5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There are, of course, literary pleasures to be had in a sociopathic protagonist.”

By Book Marks | November 1, 2024

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

From Ghostly Forests to “Zombie Vomit Mad Libs.” Seven Poetry Books to Read in November

Rebecca Morgan Franks Recommends Albert Abonado, Kimiko Hahn, Duy Đoàn, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | November 1, 2024

Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

Reading Aloud and Together: Ten New Children’s Books To Read Now

Caroline Carlson Highlights New Books for the End of the Year

By Caroline Carlson | November 1, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of November

The Month to Come in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | November 1, 2024

Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

Leonard Cassuto on Taking Care of Your Reader

“As Simone Weil put it: ‘Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.’”

By Leonard Cassuto | November 1, 2024

Why Horror Needs Humor

Why Horror Needs Humor

Tyler Malone Wonders If Laughter is the Best Medicine or the Worst Disease

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 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

“It Will Be One of the Most Ghastly Short Stories Ever Written.” When Dylan Thomas Tried to Get Spooky

By Nick Ripatrazone | October 31, 2024

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2024

October’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | October 31, 2024

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

October’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring André Aciman, Al Pacino, Sarah Moss, and More

By Book Marks | October 31, 2024

I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Really Want to Call Out My Friend For Bragging About How Much YA She Reads: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 31, 2024

Jess Walter on the Election

Jess Walter on the Election

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 31, 2024

Jane Hirshfield on Time, Mystery, and Kinship

Jane Hirshfield on Time, Mystery, and Kinship

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | October 31, 2024

Imagining a World Where Reproductive Justice is For Everyone

Imagining a World Where Reproductive Justice is For Everyone

Renee Bracey Sherman on the Urgent State of Abortion Rights in America

By Renee Bracey Sherman | October 30, 2024

“Mike Knew Apocalypses Had Been Coming at Us All Along.” Rebecca Solnit on the Great Mike Davis

“Mike Knew Apocalypses Had Been Coming at Us All Along.” Rebecca Solnit on the Great Mike Davis

On the Reissue of “Dead Cities”

By Rebecca Solnit | October 30, 2024

An Unwinnable War: Why the United States Was Doomed To Fail in Vietnam

An Unwinnable War: Why the United States Was Doomed To Fail in Vietnam

Geoffrey Wawro Explains the Faulty Reasoning Behind America's Decision to Intervene in Southeast Asia

By Geoffrey Wawro | October 30, 2024

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