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23 Great Books to Give As Gifts, According to Booksellers

23 Great Books to Give As Gifts, According to Booksellers

In Indie Booksellers We Trust

By Katie Yee | December 23, 2022

Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

Chocolate, Books, and More Books: Could America Even Handle Iceland’s Traditional Christmas “Book Flood”?

Jess deCourcy Hinds Wonders If We’re Ready for a Jólabókaflóðið of Our Own

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 23, 2022

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

“I Am Here to Mourn a Writer Who Has Become Part of My Personal Canon.” On the Short Stories of Naira Kuzmich

Aram Mrjoian Remembers the Author of In Everything I See Your Hand

By Aram Mrjoian | December 22, 2022

The Legacy of ISIS: Dunya Mikhail on Yazidi Women Captives in Iraq

The Legacy of ISIS: Dunya Mikhail on Yazidi Women Captives in Iraq

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 22, 2022

Just in Time for the Holidays: 5 Books To Read For When You’re Lonely

Just in Time for the Holidays: 5 Books To Read For When You’re Lonely

Claire Alexander Recommends Sylvia Plath, Haruki Murakami, and More

By Claire Alexander | December 22, 2022

Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

Nchanji Njamnsi Recommends Mwalimu Johnnie MacViban, Imbolo Mbue, and More

By Nchanji Njamnsi | December 22, 2022

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The Annotated Nightstand: What Simone White is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | December 22, 2022

The Top 2022 Reads with Sarah and Christopher

By So Many Damn Books | December 22, 2022

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

By Literary Hub | December 21, 2022

Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

Big Names in Little Magazines: On Thomas Pynchon’s Very First Literary Journal Appearance

Nick Ripatrazone Goes Deep into the Literary Journal Archives

By Nick Ripatrazone | December 21, 2022

The Award-Winning Novels of 2022

The Award-Winning Novels of 2022

The Books That Took Home This Year's Biggest Literary Prizes

By Book Marks | December 21, 2022

Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

Hervé Tullet Reflects on a Career of Creating Creatively Unconventional Children’s Literature

"Like in a publicity stunt, the strength of the image gives all the explanation necessary."

By Hervé Tullet | December 21, 2022

Crow, Donkey, Poet: Sumana Roy on the Useless in the Poetic

Crow, Donkey, Poet: Sumana Roy on the Useless in the Poetic

“Through difference and repetition, the useless is smuggling in poetry and the poetic in language.”

By Sumana Roy | December 21, 2022

Kate Mosse, Lucy Foley and Ella Berthoud Discuss <em>Marple: Twelve New Stories</em>

Kate Mosse, Lucy Foley and Ella Berthoud Discuss Marple: Twelve New Stories

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | December 21, 2022

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

From Nancy Pelosi’s Poetic Soul to Delia Owens’ Sordid Past

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The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2022

“Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.”

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