5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Here’s a novel so pumped up and shredded it can’t possibly sit still on a shelf.”

By Book Marks | June 5, 2025

The Wrong Story: Jeremy Atherton Lin on Writing Love and Politics

The Wrong Story: Jeremy Atherton Lin on Writing Love and Politics

“We conspired to look unflinchingly at the messy parts.”

By Jeremy Atherton Lin | June 5, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Mónica de la Torre, Roy Claire Potter, Ella Frears, and Others

By Diana Arterian | June 5, 2025

Susan Choi on Korea

Susan Choi on Korea

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 5, 2025

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

Ocean Vuong: “This is where we must always return... pure possibility undergirded by pure humility.”

From His Keynote Speech from the 2025 Whiting Awards Ceremony

By Ocean Vuong | June 4, 2025

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

The Author of “The Dry Season” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | June 4, 2025

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  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Glyph
  • The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving in Ceausescu's Romania
  • Dog Days

What Do Americans Really Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

By Tom Comitta | June 4, 2025

Novelist’s Nonfiction: Writing Across the Gaps in the Record

By Aidan Ryan | June 4, 2025

Learning Luxury: Exploring the History and Practice of High-End Hospitality

By Maggie Stiefvater | June 4, 2025

Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s <em>The Healers</em>

Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Healers

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 4, 2025

Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on Thresholds

By Thresholds | June 4, 2025

Yahdon Israel on <em>The Critic and Her Publics</em>

Yahdon Israel on The Critic and Her Publics

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | June 3, 2025

Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “Flashlight”

By Jane Ciabattari | June 3, 2025

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

S.L. Price Recommends Frederick Exley, Mark Harris, Buzz Bissinger and More

By S. L. Price | June 3, 2025

Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 3, 2025

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

Madeleine Thien on Writing a Love for This World

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | June 2, 2025

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