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Rax King on <em>Giovanni’s Room</em>, <em>A Little Life</em>, and Susan Choi's Sex Scenes

Rax King on Giovanni’s Room, A Little Life, and Susan Choi's Sex Scenes

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Tacky

By Book Marks | October 27, 2021

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are October’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a History of Pop Music, a Chronicle of Black Filmmaking, a Counterhistory of Feminism, and More

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of October

A Month of Literary Listening

By Book Marks | October 26, 2021

Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and <em>Black Beauty</em>

Elaine Feeney Recommends John McGahern, Ralph Ellison, and Black Beauty

Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of As You Were

By Book Marks | October 25, 2021

Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles from Elizabeth Strout, Anthony Horowitz, Rebecca Solnit, Billy Porter, and more

By Book Marks | October 22, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Jennifer Egan on Elizabeth Strout, Rumaan Alam on Jonathan Franzen, and more

By Book Marks | October 21, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Chelsea G. Summers on Anaïs Nin, Dracula, and The Bloody Chamber

By Book Marks | October 20, 2021

TaraShea Nesbit on Tove Jansson, Matilda, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X

By Book Marks | October 19, 2021

Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick.

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of <em>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</em>

“The Anti-James Bond.” Read This Early Review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

How John le Carré's Masterpiece Was First Received

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

Betsy Bonner on <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, <em>Bluets</em>, and Mary Gaitskill's Sex Scenes

Betsy Bonner on Wuthering Heights, Bluets, and Mary Gaitskill's Sex Scenes

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of The Book of Atlantis Black

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week: More Rooney, Disappointing Powers, <br>and a Little Franzen

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week: More Rooney, Disappointing Powers,
and a Little Franzen

Considering le Carré, Franzen, Rooney, Richard Powers, and Donald Antrim

By Book Marks | October 14, 2021

Peter Cameron on Daphne du Maurier, James Salter, and <em>Where the Red Fern Grows</em>

Peter Cameron on Daphne du Maurier, James Salter, and Where the Red Fern Grows

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of What Happens at Night

By Book Marks | October 13, 2021

Wil Haygood on <em>Beloved</em>, <em>The Power Broker</em>, and <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

Wil Haygood on Beloved, The Power Broker, and To Kill a Mockingbird

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Colorization

By Book Marks | October 12, 2021

Behold... The Best Reviewed Books of the Week!

Behold... The Best Reviewed Books of the Week!

Featuring new titles by Jonathan Franzen, Miriam Toews, Val McDermid, David Sedaris, and more

By Book Marks | October 8, 2021

What the Critics Think: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

What the Critics Think: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Liana Fink on David Sedaris, Michele Filgate on Miriam Toews, Cree LeFavour on Claire Vaye Watkins, and more

By Book Marks | October 7, 2021

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