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 Lev Grossman, Halle Butler, Alexander the Great, and More

By Book Marks | July 19, 2024

Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

Anna DeForest on Writing Without Artifice

"There is no one outside of the story, there is no place outside from which to tell it."

By Anna DeForest | July 19, 2024

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

JD Vance is the Toxic Byproduct of America’s Obsession with Bootstrap Narratives

Alissa Quart on the Art of the Deal of the Hillbilly

By Alissa Quart | July 18, 2024

On the Making of That <em>New York Times</em> Best Books of the Century List

On the Making of That New York Times Best Books of the Century List

Maris Kreizman Was One of 500 Participants Asked to Contribute

By Maris Kreizman | July 18, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Is the sad millennial girl going to make it after all? No, of course not.”

By Book Marks | July 18, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Paul Yamazaki, Richard Brautigan, Pamela Lu, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 18, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Sally Franson and Emily Nussbaum on Reality TV

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 18, 2024

Politics and Grace in Early Modern Literature

By History of Literature | July 18, 2024

What is the Millennial Midlife Crisis Novel?

By Brittany Allen | July 17, 2024

A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

A Visa for a Hobbit: How the Tools of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction Can Help Immigrant Writers

Minsoo Kang on J.R.R. Tolkien and the Surprising Power of Escapism

By Minsoo Kang | July 17, 2024

Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín

Jeffrey Eugenides and Yiyun Li on Colm Tóibín

On the Occasion of His National Arts Club Medal of Honor for Achievement in Literature

By Literary Hub | July 17, 2024

Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”

Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”

From His Speech at The National Arts Club

By Jeffrey Eugenides | July 17, 2024

Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín

Yiyun Li on the Master, Colm Tóibín

From Her Speech at The National Arts Club

By Yiyun Li | July 17, 2024

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

Empowering Eerieness: How Gothic Romances Helped Alisa Alering Escape the Misery of a Small Town

The Author of “Smothermoss” on Victoria Holt, the Gothic Formula, and Loneliness in Life and Lit

By Alisa Alering | July 17, 2024

How Judy Blume’s <em>Deenie</em> Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

How Judy Blume’s Deenie Helped Destigmatize Masturbation

Rachelle Bergstein on Self-Pleasure and Sex Education in Children's Literature

By Rachelle Bergstein | July 16, 2024

What the <em>New York Times</em> Missed: <br>71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

What the New York Times Missed:
71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

A Non-Boring List

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2024

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