5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Bidens seem stuck in a version of America that does not exist and perhaps never did.”

By Book Marks | June 11, 2026

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

Camille Perri in Praise of Furry Friends and Furry Muses

By Camille Perri | June 11, 2026

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

“The people most often kept outside publishing’s institutions should help shape its future.”

By Brittany Allen | June 11, 2026

The King of Cheese Has a Long and Famous History

The King of Cheese Has a Long and Famous History

Danielle Callegari on the Historical Significance of Parmigiano Reggiano

By Danielle Callegari | June 11, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s <em>Beloved</em>

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s Beloved

From the Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 11, 2026

The Man Who Killed the Last Eastern Elk in America—And Was Proud of It

By Andrew Moore | June 10, 2026

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

Helen Bain on Taking a Plathian Pilgrimage

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

Sofia Montrone: “Where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?”

By Sofia Montrone | June 10, 2026

“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other

“Our Damage Doesn’t Define Us.” What We Owe to the Natural World and Each Other

Chera Hammons on Writing in the Shadow of Violence, Trauma and Revisionist Natural History

By Chera Hammons | June 10, 2026

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Sarah Braunstein on Killing Off Main Characters

By Sarah Braunstein | June 10, 2026

How We Paint Dogs Says More About Us Than It Does Them

How We Paint Dogs Says More About Us Than It Does Them

Thomas W. Laqueur on the History of Dogs in Art

By Thomas W. Laqueur | June 10, 2026

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Contrapposto

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

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