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Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

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Hernan Diaz's New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him

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The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

Marion Gibson on the Deadly Moral Panic of 17th-Century Britain

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October

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How the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq

By Assal Rad

“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on Writing for Young Adults

By Brittany Cavallaro

How Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America

By Emily St. James and Lauren Theisen

What Happens When Humans Show Up: On the Ecosystem Beneath Our Feet

By Frank Ashwood

Five Essential Books on Women in the Early Civil Rights Movement

By Keri Leigh Merritt

Revelations, Regret, Relief: Nine Books With Big Secrets

By Julia Cohen

Here is the Cover For All This Beauty, a New Anthology of Florida Writing

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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

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Now and Then, Mothers and Daughters, Sonnets and Sequences: Seven Poetry Books to Read This Month

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Beyond MLK: On the Women Who Made the March on Washington

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Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

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Crime Reads

October 2, 2026

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers, of the Month: October 2026

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Eight of the Best Meta Mysteries

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The Best Debut Novels of the Month: September 2026

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I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

By Kristen Arnett

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Artist’s Room Is Not a Neutral Space

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos

9 to 5: Inside The Movement That Inspired the Iconic Film

By Jonathan Kaufman

How Weimar Germany’s Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power

By Dana Bash and David Fisher

10 Essential Ukrainian Reads, From Memoir to Novel

By Sasha Dovzhyk

The True Story of the Actual First Shot Fired in the Civil War

By Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Meet Hyman Judah Schachtel, the Anti-Zionist Rabbi of Houston

By Benjamin Moser

On Finding the Beauty in a Block of Stone

By Simon Warrack