10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This Month

By Caroline Carlson | October 1, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“His output more closely resembles that of an old studio film director’s than of a typical contemporary literary novelist.”

By Book Marks | October 1, 2026

James Richardson on <em>Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026</em>

James Richardson on Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 1, 2026

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Ryan Chapman on the Recent Story Collection A Wooded Shore

By Ryan Chapman | September 30, 2026

September’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

September’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Jon Ronson, Emily Wilson, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Marlon James, Emily St. John Mandel, Emma Cline, and More

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

A Reticent Eloquence: Colm Tóibín on the Poetry of Thom Gunn

By Colm Tóibín | September 30, 2026

Happy International Translation Day!

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2026

Cheever on Cheever! Tracy K. Smith! 20 great books out in paperback this month.

By Gabrielle Bellot | September 30, 2026

What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

Eli Burnstein Traces the Origins of Some of the Most Popular Phrases in Literature

By Eli Burnstein | September 29, 2026

Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!

Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 29, 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 Gloria Steinem, Naomi Alderman, Chuck Klosterman, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More

By Book Marks | September 25, 2026

Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading

Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading

Jeff Biggers on the Legacy of a Little-Known Writer on the 100th Anniversary of Her Prize

By Jeff Biggers | September 25, 2026

I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

I’m Having a Hard Time Saying No: How Can I Be More of a Literary Asshole?

In Which Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 24, 2026

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Say It With a Flowchart

By Emily Temple | September 24, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Masculinity, in this novel, is an inheritance of anguish and misadventure.”

By Book Marks | September 24, 2026

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