Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the 2021 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize.

By Walker Caplan | April 15, 2021

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

Announcing the winners of the 2021 Whiting Awards.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

Hanya Yanagihara's next novel, <em> To Paradise</em>, is coming in January.

Hanya Yanagihara's next novel, To Paradise, is coming in January.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

Check out these trippy new covers for eight modern classics.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2021

A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

A scammer just stole £30k of literary prize money—and is trying to steal more.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of <em>Midnight’s Children</em>, <br>Forty Years Later

Bollywood or Bust: Salman Rushdie on the World of Midnight’s Children,
Forty Years Later

“I wanted to write a novel of vaulting ambition, a high-wire act with no safety net, an all-or-nothing effort.”

By Salman Rushdie | April 14, 2021

Best Reviewed
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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Eloghosa Osunde has won The Paris Review’s 2021 Plimpton Prize for Fiction.

By Walker Caplan | April 13, 2021

Of course Boris Johnson is a huge Tintin fan.

By Jonny Diamond | April 13, 2021

Check out the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You.

By Emily Temple | April 13, 2021

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Goatskin, Tree Bark, and One Expensive Scribe: How “The King of the World’s Booksellers” Produced Manuscripts

Ross King on the Laborious Process of Bookmaking in the 15th Century

By Ross King | April 13, 2021

Cuomo staffers were (illegally) asked to work on Cuomo's memoir as part of their government jobs.

Cuomo staffers were (illegally) asked to work on Cuomo's memoir as part of their government jobs.

By Walker Caplan | April 12, 2021

Announcing Ottessa Moshfegh's next novel, <em>Lapvona</em>, coming next summer.

Announcing Ottessa Moshfegh's next novel, Lapvona, coming next summer.

By Emily Temple | April 12, 2021

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 12th to April 16th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, April 12th to April 16th

Featuring Maaza Mengiste, Namwali Serpell, Kaitlyn Greenidge,
and More 

By Rasheeda Saka | April 12, 2021

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | April 9, 2021

Time to rewatch this iconic performance of <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em>.

Time to rewatch this iconic performance of Where the Wild Things Are.

By Dan Sheehan | April 9, 2021

Here's the shortlist for NYPL's 2021 Young Lions Fiction award.

Here's the shortlist for NYPL's 2021 Young Lions Fiction award.

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2021

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