Magazines

I will admit to being biased here but I do see a good quality magazine as being every bit of a good read as a collection, novella, or a novel.

The fact I write and copy edit for one (Writers' Narrative) is the reason for the bias!

I love good magazines because they're a great, portable read. The very best ones encourage further (book) reading too.

They can also be a fabulous introduction to a topic (and there will always be books on that topic. What reader wouldn't welcome that?

The magazine is a relatively cheap way of working out whether the topic is for you or not but if it is think of all the books you can go on to enjoy).