Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Tyler Malone Explores the Uncanny Valley Between the Body and the Self

By Tyler Malone | 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

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

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Gertrude Stein, Susan Orlean, Peter Matthiessen, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

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

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

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

Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men

Max Delsohn on the Importance of Portraying Trans Men

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 30, 2025

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

James Fox on the Thankless Job of the Chiltern Hills Woodsmen

By James Fox | October 29, 2025

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