Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

From the 1763 Berbice Slave Rebellion to Women in Angoulême, Some of the Best New Titles in Contemporary History

By Literary Hub | October 19, 2021

Check out the original 1851 reviews of <em>Moby-Dick</em>.

Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick.

By Book Marks | October 18, 2021

Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

Here are the five Gabriel García Márquez outfits I’d buy (if I had the money, and was smaller).

By Jonny Diamond | October 18, 2021

Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

Michael Caine is (maybe) retiring from acting . . . to be a writer!

By Emily Temple | October 18, 2021

Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Here’s the shortlist for the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2021

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 T.S. Eliot Prize.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 14, 2021

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Better listen to that Bennington podcast now—before Donna Tartt squashes it.

By Emily Temple | October 14, 2021

Gary Paulsen, author of Hatchet, has died at 82.

By Emily Temple | October 14, 2021

The movement to put translators' names on book covers is working.

By Walker Caplan | October 12, 2021

A Brief Survey of Men Having Opinions About What Women Are Reading

A Brief Survey of Men Having Opinions About What Women Are Reading

Sophie Vershbow on Condescension, Guiltless Pleasure, and Inf*n*te J*st

By Sophie Vershbow | October 8, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Heyday Books

On California's Independent Publishing Scene

By Corinne Segal | October 8, 2021

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2021

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 5, 2021

Here are the 2021 National Book Award Finalists.

Here are the 2021 National Book Award Finalists.

By Emily Temple | October 5, 2021

Exclusive cover reveal: Ada Limón's <em>The Hurting Kind</em>.

Exclusive cover reveal: Ada Limón's The Hurting Kind.

By Literary Hub | October 4, 2021

Joan Didion's whole backlist is getting a minimalist new redesign.

Joan Didion's whole backlist is getting a minimalist new redesign.

By Emily Temple | October 1, 2021

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