It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossible Not To)

It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossible Not To)

Ed Simon on the History of Book Cover Trends

By Ed Simon | August 7, 2026

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 Paul Yoon, Howard Zinn, Chris Bohjalian, and More

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Encountering the Ghost of Ted Hughes in His Childhood Home

Encountering the Ghost of Ted Hughes in His Childhood Home

Jodie Hollander Finds Unlikely Inspiration Writing on Location

By Jodie Hollander | August 6, 2026

Why My 85-Year-Old Friend Has Devoted the Last Years of Her Life to Reading the Ancient Classics

Why My 85-Year-Old Friend Has Devoted the Last Years of Her Life to Reading the Ancient Classics

Seth Kaplan on Encountering True Devotion to Art, For Its Own Sake

By Seth Kaplan | August 6, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“You can love Riley’s work, you can certainly admire it, but I don’t think you can fangirl over it.”

By Book Marks | August 6, 2026

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature

Laurel Taylor on Maiko Seo’s Someone to Cook For

By Laurel Taylor | August 6, 2026

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

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Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on Harry Belafonte’s Extraordinary Art & Activism

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On the Poetics of Canine Narration

On the Poetics of Canine Narration

Erik Gleibermann Considers Etna, The Call of the Wild, and More

By Erik Gleibermann | August 5, 2026

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

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Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn Recommends Gun-Britt Sundström, Kelly Link, Marie Helene Bertino and More

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Paul Yoon, Meaghan Beatley, Claudia Rankine, and more: 22 new books out today!

Paul Yoon, Meaghan Beatley, Claudia Rankine, and more: 22 new books out today!

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Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 4, 2026

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Reckoning with the Long Literary Tradition of Age-Gap Relationships

Carly Mattox on Half His Age, A Girl’s Story, and Her Own Experience

By Carly Mattox | August 3, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This August

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