5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A propulsive, witty takedown of insufferable hand-wringers who’ve managed to ruin even sex.”

By Book Marks | January 8, 2026

The Ups and Downs of “Having it All”—and Why It’s Okay to Give it Up

The Ups and Downs of “Having it All”—and Why It’s Okay to Give it Up

Amil Niazi on Motherhood, Watching Bosch, and Taking Risks

By Amil Niazi | January 8, 2026

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

How Los Angeles and Chicago Came to Appreciate Their Coyote Neighbors

Dan Flores Considers Our Changing Attitudes Towards Urban Wildlife

By Dan Flores | January 8, 2026

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 8, 2026

Alcohol: The Oldest (and Most Popular) Drug in the World

Alcohol: The Oldest (and Most Popular) Drug in the World

Dr. Charles Knowles Explores the Ancient History and Evolutionary Science Behind Intoxication

By Charles Knowles | January 7, 2026

How Humor Can Be an Effective Tool For Social Change

How Humor Can Be an Effective Tool For Social Change

Chris Duffy on Relieving the Horrors Through Laughter

By Chris Duffy | January 7, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?

By Brad Bigelow | January 7, 2026

Amit Chaudhuri Still Writes His Novels Longhand

By Literary Hub | January 6, 2026

Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits on a Trans-Atlantic Literary Life (and More)

By Jonathan Lethem | January 6, 2026

Laura Restrepo on Blending Ancient Myth and Contemporary Reality

Laura Restrepo on Blending Ancient Myth and Contemporary Reality

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Song of Ancient Lovers

By Jane Ciabattari | January 6, 2026

Notable Literary Deaths in 2025

Notable Literary Deaths in 2025

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Literary Hub | January 5, 2026

How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class

How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class

Carrie Gibson on François Makandal and the Impact of Superstition and the Supernatural in the 18th Century Caribbean

By Carrie Gibson | January 5, 2026

Feather By Feather: On Life, Death, and Birding

Feather By Feather: On Life, Death, and Birding

“I don’t know if I believe in signs. But in that moment, I needed one.”

By Farah Naz Rishi | January 5, 2026

“The Devil’s Wife remembers the good times.” A Poem by Patricia Spears Jones

“The Devil’s Wife remembers the good times.” A Poem by Patricia Spears Jones

From the Collection The Devil’s Wife Considers

By Patricia Spears Jones | January 5, 2026

Memoir Nation's Greatest Hits: 2018-2025

Memoir Nation's Greatest Hits: 2018-2025

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | January 5, 2026

Marisa Silver on Exploring What Strikes You

Marisa Silver on Exploring What Strikes You

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 5, 2026

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