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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

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 4, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

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By Literary Hub | December 2, 2025

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

By Sarah Aziza | December 2, 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2025

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

“The Voice of a Free People is Full of Turbulence and Grace.” Marilynne Robinson Accepts the Lewis H. Lapham Award

“The Voice of a Free People is Full of Turbulence and Grace.” Marilynne Robinson Accepts the Lewis H. Lapham Award

As Introduced by Ayana Mathis at This Month’s Harper’s Magazine Gala

By Literary Hub | November 26, 2025

Naomi Wood! Britney Spears! Fomenting revolution! 20 new paperbacks out this December.

Naomi Wood! Britney Spears! Fomenting revolution! 20 new paperbacks out this December.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 26, 2025

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