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Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

We Lived Through 2020 and All We Got Were These Really Good Books

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

On Translating the Little Known Italian Novel That Anticipated the Anthropocene

Frederika Randall Considers the Life and Solitude of Guido Morselli

By Frederika Randall | December 7, 2020

Jonathan Lethem on the Wishfulness of Dystopian Fiction

Jonathan Lethem on the Wishfulness of Dystopian Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 7, 2020

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

Meredith McCarroll on Diverting Our Attention Away from J. D. Vance and Back to Appalachia

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on Reading Women

By Reading Women | December 7, 2020

The Hidden Literary Heritage of <em>Harriet the Spy</em>

The Hidden Literary Heritage of Harriet the Spy

Leslie Brody on the Origins of an Iconic Character

By Leslie Brody | December 4, 2020

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  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

Who Gets to Be a Sympathetic Character in The Undoing?

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 4, 2020

Arundhati Roy on Carrying the Inquiry Through Different
Art Forms

By How to Proceed | December 4, 2020

Aminatta Forna and Maaza Mengiste: A Conversation and Cover Reveal

By Literary Hub | December 4, 2020

WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

WATCH: Candice Brathwaite, Charlie Brinkhurst Cuff, and Elisabeth Fapuro in Conversation

At the Hay Festival Winter Weekend

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 4, 2020

The Antibody Reading Series: Starring Matthew Daddona, Hafizah Geter, and Xialou Guo

The Antibody Reading Series: Starring Matthew Daddona, Hafizah Geter, and Xialou Guo

With Your Host Brian Gresko

By The Antibody Reading Series | December 3, 2020

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Mr. Difficult Rides Again: On the Unexpected Genius of William Gaddis's Masterpiece

Patrick Allington Disagrees with Jonathan Franzen About J R

By Patrick Allington | December 3, 2020

Disability in America: Molly McCully Brown and Rebekah Taussig on Living and Writing 30 Years After the Americans with Disabilities Act

Disability in America: Molly McCully Brown and Rebekah Taussig on Living and Writing 30 Years After the Americans with Disabilities Act

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 3, 2020

WATCH: Helen Macdonald, James Rebanks, and Andy Fryers in Conversation

WATCH: Helen Macdonald, James Rebanks, and Andy Fryers in Conversation

At the Hay Festival Winter Weekend

By The Virtual Book Channel | December 3, 2020

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

On the Misguided Norwegian Exceptionalism Underlying the Nobel Peace Prize

Secrets, Arrogance, and Weapons of War in the World-Peace Capital

By Unni Turrettini | December 3, 2020

The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

The Wing That Saved Me: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Happy Years in Vermont With His Wife Alya

her advice, her challenges."">"Alya helped me, as no one else could, with her criticism,
her advice, her challenges."

By Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | December 3, 2020

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