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My Mean, Rich, Hot Ex-Friend is a Mediocre Literary Darling and I Hate It

My Mean, Rich, Hot Ex-Friend is a Mediocre Literary Darling and I Hate It

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Being a Literary Asshole

By Kristen Arnett | May 1, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If Twain belongs to anyone now, it’s the writers making mischief in the structures he left behind.”

By Book Marks | May 1, 2025

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

Tom Holland on the Lasting Influence of “The Lives of the Caesars”

By Tom Holland | May 1, 2025

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe on Trump’s South African Connection

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe on Trump’s South African Connection

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 1, 2025

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

Zoe Roth Puts Charlotte Beradt’s “The Third Reich of Dreams” in the Context of Our Current Reality

By Zoe Roth | April 30, 2025

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Tobias Carroll on When Bad Fans Happen to Good Books

By Tobias Carroll | April 30, 2025

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By Book Marks | April 30, 2025

April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | April 30, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of May

By Audiofile Magazine | April 30, 2025

Kevin Kwan! Questlove! Hungry ghosts! 25 books out in paperback this May.

Kevin Kwan! Questlove! Hungry ghosts! 25 books out in paperback this May.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 30, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on the Philosophy of <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em>

The Cosmic Library on the Philosophy of The Brothers Karamazov

Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

By The Cosmic Library | April 30, 2025

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Andrew Holter on Executorship, Archives, and Literary Labors

By Andrew Holter | April 29, 2025

Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life

Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “The Accidentals”

By Jane Ciabattari | April 29, 2025

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

Eden Lost: Nin Andrews on the Pains and Rewards of Writing a Memoir About Her Father

The Author of “Son of a Bird” Tells the Story of a Family of Facades

By Nin Andrews | April 29, 2025

Sophie Gilbert! Craig Thompson! Crazy Rich Ghanaians! 24 new books out today.

Sophie Gilbert! Craig Thompson! Crazy Rich Ghanaians! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 29, 2025

Forrest Gander on Waiting to Publish, Gateway Poems, and C.D. Wright’s Brilliant Work

Forrest Gander on Waiting to Publish, Gateway Poems, and C.D. Wright’s Brilliant Work

The Co-Editor of “The Essential C.D. Wright” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | April 28, 2025

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