5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“His output more closely resembles that of an old studio film director’s than of a typical contemporary literary novelist.”

By Book Marks | October 1, 2026

Beyond MLK: On the Women Who Made the March on Washington

Beyond MLK: On the Women Who Made the March on Washington

Marcia Chatelain Considers the Overlooked Yet Vital Role of Black Women in the Struggle For Racial Equality

By Marcia Chatelain | October 1, 2026

James Richardson on <em>Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026</em>

James Richardson on Within the Hour: Poems and Aphorisms, 1971-2026

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 1, 2026

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries

A conversation between Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad

By Jenan A. Matari and Nora Lester Murad | September 30, 2026

The Real Technofascists of Silicon Valley: Why Big Tech Oligarchs Hate Democracy

The Real Technofascists of Silicon Valley: Why Big Tech Oligarchs Hate Democracy

Gil Durán and Amy Westervelt Discuss the Threat That Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and Others Like Them Pose to the Collective Good

By Amy Westervelt | September 30, 2026

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

The 12 Best Book Covers of September

Art is King

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

September’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

September’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | September 30, 2026

A Reticent Eloquence: Colm Tóibín on the Poetry of Thom Gunn

By Colm Tóibín | September 30, 2026

On the Secret Three-Man Mission Deep in Nazi Europe That Won WWII

On the Secret Three-Man Mission Deep in Nazi Europe That Won WWII

Jason Bell Recounts the Lead-Up to Operation Sparrow, the Allied Invasion of the Balkans That Never Was

By Jason Bell | September 30, 2026

Happy International Translation Day!

Happy International Translation Day!

Celebrating an Essential Literary Art

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2026

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

Who Gets to Have a Baby in America? On the High Cost of Fertility in America

“Some argue that fertility care is simply basic healthcare and should be universally accessible.”

By Anna Louie Sussman | September 30, 2026

What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

Eli Burnstein Traces the Origins of Some of the Most Popular Phrases in Literature

By Eli Burnstein | September 29, 2026

Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon

Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon

Patrice D. Douglass Considers the Distinct Forces That Underpin Anti-Black Racism

By Patrice D. Douglass | September 29, 2026

Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Open the Floodgates

By Jane Ciabattari | September 29, 2026

The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher

Matthew J. Prigge on Writing His Book With the Help of a Librarian and a Stack of Boxes in the Basement

By Matthew J. Prigge | September 29, 2026

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