5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Academia is a hellscape; ‘Katabasis’ just makes it literal.”

By Book Marks | August 28, 2025

Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books

Jennifer Szalai and Alexandra Jacobs on Great American Road Trip Books

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 28, 2025

Hero Edit: On Literary Depictions of Reality TV

Hero Edit: On Literary Depictions of Reality TV

Hannah Berman Considers “The Compound,” “Small Game,” and More

By Hannah Berman | August 27, 2025

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—<em>Plum Bun</em>

Glory Edim on Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Remarkable—and Forgotten—Plum Bun

Remembering the Work of “The Crisis” Editor and Harlem Renaissance Writer

By Glory Edim | August 27, 2025

Shame and English Translation on <em>The Critic and Her Publics</em>

Shame and English Translation on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation continues

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 27, 2025

Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's <em>The Leopard</em>

Rana Dasgupta on Giuseppe di Lampedusa's The Leopard

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 27, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

How to Think About the Future, With a Little Help From Science Fiction

By Nick Foster | August 26, 2025

Writing Someone Else’s Autofiction... When They’re a Pop Star Turned Wedding Singer

By Katy Hershberger | August 26, 2025

On Bringing the Novels of Mizuki Tsujimura to English Readers

By Yuki Tejima | August 26, 2025

Richard Siken! Helen Oyeyemi! André Breton! 17 new books out today.

Richard Siken! Helen Oyeyemi! André Breton! 17 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 26, 2025

First Sentences and Translating Proust on <em>The Critic and Her Publics</em>

First Sentences and Translating Proust on The Critic and Her Publics

a week-long season on translation begins

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2025

Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life

Sheila Heti on the Profound Influence of Jane Bowles on Her Writing—and Life

What “Two Serious Ladies” Can Teach Writers About Struggle and Bravery

By Sheila Heti | August 25, 2025

Richard Siken on the Most Fundamental Poetic Device There Is

Richard Siken on the Most Fundamental Poetic Device There Is

The Author of “I Do Know Some Things” in Conversation with Poets.org

By Literary Hub | August 25, 2025

Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Blurring Genre, Gender: The Rich Challenges of Translating Kim de l’Horizon’s Wild Fiction

Jamie Lee Searle Reflects on Capturing the Elusive Essence of “Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues”

By Jamie Lee Searle | August 25, 2025

Desperately Seeking Bygone Media

Desperately Seeking Bygone Media

Ginny Hogan on Recent Books that Satisfy the Longing for Slow Communication

By Ginny Hogan | August 22, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring James Baldwin, Elaine Hsieh Chou, Arson, and More

By Book Marks | August 22, 2025

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