The Power of <em>Persuasion</em>: Why Lawyers Love Jane Austen

The Power of Persuasion: Why Lawyers Love Jane Austen

Natalie Jenner Explores the Legal and Judicial Side of One of English Literature’s Most Beloved Writers

By Natalie Jenner | May 6, 2025

I Take No Pleasure in Having Written an “Eerily Prescient” Novel

I Take No Pleasure in Having Written an “Eerily Prescient” Novel

Kevin Nguyen on Why We Don’t Need Books to Tell Us About Our Current Political Moment

By Kevin Nguyen | May 6, 2025

Andy Warhol! James Joyce! Josephine Baker! 27 new books out today.

Andy Warhol! James Joyce! Josephine Baker! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 6, 2025

Did the Pulitzer Board just overrule the Jury to give Percival Everett the prize?

Did the Pulitzer Board just overrule the Jury to give Percival Everett the prize?

By Drew Broussard | May 5, 2025

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on <em>Never Let Me Go</em>, 20 Years Later

Kazuo Ishiguro Reflects on Never Let Me Go, 20 Years Later

On the Decades-Long Creative Process Behind His Most Successful Novel

By Kazuo Ishiguro | May 5, 2025

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

More Than a Subplot: Five Novels That Explore and Center Female Friendship

Disha Bose Recommends Elena Ferrante, R.F. Kuang, Sally Rooney, and More

By Disha Bose | May 5, 2025

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How Charles Dickens’s Troubled Childhood Influenced His Literary Output

By Peter Conrad | May 5, 2025

After the Rooster Crows: Dispatch from a Poet in Exile

By Oliver Baez Bendorf | May 5, 2025

Astrid López Méndez on the Role of Verse and Resistance to Poetry

By Astrid López Méndez | May 5, 2025

From MLMs to Nuclear War: <br>10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

From MLMs to Nuclear War:
10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

Featuring Work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

Universe-Expanding Children’s Books Coming Out in May

Universe-Expanding Children’s Books Coming Out in May

Caroline Carlson Recommends Ten New Books For Young Readers

By Caroline Carlson | May 2, 2025

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Fiction from Joe Abercrombie, Mira Grant, Guy Gavriel Kay, and More

By Natalie Zutter | May 2, 2025

Glass Houses, Hells, and Phantom Limbs: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in May

Glass Houses, Hells, and Phantom Limbs: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in May

Rebecca Morgan Frank Highlights What Books to Check Out This Month

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 2, 2025

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

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