A Reckoning With Civilization Itself: How the Genocide in Gaza Reshaped the Middle East

A Reckoning With Civilization Itself: How the Genocide in Gaza Reshaped the Middle East

Marwan Bishara Considers the Impact of Israel’s War on the Broader Region

By Marwan Bishara | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Bonnie Garmus on Writing a Coming-of-Age Novel of Poets and Poetry

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Peck & Peck

By Jane Ciabattari | October 13, 2026

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

Bonnie Jo Campbell Recommends Her Favorite Literary Ghost Stories

From Hamlet to Poe, Seven Iconic Narrative Hauntings

By Bonnie Jo Campbell | October 13, 2026

March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy

March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy

Timothy Ryback on the Parallels Between the Lead-Up to Hitler’s Electoral Victory and the 2026 Midterms

By Timothy Ryback | October 9, 2026

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 Barbara Kingsolver, Sarah Perry, T. Geronimo Johnson, Nathaniel Philbrick, and More

By Book Marks | October 9, 2026

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

“If a character has already gotten everything they want, give them something else to want.”

By Deesha Philyaw | October 9, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Annie Proulx Stories: New and Selected
  • The Intangibles: Friendship, Fatherhood, and the Love of the Game
  • The Telephone: A New History
  • No Such Thing as Monday
  • O Now!
  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
  • Aristocracy, American Style: Class Privilege and the Persistence of Elite Power
  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | October 9, 2026

Jérôme Lindon, Jérôme Lindon: On the Relationship Between Jean Echenoz and His Publisher

By Mark Polizzotti | October 9, 2026

How Navigating the Demands of Academia Helped Me Cope With Terrible Loss

By Barbara Young Welke | October 9, 2026

On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship

On Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy’s Decades-Long Friendship

Roger Berkowitz Explores an Often-Overshadowed Side of the German-American Political Theorist

By Roger Berkowitz | October 8, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Considering that both authors are innovators of highly consumable brain rot in different mediums, the book is an old-fashioned dud.”

By Book Marks | October 8, 2026

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

It Begins On the Page: How Relationships Between Readers and Writers Are Made

Luiz Schwarcz on the Editor’s Role in Shaping and Curating the Reading Experience

By Luiz Schwarcz | October 8, 2026

One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner

One Night in Frankfurt: Scenes From the Incomparable Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize Dinner

Morgan Entrekin on One of His Favorite Nights at the Frankfurt Book Fair; With Speeches From Jo Lendle and Stephan Kleiner

By Literary Hub | October 8, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Am I the Asshole For Ordering a Book at My Local Indie and Just... Not Picking It Up?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 8, 2026

How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines

How an Army Librarian Brought the Joy of Reading to the Front Lines

Molly Guptill Manning on Literature as a Morale Booster During World War II

By Molly Guptill Manning | October 8, 2026

The Confident Complexity of Whitney Houston

The Confident Complexity of Whitney Houston

Emily Lordi on Whitney Houston’s Super Bowl XXV Performance

By Emily Lordi | October 8, 2026

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