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Centuries Before <em>Fifty Shades</em>, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Centuries Before Fifty Shades, A Runaway Hit About Kinky Sex

Leigh Cowart on the Success of Sadomasochistic Books from 1800s Russia to the Present

By Leigh Cowart | September 24, 2021

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 Richard Powers, Rabih Alameddine, Amia Srinivasan, Ruth Ozeki, and more

By Book Marks | September 24, 2021

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life

Biographer Jacques Berlinerblau on the Death of Critical Distance

By Jacques Berlinerblau | September 24, 2021

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Alexander Chee on E. M. Forster, Judith Butler on The Right to Sex, Dina Nayeri on Rabih Alameddine, and more

By Book Marks | September 23, 2021

Bill Goldstein Has Some Thoughts on What You Should Read Next

Bill Goldstein Has Some Thoughts on What You Should Read Next

This Week from Just the Right Book with Roxanne Coady

By Just the Right Book | September 23, 2021

The Miracle of Black Love: On the Greater Meaning of My Parents’ Enduring Marriage

The Miracle of Black Love: On the Greater Meaning of My Parents’ Enduring Marriage

Farah Jasmine Griffin Considers James Baldwin and Beautifully Doomed Urban Couples in Literature

By Farah Jasmine Griffin | September 23, 2021

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The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

By Emily Temple | September 22, 2021

All Our Possible Lives: On Sylvia Plath, Matt Haig, and the Female Suicide Narrative

By Savannah Marciezyk | September 22, 2021

10 Books by Women You May Have Missed in August

By Bethanne Patrick | September 22, 2021

How Christopher Pike’s <em>Remember Me</em> Subverts 80s Teenage Tropes

How Christopher Pike’s Remember Me Subverts 80s Teenage Tropes

Kicking Off Season Two of the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | September 21, 2021

Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the <em>Divine Comedy</em>

Hiking with Dante? On Seeking Ourselves in the Divine Comedy

Randy Boyagoda Considers the Many Longings of Dante’s Journey

By Randy Boyagoda | September 21, 2021

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

When Tennessee Williams Reached Out to a Besieged Truman Capote

“I care about you more than you know.”

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2021

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... <em>The Hobbit</em>

When C.S. Lewis Reviewed His Buddy’s Book... The Hobbit

“You cannot anticipate it before you go there, as you cannot forget it once you have gone.”

By Book Marks | September 21, 2021

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

In Defense of Labels: On Genre as a Literary Conversation

Lincoln Michel Considers the Expansive Power of Genres

By Lincoln Michel | September 21, 2021

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Understanding the Pervasive Influence of Silicon Valley: On Peter Thiel and the Sprawling History of the Tech Industry

Max Chafkin Recommends Books that Highlight the Intersection of Tech, Business, and Politics

By Max Chafkin | September 21, 2021

16 new books to get you out of your pandemic reading funk.

16 new books to get you out of your pandemic reading funk.

By Katie Yee | September 21, 2021

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