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The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction<br> of the Decade

The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction
of the Decade

In which we cheated.

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2019

The 10 Best Essay Collections of the Decade

The 10 Best Essay Collections of the Decade

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2019

The 10 Best Short Story Collections of the Decade

The 10 Best Short Story Collections of the Decade

And Then Some

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2019

The 10 Best Debut Novels of the Decade

The 10 Best Debut Novels of the Decade

That's Right, It's Happening . . .

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2019

Etgar Keret on the Power Struggle Between a Father and Child

Etgar Keret on the Power Struggle Between a Father and Child

The Fly Already Author
on First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 23, 2019

On Time and Water – A Conversation with Andri Snær Magnason

On Time and Water – A Conversation with Andri Snær Magnason

The Icelandic Writer and Documentary Filmmaker
on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | December 23, 2019

Best Reviewed
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Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories of 2019

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2019

The (Quiet) Death of a Legendary Parisian Bookstore

By Lenka Hudakova | December 20, 2019

The Dawn of the Era of Feminine Excess

By Rachel Vorona Cote | December 20, 2019

The Ubiquity of <em>Little Women</em>: 11 Books Inspired by the March Family

The Ubiquity of Little Women: 11 Books Inspired by the March Family

If You Weren't Excited Enough About the Movie...

By Elise Hooper | December 20, 2019

Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

A Last Goodbye to the Writers, Editors, and Booksellers We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 20, 2019

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

How to Break in to Publishing If You're a Smalltown Brazilian Mayor in the 1930s

Novelist Graciliano Ramos's Reports to the Governor of Alagoas Are Literature Unto Themselves

By Padma Viswanathan and Graciliano Ramos | December 20, 2019

Eating Squirrels, Fearing Tigers, and Avoiding the Wrath of Spirits

Eating Squirrels, Fearing Tigers, and Avoiding the Wrath of Spirits

Lisa Lee Herrick Traces Her Ancestry, the Hmong People, from Laos to America

By Lisa Lee Herrick | December 20, 2019

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

The Romantic, Uncompromising, Audacious Life of Lhasa de Sela

On the Tragically Short Career of a Spellbinding Musician

By Fred Goodman | December 20, 2019

Chef Allen Susser on What It Means to Create Sustainable Cuisine

Chef Allen Susser on What It Means to Create Sustainable Cuisine

The Innovator of New World Cuisine on the
Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

By The Literary Life | December 20, 2019

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Letter from a Bookseller Upon the Death of Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison

Sheryl Cotleur of Copperfield's Books Remembers
an Icon We Lost This Year

By Sheryl Cotleur | December 20, 2019

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