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 New Titles by Tom Crewe, Parini Shroff, Martha C. Nussbaum, and More

By Book Marks | January 6, 2023

On War, Fatherhood, and the Half-Life of Cormac McCarthy’s Literary Fission

On War, Fatherhood, and the Half-Life of Cormac McCarthy’s Literary Fission

Will Cathcart Travels the Road From Kherson to a Delivery Room in Tbilisi

By Will Cathcart | January 5, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Merve Emre on Roald Dahl, Sam Adler-Bell on John le Carré, and More

By Book Marks | January 5, 2023

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

Life Advice for Book Lovers: “My husband is really not into reading books.”

Book Recommendations for the Troubled Soul

By Dorothea | January 5, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Parini Shroff is Reading Now and Next

Zadie Smith, Susan Choi, Lily King and More

By Diana Arterian | January 5, 2023

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

21 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2023

Featuring Writing by Ann Leckie, Kelly Link, Victor LaValle, Arkady Martine, and Many More

By Natalie Zutter | January 4, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist
  • Finding Renée Richards: The Groundbreaking Story of Tennis's Trans Pioneer
  • The Book of Chuck
  • The Maltese Version
  • The Song of Stork and Dromedary
  • The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
  • The Next Journalism: How the Press Must Change to Serve Democracy
  • Unprecedented Times
  • Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life's Greatest Collaborations

Elon Musk misunderstands fictional dystopias (and his role in our real dystopia).

By Jonny Diamond | January 4, 2023

On Translation and the (Temporary) Inheritance of Trauma

By Yardenne Greenspan | January 4, 2023

Bill McKibben on the Joys of Writing a Serialized Novel

By Bill McKibben | January 4, 2023

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

Searching For Home with Samuel Beckett

"It’s possible that carrying around cracks in the first foundation... helps a person accept a cosmos flawed at its core."

By Ken Babstock | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

Chris Belcher on Blurring the Lines Between Sex Work and Academia

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 4, 2023

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

“It Was Like Jumping from a Cliff.” Dorthe Nors on Taking Quantum Leaps and Buying a House

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2023

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

12 new books to kick off your 2023 reading.

By Katie Yee | January 3, 2023

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

How Zora Neale Hurston’s Study of Hoodoo Helped Me Grieve

Tracey Rose Peyton on Making Peace With Her Father

By Tracey Rose Peyton | January 3, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>James Baldwin Abroad</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

Readings on the Life, Works, and Preoccupations of an American Icon

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2023

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