The Week in Books LIVE: #BlackoutBestsellerList, <em>Practical Magic</em>, and Animorphs 101

The Week in Books LIVE: #BlackoutBestsellerList, Practical Magic, and Animorphs 101

With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

By The Virtual Book Channel | June 19, 2020

Hope you like horrifying CGI, because we're getting an Animorphs movie.

Hope you like horrifying CGI, because we're getting an Animorphs movie.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 18, 2020

Resignations, accusations, and a board in crisis: The fallout at the National Book Critics Circle.

Resignations, accusations, and a board in crisis: The fallout at the National Book Critics Circle.

By Corinne Segal | June 18, 2020

The shortlist for the Firecracker Awards is the perfect indie reading list.

The shortlist for the Firecracker Awards is the perfect indie reading list.

By Katie Yee | June 17, 2020

Watch this 1964 conversation between Chinua Achebe, Lewis Nkosi, and Wole Soyinka.

Watch this 1964 conversation between Chinua Achebe, Lewis Nkosi, and Wole Soyinka.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 17, 2020

Oprah's next book club pick is <em>Deacon King Kong.</em>

Oprah's next book club pick is Deacon King Kong.

By Corinne Segal | June 16, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir
  • Nonesuch
  • Whidbey
  • A Scandal in Königsberg
  • The Quantity Theory of Morality
  • Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World

Kazuo Ishiguro's next novel, Klara and the Sun, is coming in March.

By Emily Temple | June 16, 2020

Hilary Mantel celebrates Father's Day early by naming her new collection Mantel Pieces.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 12, 2020

The Internet Archive is ending the National Emergency Library over lawsuit from publishers.

By Corinne Segal | June 12, 2020

Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.

Zadie Smith wrote an entire essay collection in lockdown, and you can read it in July.

By Dan Sheehan | June 11, 2020

Take a look at Charles Dickens's handwritten manuscript of <em>Oliver Twist</em>.

Take a look at Charles Dickens's handwritten manuscript of Oliver Twist.

By Aaron Robertson | June 11, 2020

According to the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller lists, a lot of people are reading about racism.

According to the New York Times bestseller lists, a lot of people are reading about racism.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 11, 2020

Behold the dark and twisted nominees for this year's Shirley Jackson Awards.

Behold the dark and twisted nominees for this year's Shirley Jackson Awards.

By Katie Yee | June 9, 2020

15 new books coming out today.

15 new books coming out today.

By Katie Yee | June 9, 2020

#PublishingPaidMe reveals stark disparities between payment of white writers and writers of color.

#PublishingPaidMe reveals stark disparities between payment of white writers and writers of color.

By Jonny Diamond | June 8, 2020

Here's the shortlist for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

Here's the shortlist for the £30,000 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award.

By Katie Yee | June 8, 2020

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