5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A family is always a bit of a fantasy, requiring some realist puncturing. Every good biographer, then, is a problem child.”

By Book Marks | March 19, 2026

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

From Glasnost to Silence: The Collapse of Literary Freedom in Russia

Svetlana Satchkova on the Logic of Authoritarianism

By Svetlana Satchkova | March 18, 2026

What Keeps Us Human: How My Palestinian Father Met My Jewish Mother

What Keeps Us Human: How My Palestinian Father Met My Jewish Mother

Hannah Lillith Assadi on Overcoming Impossible Barriers to Love

By Hannah Lillith Assadi | March 17, 2026

On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

On the Genius of Frances Burney, Jane Austen’s Most Important Literary Predecessor

Natasha Joukovsky Considers Ahead-of-Their-Time Novels Cecilia and Evelina

By A. Natasha Joukovsky | March 16, 2026

Is This the Most Literary Video Game of All Time?

Is This the Most Literary Video Game of All Time?

Josh Lambert on Meredith Gran’s Perfect Tides: Station to Station

By Josh Lambert | March 13, 2026

What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the <em>NY Times Book Review</em>, 2013-2022

What Was Lost: A Queer Accounting of the NY Times Book Review, 2013-2022

Thirteen Essential Books by Trans and Queer Writers,
Reviewed by Trans and Queer Writers

By Sandy Ernest Allen | March 12, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • It Will Come Back to You: Collected Stories
  • Cloudthief
  • Cool Machine
  • Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast
  • Beginning Middle End
  • They Stole a City: Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

Blood On the Page: On Jane Austen’s Period Drama

By Devoney Looser | March 11, 2026

Karan Mahajan on Literary Tradition, Trump, and Writing Multiple Points of View

By Anna North | March 10, 2026

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching

By Lauren W. Westerfield | March 9, 2026

No Stars, or: Are We Reviewing Ourselves to Death?

No Stars, or: Are We Reviewing Ourselves to Death?

Lucie Britsch on the Importance of Making Art for Art’s Sake

By Lucie Britsch | March 6, 2026

What We Lose When We Gamify Reading

What We Lose When We Gamify Reading

Marissa Levien Makes the Case for Slowing Down

By Marissa Levien | March 5, 2026

What I Learned About American Men in My All-Male Book Club

What I Learned About American Men in My All-Male Book Club

Kristopher Jansma on Why More Male Readers Should Start Book Clubs

By Kristopher Jansma | March 4, 2026

Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears

Why So Many Women Are Writing About Bears

Trina Moyles on Challenging a Canon Long Dominated by Men

By Trina Moyles | March 3, 2026

Woodsy Necromancers and Space Moby-Dick: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Woodsy Necromancers and Space Moby-Dick: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Stave off winter doldrums with new books from Alexis Hall, Jenn Lyons, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and more

By Natalie Zutter | March 2, 2026

Captain America, Our First Antifascist Superhero

Captain America, Our First Antifascist Superhero

Peter Meineck on the Ancient and Modern Inspirations Behind the Heroes That Populate the Marvel Universe

By Peter Meineck | February 27, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Preferring Adaptations to the Original Books?

Am I the Asshole For Preferring Adaptations to the Original Books?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | February 26, 2026

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