5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The dividing line between truth and nonsense isn’t always easy to discern"

By Book Marks | April 27, 2023

Between Two Cities: Shubha Sunder on Finding a Place in Fiction

Between Two Cities: Shubha Sunder on Finding a Place in Fiction

“Boston and Bangalore don’t live within me in hermetically sealed compartments; rather, they permeate each other.”

By Shubha Sunder | April 27, 2023

Simple, Sparse and Profound: David Sexton on Kazuo Ishiguro’s <em>Never Let Me Go</em>

Simple, Sparse and Profound: David Sexton on Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

“What this book is about is ordinary, normal and everyday, the knowledge that we are mortal...”

By David Sexton | April 26, 2023

Finding Words in the Kitchen (Or: How I Stopped Hating Myself and Started Cooking)

Finding Words in the Kitchen (Or: How I Stopped Hating Myself and Started Cooking)

Diksha Basu on Rediscovering the Food of Her Youth

By Diksha Basu | April 26, 2023

Literal Star-Crossed Lovers: A Reading List of Space Operas with Romance Subplots

Literal Star-Crossed Lovers: A Reading List of Space Operas with Romance Subplots

S.B. Divya Recommends Valerie Valdes, Lois McMaster Bujold, Malka Older, and More

By S. B. Divya | April 26, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Douglas Manuel is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Douglas Manuel is Reading Now and Next

Solmaz Sharif, Amber Flame, Clint Smith and More.

By Diana Arterian | April 26, 2023

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10 Screen Adaptations Much, Much Worse Than The Books They’re Based On

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2023

Meet the Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize “Winner of Winners” Shortlist

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2023

17 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2023

Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

Claire Dederer on Doris Lessing and the Divided Mother

Finding Freedom in, and From, Motherhood

By Claire Dederer | April 25, 2023

Jennifer Egan on the Fascinating Interactions Between Technology and Inner Life

Jennifer Egan on the Fascinating Interactions Between Technology and Inner Life

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | April 25, 2023

Claire Dederer on Embracing Ambiguity and Writing for the Good Faith Reader

Claire Dederer on Embracing Ambiguity and Writing for the Good Faith Reader

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 25, 2023

Writers, Let’s Talk About Money

Writers, Let’s Talk About Money

Rachael Herron Guests on the Write-minded Podcast

By Memoir Nation | April 25, 2023

Courtney Zoffness on Accidentally Writing an Essay Collection 

Courtney Zoffness on Accidentally Writing an Essay Collection 

In Conversation with Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But  

By I'm a Writer But | April 25, 2023

Rishi Dastidar Offers a Post-Apocalyptic Jig and Reel to Dance Around Our Climate Crisis

Rishi Dastidar Offers a Post-Apocalyptic Jig and Reel to Dance Around Our Climate Crisis

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 25, 2023

Definitive proof that publishing your novel won't make you happy.

Definitive proof that publishing your novel won't make you happy.

By Janet Manley | April 24, 2023

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