5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Of new books by Tom Hanks, Emma Cline, Haruki Murukami, and More

By Book Marks | May 11, 2023

Isabella Hammad on Finding Inspiration in <em>Hamlet</em>

Isabella Hammad on Finding Inspiration in Hamlet

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 11, 2023

The East Palestine Train Derailment and Your Health: Kerri Arsenault on the Pervasive and Ongoing Risks of Dioxin

The East Palestine Train Derailment and Your Health: Kerri Arsenault on the Pervasive and Ongoing Risks of Dioxin

Kerri Arsenault in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 11, 2023

“The Gardener.” New Poetry by Thea Brown

“The Gardener.” New Poetry by Thea Brown

From the Collection Loner Forensics

By Thea Brown | May 11, 2023

A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

A Kind of Mutuality: Christina Sharpe on the Importance of Regard

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | May 11, 2023

Felix Salmon on Work, Life and the Price of Lobster Rolls in the New “Not Normal”

Felix Salmon on Work, Life and the Price of Lobster Rolls in the New “Not Normal”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

How Nelson Mandela Became a Pop-Cultural Icon Through Music

By Jonny Steinberg | May 11, 2023

Michael Walzer on What Progressives Can Learn From Liberal Nationalists Like Thomas Jefferson and Giuseppe Mazzini

By Keen On | May 11, 2023

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

By Just the Right Book | May 11, 2023

How Chaos Theory Can Revitalize—and Save—Modern Medicine

How Chaos Theory Can Revitalize—and Save—Modern Medicine

Jennifer Lunden on Alice James, Descartes' Destructive Influence on Medicine, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and More

By Jennifer Lunden | May 10, 2023

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

On Victorian Paleoart and the Birth of a Sci-Fi Novel

C. E. McGill Considers Frankenstein’s Monster and Gothic Sci-Fi

By C.E. McGill | May 10, 2023

How <em>Hamnet</em> the Play Rehabilitates Shakespeare’s Wife

How Hamnet the Play Rehabilitates Shakespeare’s Wife

Andrew Quintana Reviews a Dramatic Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Novel

By Andrew Quintana | May 10, 2023

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Reading Beyond London’s WWII “Blitz Spirit”

Jo Baker Recommends Jill Paton Walsh, Graham Greene, and More

By Jo Baker | May 10, 2023

Dave Eggers: “The Freedom of the Artist Has to Be Absolute.”

Dave Eggers: “The Freedom of the Artist Has to Be Absolute.”

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 10, 2023

Emma Nadler on How Good and Bad Luck Are Inseparably Connected

Emma Nadler on How Good and Bad Luck Are Inseparably Connected

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 10, 2023

Joanne Harris Reads from Her New Thriller <em> Broken Light</em>

Joanne Harris Reads from Her New Thriller Broken Light

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 10, 2023

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