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Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life

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What It Means to Love Elliott Smith

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Long Live Dolly Parton, Giver of Books

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Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction

“As we know from the study of Goldilocks, fiction carries the deepest truths.”

On the Fact and Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut’s Dresden

By Susan Farrell

Fun, Feminine and Fundamental: In Defense of Frivolity

By Jehanne Dubrow

What Does Beatlemania Have to Teach Us About Pop Culture Today?

By Samira Ahmed and Samira Ahmed

Meet Pierre “Peter” Ortiz, Undercover Spy, Marine and Resistance Fighter

By Nicholas Reynolds and Katie S. Sanders

An Ode to the Gleeful Terror of Tim Curry’s Pennywise

By Greg Cwik

Eight Simple Rules for Dating Your Historical Fiction

By Paraic O'Donnell

August’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks

August’s Best Reviewed Fiction

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Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects

By Madeline Zehnder

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The Letter Doula: How to Help a Life Arrive on the Page

By Ronda Beaman

Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon

By David W. Berner

Six Novels That Try to Keep Up With Elizabeth Taylor

By Stephen Greco

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Stories From Memory: On Finding Inspiration in My Husband’s Moroccan Family

By Elizabeth Letts

A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

August 31, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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After being shelved three years ago, Coyote vs. Acme is finally getting a theatrical release!

By Olivia Rutigliano

The Best Psychological Thrillers of the Month: August 2026

By Molly Odintz

7 Great Horror Novels Set in the American South

By Del Sandeen

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes

By Drew Buxton

Translation as a Journey: Jessica Sequeira on Vlady Kociancich’s The Eighth Wonder

By Jessica Sequeira

What Anne of Green Gables Reveals About White Girlhood

By Sarah Mesle

How American Bureaucracy (Literally) Steals Years From Your Life

By Annie Lowrey

Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism

By Sarah Montague

Self-Mythologizing on the Radio: A Brief History of Audio Patriotism

By Sarah Montague

What the World’s Nightscapes Reveal About Our Dependence on Artificial Light

By Sara B. Pritchard

What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Triptychs Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview

By Catherine Daunt