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Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Strout, Solnit, Porter: Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring new titles from Elizabeth Strout, Anthony Horowitz, Rebecca Solnit, Billy Porter, and more

By Book Marks | October 22, 2021

A new literary prize in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin will recognize

A new literary prize in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin will recognize "realists of a larger reality."

By Emily Temple | October 21, 2021

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

Phoebe Robinson on Her New Imprint and Anti-Racism Reading Lists

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | October 21, 2021

Here are the finalists for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2021 Cundill History Prize.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 20, 2021

Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year's BBC National Short Story Award.

Three-time nominated Lucy Caldwell has won this year's BBC National Short Story Award.

By Snigdha Koirala | October 19, 2021

<em>The Believer</em> magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

The Believer magazine will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue.

By Emily Temple | October 19, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World

Read from the 2021 Cundill History Prize Shortlist

By Literary Hub | October 19, 2021

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).

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

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

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

By Emily Temple | October 14, 2021

Gary Paulsen, author of <em>Hatchet</em>, has died at 82.

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.

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

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