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Inside Eudora Welty's Home in Jackson, Mississippi

Monica Nelson Considers the Ways the Quintessentially Southern Writer's Life Intersected With the Region's Dark History
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The Olfactory History of Book Collecting

Will Tullett Explores the Role of Scent in a Book’s Life
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How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His Writing

D.J. Taylor on the Role of Religion In the Author's Life and Work
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Megan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s
A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class Scotland

“Owens found a novel way of conveying the surrealness of everyday life”

Hanif Abdurraqib on the Lessons of June Jordan

By Hanif Abdurraqib

A Dystopia For Our Times: On Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta

By Ed Simon

On Falling In and Out of Love With Dead Artists as an Art Historian

By Allison Leigh

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks

ZZ Packer and Nafkote Tamirat on France’s Ongoing Student Protests

By Fiction Non Fiction

Am I the Asshole For Quitting My Book Club Because They Read Too Many Genre Books?

By Kristen Arnett

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub

A Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading Life

By Megan Mayhew

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Ry Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer Fairytales

By Ry Herman

Please Don't Put in the Novel That I Died: Olivia Manning’s (Lightly) Fictionalized Novels

By Duncan Fyfe

Building a Community of Imposters: What It Means To Be a Literary Translator Today

By Ilan Stavans

The Pioneering Journalist Who Met With Nazi War Criminals Ahead of Their Prosecution

By Natalie Livingstone

What Fly Fishing Taught Me About Writing Fiction

By Evan Brooke

“Mirror,” a Poem by Jana Prikryl

By Jana Prikryl

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

November 5, 2026

Seeking Justice in Deep South Georgia

By J. Tom Morgan

The best crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the month: November 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads

Suspenseful not-exactly-horror movies to watch, this Halloween

By Olivia Rutigliano

Book Marks

Book Marks

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month

Ry Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer Fairytales

By Ry Herman

Mary Beth Keane on Writing a Novel of the Irish Diaspora

By Jane Ciabattari

How Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My Novel

By Schneider K. Rancy

How Austerity is Killing Higher Ed
(and What We Can Do About It)

By Peter Coviello

Iconic Socialist Jean Jaurès Tried to Keep France Out of WWI. It Cost Him His Life

By Enda O'Doherty

Hidden In Plain Sight: What It Meant to Unearth My Father's Decades-Old FBI File

By Aimee Liu

This Week in Literary History: Sinclair Lewis Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

By Literary Hub

Why Are Women’s Biographies Often Told From a Man’s Point of View?

By Sarah Fritz

Tiny, Furry Friends: A Short History of Small Dogs in European Art

By Stephanie Howard-Smith