Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Here Are September’s Best Reviewed Books in History and Politics

Featuring a George Washington Travelogue, a Holocaust Story of Survival, a History of Cuba, and More

By Book Marks | September 28, 2021

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Bargaining a Writing Career for a Father’s Life

Christopher Sorrentino on a Year of Literary Success and Personal Cataclysm

By Christopher Sorrentino | September 27, 2021

Sophie Ward on <em>Jane Eyre</em>, <em>Macho Sluts</em>, and <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

Sophie Ward on Jane Eyre, Macho Sluts, and To Kill a Mockingbird

Rapid-fire Book Recs From the Author of Love and Other Thought Experiments

By Book Marks | September 27, 2021

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Ezra Pound’s Unrepentant Ties With Fascist Italy

Lauren Arrington on the Poets of Rapallo and Women’s Forgotten Involvement

By Lauren Arrington | September 27, 2021

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Structural Play: 8 Books That Challenge Genre and Style

Megan Milks Recommends Kiese Laymon, Sofia Samatar, and Others

By Megan Milks | September 27, 2021

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

On and Off Stage: The Deep-Seated Bias in the Culture of American Theatre

Casey Kayser Discusses the Barriers that Hold Women Playwrights Back

By Casey Kayser | September 27, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • Homeschooled: A Memoir
  • The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB
  • Watching Over Her
  • American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate

On William Sidney Porter and His Legacy Within the American Short Story

By History of Literature | September 27, 2021

Want to watch Olivia Colman perform a brand new lecture by Elena Ferrante?

By Jonny Diamond | September 24, 2021

Do Fictional Critiques of the Wealthy Ever Really . . . Work?

By Andrew Martin & Benjamin Nugent | September 24, 2021

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

The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview

The Biggest Books of the Season of Big Books, According to Math

By Emily Temple | September 22, 2021

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