5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A monument to the vapidity and vulgarity of the culture that incubated it.”

By Book Marks | September 4, 2025

I Can’t Let Go of a Ten-Year-Old Literary Grudge: Am I the Asshole?

I Can’t Let Go of a Ten-Year-Old Literary Grudge: Am I the Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | September 4, 2025

Big Sister Writer, Little Brother Editor: Can They Work Together?

Big Sister Writer, Little Brother Editor: Can They Work Together?

Laura and Colin Dickerman in Conversation About Laura’s New Novel, “Hot Desk”

By Literary Hub | September 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kevin Young Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Nicholas Boggs, Mavis Gallant, Jack Kerouac and More

By Diana Arterian | September 4, 2025

A New Translation of <em>Grave of the Fireflies</em> Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

Ginny Tapley Takemori on the Realities of War and Translating for a New Audience

By Ginny Tapley Takemori | September 4, 2025

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

On the Literature of Ambitious Women

Eliana Ramage Recommends Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and More

By Eliana Ramage | September 4, 2025

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  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
  • Repetition
  • Night Night Fawn
  • El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory
  • Gunk
  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary

Patrick Ryan on The Good Heart of Buckeye

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 4, 2025

How One Snail Inspired Two Novels on Two Different Continents

By Maria Reva | September 3, 2025

Emily Wilson Explores The Aeneid ’s Influence on the Contemporary Western World

By Emily Wilson | September 3, 2025

“Toni Morrison,” a Prose Poem by Nikki Giovanni

“Toni Morrison,” a Prose Poem by Nikki Giovanni

From the Collection “The New Book”

By Nikki Giovanni | September 3, 2025

Arundhati Roy! Helen Garner! Joan Silber! 20 new books out today.

Arundhati Roy! Helen Garner! Joan Silber! 20 new books out today.

By Julia Hass | September 2, 2025

It’s Okay to Hate <em>The House of Mirth</em>

It’s Okay to Hate The House of Mirth

Carlo Rotella on Reading (and Learning) from Books We Dislike

By Carlo Rotella | September 2, 2025

The Literary Afterlives of <em>Labyrinth</em>

The Literary Afterlives of Labyrinth

Logan Karlie on the the Goblin King and the Liminal Space Between Dreams and Reality

By Logan Karlie | September 2, 2025

Six Very Depressing Books That Might Just Cheer You Up

Six Very Depressing Books That Might Just Cheer You Up

Rabih Alameddine Recommends Gerbrand Bakker, Hans Fallada, Leo Tolstoy, and More

By Rabih Alameddine | September 2, 2025

Back-to-School Treasures: Here Are the Children’s Books To Buy This September

Back-to-School Treasures: Here Are the Children’s Books To Buy This September

Caroline Carlson Recommends Ten Great New Children’s Books Out in This Month

By Caroline Carlson | September 2, 2025

Joan Silber on the Process of Discovery, Fiction About Friendship, and the Meaning of Mercy

Joan Silber on the Process of Discovery, Fiction About Friendship, and the Meaning of Mercy

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Mercy

By Jane Ciabattari | September 2, 2025

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