5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is no greater vindication of the suspicion that poor taste is a form of moral deficiency than the initial reception that greeted Hillbilly Elegy.”

By Book Marks | July 25, 2024

I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I’m Jealous of My Friend’s Writing Success: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 25, 2024

Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Recommends Paige Cooper, Allegra Hyde, César Aira, and More

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | July 25, 2024

Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws

Harry Siegel on the Supreme Court, Bribery, and Scofflaws

In Conversation with V.V. Ganeshananthan and Matt Gallagher on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 25, 2024

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Vacation Mode: On the Literary Relationship Between Travel and Madness

Kate Preziosi on Recent Books by Rachel Lyon, Scarlett Thomas, and Kimberly King Parsons

By Kate Preziosi | July 24, 2024

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s <em>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</em>

Jen Hadfield on Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 24, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Lev Grossman on Adapting Arthurian Legends For a World in Turmoil

By Jane Ciabattari | July 23, 2024

Keanu Reeves and China Mieville co-wrote a novel! Noam Chomsky! 19 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 23, 2024

On the Simple Prophecy of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower

By Roz Dineen | July 22, 2024

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

The Hard Art of Seeing Your Own Writing Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Mira Ptacin on Transforming One’s Inner Critic

By Mira Ptacin | July 22, 2024

A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

A Better Way to Teach History: On Adapting James Loewen’s “Lies My Teacher Told Me”

Nate Powell on Book Bans and the Problem of American “Heroification”

By Nate Powell | July 22, 2024

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 Lev Grossman, Halle Butler, Alexander the Great, and More

By Book Marks | July 19, 2024

Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

"There is no one outside of the story, there is no place outside from which to tell it."

By Anna DeForest | July 19, 2024

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

On the Making of That <em>New York Times</em> Best Books of the Century List

On the Making of That New York Times Best Books of the Century List

Maris Kreizman Was One of 500 Participants Asked to Contribute

By Maris Kreizman | July 18, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Is the sad millennial girl going to make it after all? No, of course not.”

By Book Marks | July 18, 2024

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