Americans are buying more books—but reading fewer of them than ever. What gives?

Americans are buying more books—but reading fewer of them than ever. What gives?

By Emily Temple | January 12, 2022

Alyson Sinclair is the new owner and publisher of The Rumpus.

Alyson Sinclair is the new owner and publisher of The Rumpus.

By Emily Temple | January 11, 2022

These are the bestselling books of 2021.

These are the bestselling books of 2021.

By Dan Sheehan | January 10, 2022

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 New Titles by Jenni Fagan, Jean Chen Ho, Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague, Alessandro Barbero, and more

By Book Marks | January 7, 2022

Here are the winners of this year’s Costa Book Awards.

Here are the winners of this year’s Costa Book Awards.

By Walker Caplan | January 6, 2022

Everything you need to know about Norman Mailer's recent (non-)cancellation.

Everything you need to know about Norman Mailer's recent (non-)cancellation.

By Emily Temple | January 5, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

Virtual Book Events Worth Streaming This Month

By Arianna Rebolini | January 4, 2022

Remembering Joan Didion

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2021

Joan Didion has died at 87.

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2021

Here are the winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards.

Here are the winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards.

By Walker Caplan | December 20, 2021

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

From Franzen to Kidneygate

By Literary Hub | December 20, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

On Books that Begin as an “Intimate Conversation”

By Corinne Segal | December 17, 2021

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

From the Nobel Prize to #BookTok

By Literary Hub | December 16, 2021

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

Area library receives anonymous confession of theft and $500 in restitution.

By Jonny Diamond | December 15, 2021

Notable Literary Deaths in 2021

Notable Literary Deaths in 2021

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2021

Colm Tóibín has won the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature.

Colm Tóibín has won the 2021 David Cohen Prize for Literature.

By Snigdha Koirala | December 14, 2021

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