5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If these characters were dogs, they would be constantly lifting their legs at one another.”

By Book Marks | October 15, 2026

Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Why Are Publishers Suing Big Tech With One Hand and Embracing AI With the Other?

Maris Kreizman on the Ever-Shifting Definition of Fair Use

By Maris Kreizman | October 15, 2026

Anna North on the Genre You Didn’t Know You Needed: Bogcore

Anna North on the Genre You Didn’t Know You Needed: Bogcore

With Work by Annie Proulx, Kay Chronister, Seamus Heaney and More

By Anna North | October 15, 2026

How a Novel is Born Among the Superyachts of Monaco

How a Novel is Born Among the Superyachts of Monaco

Frank Huyler on the Inequalities Laid Bare By Covid

By Frank Huyler | October 15, 2026

Five Essential Books for Understanding North Korea’s Cult of Personality

Five Essential Books for Understanding North Korea’s Cult of Personality

Cundill History Prize Finalist Jonathan Cheng Recommends Barbara Demick, Richard E. Kim, and More

By Jonathan Cheng | October 15, 2026

Read “Cruise Control,” a New Poem by Eric Amling

Read “Cruise Control,” a New Poem by Eric Amling

From His New Collection, Wet Manual

By Eric Amling | October 15, 2026

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  • The Pen: A Human History
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  • Gloria Don't Speak
  • The Heights
  • The King Under the Mountain: In Search of J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese's Life in Film

Meet Biddy Mason, the Black Matriarch Who Helped Build Los Angeles

By Kevin Waite | October 15, 2026

After Nickel Mines: On Guns and Other Forms of Self-Protection

By Jaclyn Gilbert | October 15, 2026

My Body Is a Poem: Emily Hyland In Praise of a Poetics of Physicality

By Emily Hyland | October 15, 2026

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next

The Author of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing with David Naimon Recommends Sabrina Orah Mark, Evelyn Araluen, and Mykaela Saunders

By Diana Arterian | October 15, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending October 11, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending October 11, 2026

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2026

Yiyun Li on Art, Fame, History, and <em>Music Against the Night</em>

Yiyun Li on Art, Fame, History, and Music Against the Night

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 15, 2026

Is It or Isn’t It? How Generative AI is Poisoning the Literary Well For Everyone

Is It or Isn’t It? How Generative AI is Poisoning the Literary Well For Everyone

James Folta on Holding the Line Against AI Experimentation

By James Folta | October 14, 2026

What Lies Behind a Blank Wall? On the Myriad Hidden Meanings of White Paint

What Lies Behind a Blank Wall? On the Myriad Hidden Meanings of White Paint

Wendy S. Walters Explores the Aesthetic Origins and Political Implications of a Commonplace Decorative Practice

By Wendy S. Walters | October 14, 2026

Keep Hope Alive: Al Sharpton Remembers His Mentor, Jesse Jackson

Keep Hope Alive: Al Sharpton Remembers His Mentor, Jesse Jackson

“There are few in American history who stand taller.”

By Al Sharpton | October 14, 2026

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