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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

Margaret Verble on Chinua Achebe, Flannery O’Connor, and <em>Wolf Hall</em>

Margaret Verble on Chinua Achebe, Flannery O’Connor, and Wolf Hall

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of When Two Feathers Fell From the Sky

By Book Marks | October 6, 2021

Jen Winston on <em>Bluets</em>, Bisexual Representation, and Hating the Classics

Jen Winston on Bluets, Bisexual Representation, and Hating the Classics

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

By Book Marks | October 4, 2021

Rooney, Powers, Whitehead... Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books

Rooney, Powers, Whitehead... Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books

Looking Back at a Blockbuster Month in Publishing

By Book Marks | October 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of September

By Book Marks | October 1, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Science, Technology, and Nature Books

By Book Marks | September 30, 2021

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies

By Book Marks | September 29, 2021

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s <em>The Road</em> When It First Came Out?

What Did Critics Think of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road When It First Came Out?

“An exquisitely bleak incantation...” “A little showy, a little glib...”

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

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

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

Featuring a George Washington Travelogue, a Holocaust Story of Survival, a History of Cuba, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

Sophie Ward on <em>Jane Eyre</em>, <em>Macho Sluts</em>, and <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Love and Other Thought Experiments

By Book Marks | September 27, 2021

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 Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks | September 24, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Alexander Chee on E. M. Forster, Judith Butler on The Right to Sex, Dina Nayeri on Rabih Alameddine, and more

By Book Marks | September 23, 2021

Casey Schwartz on <em>Harriet the Spy</em>, <em>Invisible Man</em>, and Hating <em>Jane Eyre</em>

Casey Schwartz on Harriet the Spy, Invisible Man, and Hating Jane Eyre

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of Attention: A Love Story

By Book Marks | September 22, 2021

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... <em>The Hobbit</em>

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... The Hobbit

“You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone.”

By Book Marks | September 21, 2021

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