Katherine Heiny is the author of
Single, Carefree Mellow, a collection of short stories, and the novels
Standard Deviation and
Early Morning Riser.
Her fiction has been published in
The New Yorker,
The Atlantic,
Ploughshares,
Glimmer Train, and many other places. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and children.
At Lit Hub Heiny tagged eight favorite books about modern dating, including:
Elif Batuman, The Idiot
Forget Dostoyevsky—Batuman’s novel has eclipsed the Russian classic in my mind. This book is smarter than a tenured professor, sharper than a 
reindeer’s antlers (both of which are discussed). Batuman writes about unrequited love, being the daughter of immigrants, and life at Harvard with unparalleled wit and intelligence. When the narrator finally receives an email from her elusive paramour, she’s reminded of “a kind of torture I had read about where afterward the captors returned your senses to you one by one, and you felt so grateful that you told them everything.”
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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