5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“His is a work of immensely humane scholarship.”

By Book Marks | June 4, 2026

Is the First-Person Narrator a Uniquely American Idea?

Is the First-Person Narrator a Uniquely American Idea?

Ed Simon Considers the Role of Point of View in American Literature

By Ed Simon | June 4, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Kortney Morrow on Toni Morrison’s <em>Paradise</em>

Namwali Serpell and Kortney Morrow on Toni Morrison’s Paradise

From the Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | June 4, 2026

Why Does Roast Chicken Taste So Good? Inside the Science Behind the Flavors We Love

Why Does Roast Chicken Taste So Good? Inside the Science Behind the Flavors We Love

Ijeoma Uchegbu on the Chemical Reactions That Turn Carbs and Fat Into Delicious Food

By Ijeoma Uchegbu | June 4, 2026

Nine Fabulous Books by Drag Performers Who Were Never Featured on <em>RuPaul’s Drag Race</em>

Nine Fabulous Books by Drag Performers Who Were Never Featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race

Gabe Montesanti Recommends Dean Atta, Monique Jenkinson, Amrou Al-Kadhi and More

By Gabe Montesanti | June 4, 2026

Sonia Feldman Recommends Books About the Thrilling Dynamics of Girls’ Friendship

Sonia Feldman Recommends Books About the Thrilling Dynamics of Girls’ Friendship

Featuring Andrea Abreu, Toni Morrison, and More

By Sonia Feldman | June 4, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

By Literary Hub | June 4, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | June 4, 2026

Sarah Pearsall on the Worldwide Scope of the American Revolution

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 4, 2026

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

The Side That Won the Civil War is Now Banning Books About Why the Civil War Was Fought

Tom Zoellner on the Antebellum Precedent of Trump-Era Censorship

By Tom Zoellner | June 3, 2026

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Reflections on an Angelheaded Hipster: Celebrating Allen Ginsberg’s 100th Birthday

Ed Simon Rereads Howl, a ”Genuine Masterpiece”

By Ed Simon | June 3, 2026

A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction

A Love Letter to My Hometown: On Revisiting Rural New Hampshire in Fiction

Shasta Grant: “A love letter is almost always directed toward somebody or something you can’t have, and this one is no different.”

By Shasta Grant | June 3, 2026

What Do Arthurian Legend and <em>All My Children</em> Have in Common?

What Do Arthurian Legend and All My Children Have in Common?

John Glynn Explores the Similarities Between Soap Operas and Medieval Epics

By John Glynn | June 3, 2026

On a Childhood Longing to Be Delicate

On a Childhood Longing to Be Delicate

Justin Wymer Remembers an Unsettling Encounter at a Family Reunion

By Justin Wymer | June 3, 2026

An Angel Watching Over Me: On Exile, Estrangement and Placelessness in Paris

An Angel Watching Over Me: On Exile, Estrangement and Placelessness in Paris

Timothy Taylor Remembers His Mother's Journey From Europe to the Americas, and Those Who Helped Her Along the Way

By Timothy Taylor | June 3, 2026

Lucy Sante on <em>An Anthology of New York Poets</em>

Lucy Sante on An Anthology of New York Poets

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 3, 2026

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