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How Many Copies Did Famous Books Sell in the First Year?

How Many Copies Did Famous Books Sell in the First Year?

From Two to... Two Million

By Emily Temple | June 25, 2019

Eimear McBride sold a new novel and it sounds amazing.

Eimear McBride sold a new novel and it sounds amazing.

By Emily Temple | June 24, 2019

Your weekly deal memo: Ram Dass, Suzanne Collins, Sylvia Plath & more

Your weekly deal memo: Ram Dass, Suzanne Collins, Sylvia Plath & more

By Emily Temple | June 21, 2019

On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

On the Tricky Business of Creating a National Anthology: Irish Edition

Lucy Caldwell Reflects on What We Mean By a National Literature

By Lucy Caldwell | June 21, 2019

<em>The Pieces I Am</em>: An intimate retrospective of Toni Morrison's trailblazing career

The Pieces I Am: An intimate retrospective of Toni Morrison's trailblazing career

By Aaron Robertson | June 20, 2019

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Previewing the First Ever LGBTQ+ Rare Books Auction

Including Signed First Editions from Walt Whitman, James Baldwin, Radclyffe Hall, and More

By Rebecca Rego Barry | June 20, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
  • Nerve Damage
  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Mark Doty's What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life

By Emily Temple | June 19, 2019

Rob Spillman with greetings from an 1,800-mile, poetry-fueled road trip.

By Rob Spillman | June 17, 2019

Suzanne Collins is publishing a prequel to The Hunger Games next year

By Emily Temple | June 17, 2019

Your Favorite Reads: this week's most clicked-on books at Book Marks.

Your Favorite Reads: this week's most clicked-on books at Book Marks.

By Katie Yee | June 14, 2019

Ling Ma Wins the 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award (aka the Ethan Hawke one)

Ling Ma Wins the 2019 Young Lions Fiction Award (aka the Ethan Hawke one)

By Dan Sheehan | June 14, 2019

Naomi Wolf's book release is postponed over errors and

Naomi Wolf's book release is postponed over errors and "new questions"

By Corinne Segal | June 14, 2019

Your weekly deal memo: Melissa Broder, exciting debuts & writers on <em>Lolita</em>

Your weekly deal memo: Melissa Broder, exciting debuts & writers on Lolita

By Emily Temple | June 14, 2019

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's <em>Ulysses</em>

Fighting to Save the Real-Life Pharmacy from James Joyce's Ulysses

Ally Findley on the Historical Importance of Sweny's Pharmacy, Which May Soon Vanish

By Ally Findley | June 14, 2019

Eileen Myles: <em>Chelsea Girls</em> was the documentary I wanted to make.

Eileen Myles: Chelsea Girls was the documentary I wanted to make.

By Eileen Myles | June 13, 2019

Emily Ruskovich's <em>Idaho</em>, nominated by a single library in Bruges, wins €100,000 prize

Emily Ruskovich's Idaho, nominated by a single library in Bruges, wins €100,000 prize

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2019

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