5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s the best vaccination against 1970s nostalgia I’ve ever received.”

By Book Marks | August 1, 2025

Robot Ghost Kitchens and Memory Capitalism: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Robot Ghost Kitchens and Memory Capitalism: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Summer Reads from Annalee Newitz, Louis Sachar, Charlie Jane Anders, and More

By Natalie Zutter | August 1, 2025

Taco Knights, A Mexican <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, Goats: Ten Children’s Books to Read in August

Taco Knights, A Mexican Romeo and Juliet, Goats: Ten Children’s Books to Read in August

Caroline Carlson Recommends Daniela Kulot, Megan Maynor, Hailey Alcaraz, and More

By Caroline Carlson | August 1, 2025

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

Aymann Ismail on Asking the Right Questions (at the Right Time)

“Memoirs ought to interrogate certainties.”

By Aymann Ismail | August 1, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Amy Silverberg Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Rita Bullwinkel, Rebecca Lee, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Others

By Diana Arterian | August 1, 2025

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Unimprovable Penis-Forward Poems and More! Seven Poetry Books to Read This August

Christopher Spaide Recommends Taylor Byas, Heather Christle, bruno darío and More

By Christopher Spaide | August 1, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

Vanity Fair’s Dan Adler on Jeffrey Epstein and What Ghislaine Maxwell Knows

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Dan Sheehan | July 31, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in August

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2025

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Love at Sea, Amelia Earhart, the Roma, and More

By Book Marks | July 31, 2025

Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

Eric Puchner on Humor, Craft, and Creating “Perfect Ambivalence” on the Page

The Author of “Dream State” in Conversation with Jessie Gaynor

By Jessie Gaynor | July 31, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of August

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of August

The Literature to Listen to This Month

By Audiofile Magazine | July 31, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If Vivian Gornick wrote fiction, it might look something like this.”

By Book Marks | July 30, 2025

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Form, Method, and Metafiction: Talking Craft and Completion with Ed Park

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of “An Oral History of Atlantis”

By Eric Olson | July 30, 2025

How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines

Tom Zeller Jr. Explores the Gendered Dimension of Neuroscience In the 20th Century

By Tom Zeller Jr. | July 30, 2025

The Art of Lying: Kate Weinberg on the Similarities Between Fibs and Fiction

The Art of Lying: Kate Weinberg on the Similarities Between Fibs and Fiction

“Let’s be more honest with ourselves and all those who may learn from us: about the slipperiness of truth, about the wonders of fiction.”

By Kate Weinberg | July 30, 2025

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