Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 2

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 2

For Those Who Wrote In, And Also the Rest of You

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

Reading <em>This Side of Paradise</em> at 100, During a Pandemic

Reading This Side of Paradise at 100, During a Pandemic

Or, Why Books Aren't Always the Best Escape

By Emily Temple | March 26, 2020

Playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote the musical <em>Ragtime</em>, has died from coronavirus.

Playwright Terrence McNally, who wrote the musical Ragtime, has died from coronavirus.

By Emily Temple | March 24, 2020

Support authors and enjoy great photography with Beowulf Sheehan's An Author a Day project.

Support authors and enjoy great photography with Beowulf Sheehan's An Author a Day project.

By Emily Temple | March 24, 2020

Woody Allen's memoir has just been published after all.

Woody Allen's memoir has just been published after all.

By Emily Temple | March 23, 2020

Actors are reading sonnets to us online to soothe our isolation anxieties.

Actors are reading sonnets to us online to soothe our isolation anxieties.

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

10 superb social distancers from literature.

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations

By Emily Temple | March 20, 2020

The Stories Behind 15 of the Best Names Famous Writers Gave to Their Pets

By Emily Temple | March 19, 2020

Need a distraction? Get lost in <em>The Paris Review</em>’s Author Index.

Need a distraction? Get lost in The Paris Review’s Author Index.

By Emily Temple | March 18, 2020

Haven't read <em>War and Peace</em>? Now's the time to join Yiyun Li's free virtual book club.

Haven't read War and Peace? Now's the time to join Yiyun Li's free virtual book club.

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

How J.R.R. Tolkien Blocked W.H. Auden From Writing a Book About Him

"I regard such things as premature impertinences."

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2020

Can't decide what to read next? Tell us your favorite books and we'll recommend one just for you.

Can't decide what to read next? Tell us your favorite books and we'll recommend one just for you.

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2020

So Shakespeare wrote <em>King Lear</em> during a plague. Well, good for him, say all the writers.

So Shakespeare wrote King Lear during a plague. Well, good for him, say all the writers.

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2020

Lots of people are looking up

Lots of people are looking up "pandemic" and "quarantine" and "Kafkaesque" in the dictionary.

By Emily Temple | March 13, 2020

Update: NYC public libraries are suspending all programs and closing to the public through March.

Update: NYC public libraries are suspending all programs and closing to the public through March.

By Emily Temple | March 12, 2020

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