Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

John Blair on the Dangerous Dead in Society

By John Blair | October 31, 2025

The Ancient Burial Rituals That Have Shaped How We Treat Our Dead

The Ancient Burial Rituals That Have Shaped How We Treat Our Dead

Roger Luckhurst on the Varied Funerary Practices Within Our Cultures—And History

By Roger Luckhurst | October 31, 2025

“We Call Them Vampires.” Studying Bats in the Jungles of Belize

“We Call Them Vampires.” Studying Bats in the Jungles of Belize

Yossi Yovel Explores the Natural Habitat of a Blood Sucking Mammal

By Yossi Yovel | October 31, 2025

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | October 31, 2025

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

Maria Pinto Considers the Striking Parallels Between the Human and the Natural Worlds

By Maria Pinto | October 31, 2025

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Thomas Pynchon, Gish Jen, Philip Pullman, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2025

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

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | October 31, 2025

Catherine Newman on the Humor of the Unexpected

By Catherine Newman | October 31, 2025

Feeding Our Ghosts: How Food Invokes Memories of Ones Loved and Lost

By Daria Lavelle | October 31, 2025

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Yes, You Are the Literary Asshole If You Use AI to Edit Your Fiction

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 30, 2025

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

Plus a Couple Extra

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s <em>Fanny Hill</em>

Porn, But Also Literature: On John Cleland’s Fanny Hill

A Conversation Between Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya

By Chelsea G. Summers and Jessica Stoya | October 30, 2025

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

Celia Mattison on How the Lamb Became The Newest Literary It Girl

By Celia Mattison | October 30, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

Death by Lightning, Train Dreams, and Come See Me in the Good Light

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A fascinating book for all the wrong reasons. It was dated before it arrived at the printers, perhaps before it was even written.”

By Book Marks | October 30, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of November

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of November

The Literature to Listen to This Month

By Audiofile Magazine | October 30, 2025

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