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 Olga Tokarczuk, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Matthew Pearl, and More

By Book Marks | December 5, 2025

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

Itoro Bassey on How We Write About Africa

By Itoro Bassey | December 5, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is a sense, in this biography, of him tending his own flame while attempting to urinate upon it at the same time.”

By Book Marks | December 4, 2025

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Joy Harjo, Myriam Gurba, Hua Hsu, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 4, 2025

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

Rinaldo Walcott Explores the Concepts of Power, Connection and Promise in Black Music

By Rinaldo Walcott | December 4, 2025

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  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
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  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 4, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2025

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Sarah Aziza on Genocide and the Graveyard of Meanings

By Sarah Aziza | December 2, 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2025

The Literature to Listen to This Year

By Audiofile Magazine | December 2, 2025

Elizabeth McCracken, Olga Tokarczuk, Olivia Nuzzi, and more: 22 new books out today!

Elizabeth McCracken, Olga Tokarczuk, Olivia Nuzzi, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | December 2, 2025

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

An Addition and a Correction

By Miriam Gershow | December 1, 2025

Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Work by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older—plus a few 2025 books you might have missed!

By Natalie Zutter | December 1, 2025

10 Great Children’s Books You Might Have Missed in 2025

10 Great Children’s Books You Might Have Missed in 2025

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This Holiday Season

By Caroline Carlson | December 1, 2025

Crony Henry, Daddy Henry, Lady Henry, Henry Incinerator: Seven Poetry Books to Read This December

Crony Henry, Daddy Henry, Lady Henry, Henry Incinerator: Seven Poetry Books to Read This December

Christopher Spaide Recommends New Collections From D.M. Aderibigbe, Nadia Alexis, John Berryman and More

By Christopher Spaide | December 1, 2025

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