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The Best Reviewed Fiction <br>of 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction
of 2020

Featuring Jenny Offill, Garth Greenwell, Hillary Mantel, Elena Ferrante, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

Six Book Critics Walk Into a Zoom to Talk About Autofiction

A Totally Fictional Story by Marion Winik Featuring
a Martin Amis Cameo

By Marion Winik | December 14, 2020

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Fiction of 2020

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Fiction of 2020

Featuring Tana French, Don Winslow, Ivy Pochoda,
Liz Moore, and more

By Book Marks | December 14, 2020

Why Ernest Hemingway Makes a Great Subject for <br>Comic Book Artists

Why Ernest Hemingway Makes a Great Subject for
Comic Book Artists

Robert K. Elder on the Protean Appearances of the
Great American Writer

By Robert K. Elder | December 14, 2020

What Can Fiction Do That Oral Histories Cannot?

What Can Fiction Do That Oral Histories Cannot?

Mauro Javier Cárdenas on Transcribing Life Into His Novel, Aphasia

By Mauro Javier Cárdenas | December 14, 2020

To Read or Not to Read Proust's <em>Swann's Way</em>

To Read or Not to Read Proust's Swann's Way

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 14, 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

The Best Reviewed Poetry
Collections of 2020

By Book Marks | December 11, 2020

The Top 10 Most Totally Metal
Books of 2020

By Keaton Patterson | December 11, 2020

Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in Agaat

By Mary Gaitskill | December 11, 2020

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

The Literary Disco Crew Discusses Scott O'Connor's Zero Zone

By Literary Disco | December 11, 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

Featuring Zadie Smith, Helen Macdonald, Claudia Rankine,
Samantha Irby, and more

By Book Marks | December 10, 2020

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

a democratic socialist."">Paulo Gurgel Valente: "She always described herself as
a democratic socialist."

By Paulo Gurgel Valente | December 10, 2020

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

What Else Do You Have to Do?

By Emily Temple | December 10, 2020

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

Nina MacLaughlin Considers Cuttings From the Tangle

By Nina MacLaughlin | December 10, 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

Featuring Nicole Krauss, Stephen King, Emma Cline, Zora Neale Hurston, and more

By Book Marks | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

Phoebe Hamilton-Jones in Praise of Literary Tourism (Done Well)

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

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