5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

”...so self-indulgent, so grossly stereotyped, so shameless and insipid that one is almost astonished that he has dared.“

By Book Marks | October 20, 2022

How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?

How Do the Books We Read Change Our Brains?

Gregory Berns on Measuring the Effects of a Really Good Story

By Gregory Berns | October 20, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Mourning Possibility and Leaping Into New Life

Life Advice for Book Lovers: Mourning Possibility and Leaping Into New Life

Book Recommendations to Help the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | October 20, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Maira Kalman is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | October 20, 2022

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

Jess Walter on Writing About Hope (Without Losing His Literary Cool)

From Micro, a Podcast for Short But Powerful Writing

By Micro Podcast | October 20, 2022

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

“Eclectic, Refreshingly Wild, and Important.” Exploring the Archives of America’s Best Literary Journals

Introducing a New Column in Which Nick Ripatrazone Reveals Treasures From the Back Issue Vault

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 19, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Go Gentle
  • The Palm House
  • Lázár
  • Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
  • Famesick: A Memoir
  • Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other--And the World

Telling Stories of the Trans Experience is More Important Than Ever

By Veronica Esposito | October 19, 2022

A Million Voices: In the Praise of the Polyvocal Novel

By Sara Lippmann | October 19, 2022

George Saunders: Why the Revision Process is Critical for Building Fictional Worlds

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | October 19, 2022

George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

George Saunders on Reading Chaotically and the Power of Generous Teachers

The Author of Liberation Day Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | October 18, 2022

Why We Should Reach Out When We’re Lonely—Even If No One Answers

Why We Should Reach Out When We’re Lonely—Even If No One Answers

On Golden Records, Space Probes, and Kristen Radtke’s Seek You

By Ethan Chatagnier | October 18, 2022

13 new books to cling to this week.

13 new books to cling to this week.

By Katie Yee | October 18, 2022

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

Andrea Barrett on Needing Stories to Weave Together the “Jumble of Perceptions”

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | October 17, 2022

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 tiles by Leonard Cohen, Lydia Millet, Andrew Miller, and More

By Dan Sheehan | October 14, 2022

Life Advice for Book Lovers: On Dealing with Loss and Finding Community

Life Advice for Book Lovers: On Dealing with Loss and Finding Community

Book Recommendations to Help the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | October 14, 2022

75 Years of <em>Goodnight Moon</em>: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

75 Years of Goodnight Moon: Today’s Best Writers Reflect on a Children’s Classic

Jess de Courcy Hinds on Margaret Wise Brown’s Beloved Book

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 14, 2022

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