What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Weike Wang, Woodworking, Pat Barker, and More

By Book Marks | December 6, 2024

Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

Glenn Adamson on the Rise and Fall of Europe’s Early 20th-Century Artistic Avant-Garde

By Glenn Adamson | December 6, 2024

“Dissociation” and “Central Park, Nocturne,” Two Poems by David McLoghlin

“Dissociation” and “Central Park, Nocturne,” Two Poems by David McLoghlin

From the Collection “Crash Center”

By David McLoghlin | December 6, 2024

Dion Graham and the Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2024

Dion Graham and the Best Biography & Memoir Audiobooks of 2024

in conversation with AudioFile's Michele Cobb

By Behind the Mic | December 6, 2024

A Refuge for the Soul: How to Build a Library, According to Montaigne

A Refuge for the Soul: How to Build a Library, According to Montaigne

Andrew Hui Considers the Innumerable Benefits of a Philosophical Room of One’s Own

By Andrew Hui | December 5, 2024

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music

Ashawnta Jackson Talks to Christian Adofo, Liam Brickhill, and Lior Phillips About the Continent’s Diverse Soundscape For #ReadingAfrica

By Literary Hub | December 5, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | December 5, 2024

Seeing Life Through the Eyes of the Dead: A Short Handbook for Writing Ghosts

By Muriel Leung | December 5, 2024

Julia Whelan and the Best Fiction Audiobooks of 2024

By Behind the Mic | December 5, 2024

Carvell Wallace on Love, Survival, and Endings

Carvell Wallace on Love, Survival, and Endings

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 5, 2024

An Enigma Embodied: On Monica Vitti, Italy’s Muse of Incommunicability

An Enigma Embodied: On Monica Vitti, Italy’s Muse of Incommunicability

Joanna Biggs Considers the Role of Feminist Agency On and Off the Silver Screen

By Joanna Biggs | December 4, 2024

Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

Kristie Frederick Daugherty Showcases New Work Jeannine Ouellette, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Victoria Redel

By Kristie Frederick Daugherty | December 4, 2024

I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Don’t Want to Read Anymore: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2024

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

Tired of Today’s Tech: Writing Historical Fiction in a Technocratic American Present

John Brandon on Coming to Terms with Contemporary Settings, How Technology Shapes Plots, and America’s Current Malaise

By John Brandon | December 4, 2024

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

The Craft of Surrealism: On Accessing the Unconscious in Our Fiction

Anita Felicelli Offers Some Advice For Writers Looking to Blend the Dreamy and the Mundane

By Anita Felicelli | December 4, 2024

Rumors of Mark Leyner’s Disappearance Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Rumors of Mark Leyner’s Disappearance Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Adam Sternbergh on the Long, Varied Career of a Contemporary Giant of American Postmodern Literature

By Adam Sternbergh | December 4, 2024

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