The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

Featuring Sally Rooney, Kazuo Ishiguro, Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Franzen, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2021

Five Medieval Tales That Should Immediately Be Made Into Movies

Five Medieval Tales That Should Immediately Be Made Into Movies

Preferably with Oscar Isaac, Please

By Matthew Gabriele and David Perry | December 15, 2021

A Case for Withdrawing the Genre of “Christian Fiction”

A Case for Withdrawing the Genre of “Christian Fiction”

Chelsea Leah on (Non-Religiously) Reading Religious Books

By Chelsea Leah | December 15, 2021

How a Sense of Awe Can Ignite Creativity

How a Sense of Awe Can Ignite Creativity

Emily Willingham on the Brontës and the Power of Reverence

By Emily Willingham | December 15, 2021

“Books From My Own Community.” A Farewell from <em>Reading Women</em>

“Books From My Own Community.” A Farewell from Reading Women

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | December 15, 2021

Excavating the Insights of a Once Beloved Greek Novelist

Excavating the Insights of a Once Beloved Greek Novelist

Johanna Hanink on Andreas Karkavitsas and His Novel, The Archaelogist

By Johanna Hanink | December 15, 2021

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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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9 new books to look forward to today.

By Katie Yee | December 14, 2021

The Best Books of 2021 You May Have Missed

By Bethanne Patrick | December 14, 2021

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Books of 2021

By Book Marks | December 14, 2021

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Michael A. Gonzales Remembers His Dear Friend and Mentor

By Michael A. Gonzales | December 14, 2021

On the Extremely Pleasurable Experience of Reading Eileen Chang’s <em>Love in a Fallen City</em>

On the Extremely Pleasurable Experience of Reading Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City

Adalena Kavanagh and Jaime Chu Guest on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 14, 2021

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em>

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Elizabeth Acevedo on the Lasting Legacy and Importance of a Transformative Novel

By Elizabeth Acevedo | December 14, 2021

Helen Hoang on Her—and Her Character’s—Diagnosis Process for Autism

Helen Hoang on Her—and Her Character’s—Diagnosis Process for Autism

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | December 14, 2021

Tom Bissell Talks Hollywood, Adaptation, and Feeling Like an “Actual Writer”

Tom Bissell Talks Hollywood, Adaptation, and Feeling Like an “Actual Writer”

The Author of Creative Types Speaks With Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | December 14, 2021

Duncan Birmingham on the Creative Gratification of Short Stories

Duncan Birmingham on the Creative Gratification of Short Stories

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 14, 2021

"Never think you're too weird." Read Anne Rice's best writing advice.

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2021

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