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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Zadie Smith on Toni Morrison, Bill McKibben on Bambi, Yiyun Li on Jon McGregor, and More

By Book Marks | February 3, 2022

On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind <em>The Flowers in the Attic</em>

On the Hidden Pain of V.C. Andrews, the Woman Behind The Flowers in the Attic

Andrew Niederman Considers the Toll of
Chronic Pain on the Writing Life

By Andrew Neiderman | February 3, 2022

<em>Ulysses</em> Turns 100!

Ulysses Turns 100!

Celebrating a Modernist Classic

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2022

On <em>The Lost Daughter</em>, <em> Vladimir</em>, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

On The Lost Daughter, Vladimir, and What Happens When Women Have Had Enough

Miranda Beverly-Whittemore Investigates the Intersection
of Motherhood and Art

By Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | February 2, 2022

The Meaningful Mundane: <br>6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

The Meaningful Mundane:
6 Classic Books That Depict Black Girlhood

Kai Harris Recommends Jesmyn Ward, Toni Morrison,
Angie Thomas, and Others

By Kai Harris | February 2, 2022

Tom Cooper on <em>Moby-Dick</em>, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

Tom Cooper on Moby-Dick, Florida Books, and Terrible Sex Scenes

Rapid-Fire Book Recs From the Author of Florida Man

By Book Marks | February 2, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
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  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

20 new books to hunker down with this week.

By Katie Yee | February 1, 2022

The Sacred and Profane: Revisiting a 2018 Interview with Giancarlo DiTrapano

By Chiara Barzini | February 1, 2022

The Order of Things: Jennifer Croft on Translating Olga Tokarczuk

By Jennifer Croft | February 1, 2022

Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

Why We Should All Be Reading English Novelist Kay Dick

Lucy Scholes on the Life and Writing of the Underappreciated Author of

By Lucy Scholes | February 1, 2022

February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Alternate-Universe Road Trips, Haunted Spaceships, Pulpy Gunslingers, and More!

By Book Marks | February 1, 2022

How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

How the Male Point of View Shapes the Narrative of The Great Gatsby

Jillian Cantor Reimagines Fitzgerald’s Classic Novel from the Perspectives of Women

By Jillian Cantor | February 1, 2022

Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

Exploring the Moral Landscape of John Darnielle’s Fictional Universe

Matt Mitchell Talks to the Author of Devil House

By Matt Mitchell | January 31, 2022

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

Some Good Predictions, for Once

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2022

Children’s Books That Double As Self-Help: A Reading List

Children’s Books That Double As Self-Help: A Reading List

J.M. Farkas Recommends Picture Books That Soothe, Inspire, and Transform

By J.M. Farkas | January 31, 2022

“A Syrupy Love-Fest.” On the Blasphemous Disneyfication of Felix Salten’s <em>Bambi</em>

“A Syrupy Love-Fest.” On the Blasphemous Disneyfication of Felix Salten’s Bambi

Jack Zipes on the Great Shame of Diluting Salten’s Message

By Jack Zipes | January 31, 2022

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