5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Whether looming in dark gothic tales or permeating what might seem a sunny suburban world, dread stalks the fiction of Joyce Carol Oates.”

By Book Marks | June 18, 2026

The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

The Losses that Carry Us: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Fatemeh Shams on Loss, Veil, Exile, and the Passing of a Literary Giant

By Fatemeh Shams | June 18, 2026

Beyond Cli-Fi: Why Every Story is a Climate Change Story

Beyond Cli-Fi: Why Every Story is a Climate Change Story

Heather Abel on Reading and Writing Through the Lens of Climate Emergency

By Heather Abel | June 18, 2026

Deb Olin Unferth on Our Apocalypse Now World

Deb Olin Unferth on Our Apocalypse Now World

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 18, 2026

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on <em>The Cremation of Sam McGee</em>

A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on The Cremation of Sam McGee

“He haunts us, but sometimes, playfully, surprisingly—and in this way, even in death, like McGee, he returns.”

By Annakeara Stinson | June 17, 2026

Karen Solie on Tomas Tranströmer's <em>Selected Poems</em>

Karen Solie on Tomas Tranströmer's Selected Poems

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | June 17, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls
  • The Responsible Party
  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

Amitav Ghosh, Joyce Carol Oates, Isabel Waidner, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | June 16, 2026

How the Rest of the World Sees America (Through the Eyes of Its Writers)

By Madeleine Schwartz | June 15, 2026

Undiscovered Country: The 100th Anniversary of Virgina Woolf’s “On Being Ill”

By Darcey Steinke | June 15, 2026

The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

Even English Majors Can Add Without AI

By Emily Temple | June 15, 2026

Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Featuring Work by Mary Gaitskill, Colette, Marlen Haushofer and More

By Stacey Yu | June 15, 2026

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

Jared Marcel Pollen Considers the Roll of the Honeybee in Classical Literature

By Jared Marcel Pollen | June 12, 2026

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 Deb Olin Unferth, Andrea Wulf, Dave Eggers, and More

By Book Marks | June 12, 2026

Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Poets and Translators Pair Eight Recent Korean Poetry Collections in Translation with Korean Music

By Yoo Heekyung and Stine An | June 12, 2026

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Essential Additions to Your Summer Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 11, 2026

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

This Year and Every Year

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

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