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Take this (weirdly precise!) quiz to find out which fictional character's personality matches yours.

Take this (weirdly precise!) quiz to find out which fictional character's personality matches yours.

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2020

The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is mostly women (again).

The 2020 International Booker Prize Shortlist is mostly women (again).

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2020

What Your Go-To Quarantine Read Says About You

What Your Go-To Quarantine Read Says About You

Judgment in the Time of Coronavirus

By Emily Temple | April 2, 2020

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Advice for All Signs: Stay Home and Read

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2020

The first full trailer for Hulu's <em>Normal People</em> is extremely sexy.

The first full trailer for Hulu's Normal People is extremely sexy.

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

Tomie dePaola, beloved author and illustrator of <em>Strega Nona</em>, has died at 85.

Tomie dePaola, beloved author and illustrator of Strega Nona, has died at 85.

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World

The 14 Best Book Covers
of March

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2020

Some useful vintage advertisements and posters that encourage social distancing.

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

A Few 19th-Century Parlor Games to Amuse You While You're Stuck at Home

By Emily Temple | March 30, 2020

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

Nobel laureate in literature releases 17 minute prose poem about JFK's assassination.

By Emily Temple | March 27, 2020

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

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