a young actress reflects on the abuses she endured while in a Scientology-like cult; another one, set at a Montana dude ranch, spans decades and centers on the farm owner’s unrequited infatuation with a younger horse wrangler who began working for him as a runaway in her teens. (Knopf)