Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

By Jonny Diamond | September 24, 2021

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

Andrew Martin and Benjamin Nugent Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald on His Birthday

By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent | September 24, 2021

Centuries Before <em>Fifty Shades</em>, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Leigh Cowart on the Success of Sadomasochistic Books from 1800s Russia to the Present

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

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 Titles by Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks | September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau | September 24, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Alexander Chee on E. M. Forster, Judith Butler on The Right to Sex, Dina Nayeri on Rabih Alameddine, and more

By Book Marks | September 23, 2021

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

Bill Goldstein Has Some Thoughts on What You Should Read Next

By Just the Right Book | September 23, 2021

The Miracle of Black Love: On the Greater Meaning of My Parents’ Enduring Marriage

By Farah Jasmine Griffin | September 23, 2021

The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

By Emily Temple | September 22, 2021

All Our Possible Lives: On Sylvia Plath, Matt Haig, and the Female Suicide Narrative

All Our Possible Lives: On Sylvia Plath, Matt Haig, and the Female Suicide Narrative

Savannah Marciezyk Compares Textual Interpretations of The Midnight Library and The Bell Jar

By Savannah Marciezyk | September 22, 2021

10 Books by Women You May Have Missed in August

10 Books by Women You May Have Missed in August

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Liane de Pougy, Misimi Kubo, Angel Khoury, and More

By Bethanne Patrick | September 22, 2021

How Christopher Pike’s <em>Remember Me</em> Subverts 80s Teenage Tropes

How Christopher Pike’s Remember Me Subverts 80s Teenage Tropes

Kicking Off Season Two of the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | September 21, 2021

Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the <em>Divine Comedy</em>

Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the Divine Comedy

Randy Boyagoda Considers the Many Longings of Dante’s Journey

By Randy Boyagoda | September 21, 2021

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

“I care about you more than you know.”

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2021

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... <em>The Hobbit</em>

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... The Hobbit

“You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone.”

By Book Marks | September 21, 2021

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres

By Lincoln Michel | September 21, 2021

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