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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A hallucinatory rummaging through the mind of a broken man.”

By Book Marks | January 18, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Hisham Matar, Álvaro Enrigue, Rachel Slade, and More

By Book Marks | January 12, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is not a banal sentence or purple patch to be found in this book, which only a poet could have written.”

By Book Marks | January 11, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Mike McCormack, Vanessa Chan, Erika Howsare, and More

By Book Marks | January 5, 2024

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

“Yes, it’s her world and after reading her book I just wish I could move off-planet.”

By Book Marks | December 23, 2023

The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

The Books That Took Home This Year’s Biggest Literary Prizes

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The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2023

By Book Marks | December 10, 2023

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By Book Marks | December 7, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Sigrid Nunez, Claire Keegan, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Book Marks | November 30, 2023

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Robert Darnton, Barbra Streisand, Paul Caruana Galizia, and More

By Book Marks | November 30, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Michael Cunningham, Willa Cather, Claire Keegan, and More

By Book Marks | November 17, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“When Cunningham writes like himself, and not like an apostle, he is one of love’s greatest witnesses.”

By Book Marks | November 16, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Sigrid Nunez, Barbra Streisand, Ed Park, and More

By Book Marks | November 10, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"A 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted, diminished or dissed her."

By Book Marks | November 9, 2023

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring New Titles by Carlo Rovelli, Tananarive Due, Alice McDermott, Caster Semenya, and More

By Book Marks | November 3, 2023

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