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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Lexi Freiman shitposts from the bottom of her heart.”

By Book Marks | December 1, 2023

Katherine Howe on the Joy of Writing Pirates

Katherine Howe on the Joy of Writing Pirates

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 1, 2023

November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Sigrid Nunez, Claire Keegan, Michael Cunningham, and More

By Book Marks | November 30, 2023

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Robert Darnton, Barbra Streisand, Paul Caruana Galizia, and More

By Book Marks | November 30, 2023

Horror for the Holidays! Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

Horror for the Holidays! Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

“Corruption of love and kindness is the real horror...” (So Just Eat Your Aunt’s Pie, Ok?)

By Erika Johansen | November 30, 2023

What Albert Camus’s <em>The Stranger</em> Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties

What Albert Camus’s The Stranger Says About Our Contemporary Anxieties

Kate Christensen on Finding Inspiration in the Existentialist Classic

By Kate Christensen | November 30, 2023

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Timothy Schaffert on the Literary Parallels for the House GOP Clusterf*ck

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 30, 2023

Casey Plett On Community and Being Open To Strangers

By The Maris Review | November 30, 2023

Literary Fight Club: On the Great Poets’ Brawl of ‘68

By Nick Ripatrazone | November 29, 2023

Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

Year of the Rabbit: Why We’re Seeing So Many Bunnies on Books

Celia Mattison on the Renaissance of an Age-Old Symbol of Feminine Power

By Celia Mattison | November 29, 2023

Beyond <em>Poor Things</em>: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

Beyond Poor Things: An Ode to Alasdair Gray’s Lesser-Known, Equally Deserving Books

Including a Gargantuan Retelling of the History of English Literature and a Bowdlerization of The Divine Comedy

By Mazin Saleem | November 29, 2023

Booker judge admits it’s nearly impossible to read ALL the books.

Booker judge admits it’s nearly impossible to read ALL the books.

By Jonny Diamond | November 28, 2023

A Crime-Solving Maid! A History of <em>The OC</em>! 15 new books out today.

A Crime-Solving Maid! A History of The OC! 15 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 28, 2023

When Publishing F. Scott Fitzgerald is the Family Business

When Publishing F. Scott Fitzgerald is the Family Business

Charles Scribner III on Three Generations in the Book Business

By Charles Scribner III | November 28, 2023

Dara Barrois/Dixon on the Lived Poetry of the Late James Tate

Dara Barrois/Dixon on the Lived Poetry of the Late James Tate

Peter Mishler Talks to One of the Editors of Hell, I Love Everybody: The Essential James Tate

By Peter Mishler | November 28, 2023

Gabriel García Márquez on the Magic of Juan Rulfo

Gabriel García Márquez on the Magic of Juan Rulfo

A Foreword to the Classic Mexican Novel Pedro Páramo

By Gabriel García Márquez | November 27, 2023

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