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Read the first reviews of every Cormac McCarthy novel.

Read the first reviews of every Cormac McCarthy novel.

By Dan Sheehan | July 20, 2023

Read the very first reviews of </br><em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>.

Read the very first reviews of
The Catcher in the Rye.

By Dan Sheehan | July 14, 2023

Read the very first reviews of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>.

Read the very first reviews of To Kill a Mockingbird.

By Dan Sheehan | July 11, 2023

Here is the shortlist for the ($25,000!) Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.

Here is the shortlist for the ($25,000!) Ursula K. Le Guin Prize.

By Dan Sheehan | July 11, 2023

Read Jonathan Franzen's ode to Alice Munro.

Read Jonathan Franzen's ode to Alice Munro.

By Dan Sheehan | July 10, 2023

Read E. L. Doctorow's review of Faulkner's <em>As I Lay Dying</em>.

Read E. L. Doctorow's review of Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

By Dan Sheehan | July 6, 2023

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Read Joyce Carol Oates' 1983 review of The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake.

By Dan Sheehan | June 29, 2023

Read a classic review of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

By Dan Sheehan | June 22, 2023

Read a 1922 review of James Joyce's Ulysses.

By Dan Sheehan | June 16, 2023

Labyrinths.">Labyrinths.">

Labyrinths.">"I am the fire." Read a 1962 review of Jorge Luis Borges' Labyrinths.

By Dan Sheehan | June 14, 2023

Read the first reviews of George Orwell's <em>Nineteen Eighty-Four</em>.

Read the first reviews of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

By Dan Sheehan | June 8, 2023

Noah Baumbach is publishing a book.

Noah Baumbach is publishing a book.

By Dan Sheehan | June 5, 2023

Will you take the <em>Ulysses in 80</em> challenge?

Will you take the Ulysses in 80 challenge?

By Dan Sheehan | June 2, 2023

Read the first reviews of <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em>.

Read the first reviews of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

By Dan Sheehan | May 30, 2023

Critics <em>really</em> hate Josh Hawley's stupid book about manhood.

Critics really hate Josh Hawley's stupid book about manhood.

By Dan Sheehan | May 30, 2023

Read Marilynne Robinson's 1988 review of Raymond Carver's final collection.

Read Marilynne Robinson's 1988 review of Raymond Carver's final collection.

By Dan Sheehan | May 25, 2023

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