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Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Hari Kunzru on Mario Vargas Llosa, Moira Donegan on Lauren Groff, Hermione Hoby on a literary Fuccboi, and more

By Book Marks | December 2, 2021

Mikhal Dekel on <em>Anna Karenina</em>, <em>Dubliners</em>, and <em>A Room of One's Own</em>

Mikhal Dekel on Anna Karenina, Dubliners, and A Room of One's Own

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of In the East

By Book Marks | December 1, 2021

“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em>

“A Piece of Careless Hackwork.” Read the First Reviews of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Not, Apparently, an Instant Classic

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44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

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Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and <em>The Phantom Tollbooth</em>

Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

Rapid-fire book recs from the author of The Four Humors

By Book Marks | November 24, 2021

Tom Zoellner on <em>Gatsby</em>, Judy Blume, and <em>Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?</em>

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Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of The National Road

By Book Marks | November 22, 2021

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Kafka Roaring With Laughter: Read the First Review of José Saramago's <em>Blindness</em>

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

By Book Marks | November 16, 2021

Patricia Engel on <em>The Lover</em>, Edwidge Danticat, and the Rats of NIMH

Patricia Engel on The Lover, Edwidge Danticat, and the Rats of NIMH

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By Book Marks | November 15, 2021

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

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By Book Marks | November 11, 2021

“It Will Outrage As Many Readers As It Delights.” On Joseph Heller’s </em>Catch-22</em>

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A 1961 New York Times Review of Heller’s Classic WWII satire

By Book Marks | November 10, 2021

Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and <em>Goodnight Moon</em> as Avant-Garde Horror

Eley Williams on Classic Ghost Stories and Goodnight Moon as Avant-Garde Horror

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Danielle Evans on <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>, Black Vaudeville, and Nella Larsen's <em>Quicksand</em>

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