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Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family

Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family

On Reading Ettie Stettheimer’s Love Days

By Mabel Capability Taylor | October 5, 2026

We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing

We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing

“AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.”

By Charlotte Donlon | October 5, 2026

9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room

9 Novels About Being the Poorest Person in the Room

Carla Vass Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Daphne du Maurier, Patricia Highsmith and More

By Carla Vass | October 5, 2026

Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book

Rebranding Samantha: Reflections on the First “Grown Up” American Girl Book

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith on Samantha: The Next Chapter

By Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler and KC Hysmith | October 5, 2026

We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature

We Are the Medicine: Recommendations on the Ever Growing List of Latinx Literature

Tomas Moniz Recommends Michael Nava, Tomás Rivera, José Vadi, and More

By Tomas Moniz | October 4, 2026

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October

Featuring New Books by David Treuer, Wendy S. Walters, Thomas Frank, and More.

By Literary Hub | October 2, 2026

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“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on Writing for Young Adults

By Brittany Cavallaro | October 2, 2026

Do Smartphones Belong in Fiction?

By Ankur Thakkar | October 2, 2026

Revelations, Regret, Relief: Nine Books With Big Secrets

By Julia Cohen | October 2, 2026

Time Travel Romance and Haunted TV Channels: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Time Travel Romance and Haunted TV Channels: October’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Thrilling and Chilling Reads from Claire North, Audrey Niffenegger, Yoon Ha Lee, and More

By Natalie Zutter | October 1, 2026

Now and Then, Mothers and Daughters, Sonnets and Sequences: Seven Poetry Books to Read This Month

Now and Then, Mothers and Daughters, Sonnets and Sequences: Seven Poetry Books to Read This Month

Craig Morgan Teicher Recommends Samuel Amadon, Erin Belieu, Tina Chang, and More

By Craig Morgan Teicher | October 1, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This Month

By Caroline Carlson | October 1, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“His output more closely resembles that of an old studio film director’s than of a typical contemporary literary novelist.”

By Book Marks | October 1, 2026

James Richardson on <em>Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026</em>

James Richardson on Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 1, 2026

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

A conversation between Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad

By Jenan A. Matari and Nora Lester Murad | September 30, 2026

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Thomas McGuane is Writing the Most Vital Literature of the Trump Era

Ryan Chapman on the Recent Story Collection A Wooded Shore

By Ryan Chapman | September 30, 2026

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