“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Not, Apparently, an Instant Classic
November 30, 2021
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44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents
It’s the Book Marks Holiday Gift Guide!
November 30, 2021
By Book Marks
Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth
Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Four Humors
November 24, 2021
By Book Marks
Tom Zoellner on Gatsby, Judy Blume, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of The National Road
November 22, 2021
By Book Marks
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring the 1619 project, Patricia Highsmith's diaries, a Neal Stephenson cli-fi thriller, and more
November 19, 2021
By Book Marks
Not Everybody Loves Sebald: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
John Banville on Picasso, Lauren Oyler on Sebald, Adam Hochschild on The 1619 Project, and more
November 18, 2021
By Book Marks
Dave Eggers on Lorrie Moore, Frankenstein’s Monster, and Corduroy the Bear
Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of The Every
November 17, 2021
By Book Marks
Kafka Roaring With Laughter: Read the First Review of José Saramago’s Blindness
A Classic Review of the Late Nobel Prize-Winner's Most Famous Novel
November 16, 2021
By Book Marks
Patricia Engel on The Lover, Edwidge Danticat, and the Rats of NIMH
Book Recommendations from the Author of Infinite Country
November 15, 2021
By Book Marks
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring new titles by Louise Erdrich, Lily King, Ken Follett, David Graeber, and more
November 12, 2021
By Book Marks
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Of Nella Larsen's Passing, Emily Ratajkowski's My Body, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Committed, and more
November 11, 2021
By Book Marks
“It Will Outrage As Many Readers As It Delights.” On Joseph Heller’s Catch-22
A 1961 New York Times Review of Heller’s Classic WWII satire
November 10, 2021
By Book Marks
Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and Goodnight Moon as Avant-Garde Horror
Book Recommendations From the Author of The Liar's Dictionary
November 10, 2021
By Book Marks
Danielle Evans on Mrs. Dalloway, Black Vaudeville, and Nella Larsen’s Quicksand
Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Office of Historical Corrections
November 8, 2021
By Book Marks
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
New Titles by Gary Shteyngart, Sarah Hall, Ai Weiwei, Paul McCartney, and More
November 5, 2021
By Book Marks
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week (Ron Charles Does Not Like the New Mitch Albom)
“Such soggy inspirational literature makes me seasick.”
November 4, 2021
By Book Marks
November 3, 2021
By Book Marks
Kyle Lucia Wu on James Baldwin, Qiu Miaojin, and Brandon Taylor
Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of Win Me Something
November 3, 2021
By Book Marks
Shabby, Domestic Comedy? Grown Up Holden Caulfield? Read This Early Review of John Updike’s Rabbit, Run
From the November 6, 1960 Edition of the New York Times
November 2, 2021
By Book Marks
November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Featuring Magic and Queerness, a SFF Icon’s Take on Climate Collapse, a Pioneering Work of Silkpunk, and More
November 2, 2021
By Book Marks
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