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If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, Read This Book

If You Want to Understand the Enduring Appeal of Wuthering Heights, Read This Book

Ellen O’Connell Whittet on Karen Powell’s Fifteen Wild Decembers

By Ellen O'Connell Whittet | March 20, 2026

Why the Poet Ed Sanders <br>Matters More Than Ever

Why the Poet Ed Sanders
Matters More Than Ever

Lucy Kogler in Praise of the Poet Who Never Stops Creating

By Lucy Kogler | March 20, 2026

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 Hannah Lillith Assadi, Tara Menon, Ian Buruma, and more

By Book Marks | March 20, 2026

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

Valeria Luiselli on Sounding the Borderlands

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the final episode of Thresholds

By Thresholds | March 20, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

By Book Marks | March 19, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending March 15, 2026

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | March 19, 2026

Jeff Boyd on Cops, Teachers, and Chicago

By Fiction Non Fiction | March 19, 2026

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

By Svetlana Satchkova | March 18, 2026

Enchantment is Possible

Enchantment is Possible

The Cosmic Library's Proust season reaches its inevitable conclusion!

By The Cosmic Library | March 18, 2026

Love Stories, Feminism, and Why Cemeteries Are Sexy

Love Stories, Feminism, and Why Cemeteries Are Sexy

Jessica Ferri on Ann Rower’s Lee and Elaine

By Jessica Ferri | March 17, 2026

Ibram X. Kendi, Asako Yuzuki, Anne Lamott, and more: 20 new books out today!

Ibram X. Kendi, Asako Yuzuki, Anne Lamott, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | March 17, 2026

On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | March 16, 2026

Beyond “Women’s Fiction...” On the Quiet Brilliance of Barbara Pym

Beyond “Women’s Fiction...” On the Quiet Brilliance of Barbara Pym

Kerry Clare In Praise of Writing Stories Attuned to the Details of Everyday Life

By Kerry Clare | March 16, 2026

Is This the Most Literary Video Game of All Time?

Is This the Most Literary Video Game of All Time?

Josh Lambert on Meredith Gran’s Perfect Tides: Station to Station

By Josh Lambert | March 13, 2026

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 Francis Spufford, T Kira Madden, Tom Junod, and more

By Book Marks | March 13, 2026

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