The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2021

The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2021

Merve Emre on Simone de Beauvoir, Justin Taylor on Joy Williams, and more

By Adam Morgan | December 20, 2021

Why You Shouldn’t Read Historical Fiction to Learn History

Why You Shouldn’t Read Historical Fiction to Learn History

Juhea Kim on the Role of Literature in Lessons About Humanity

By Juhea Kim | December 20, 2021

Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

From the History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 20, 2021

On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

Adam Scovell Looks Into the Cinematic Appeal of Henry James’s Turn of the Screw

By Adam Scovell | December 20, 2021

Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

“We see her act of resistance.”

By Zahia Rahmani | December 20, 2021

The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

Featuring Jhumpa Lahiri, Haruki Murakami, Tove Ditlevsen, Ai Weiwei, Mieko Kawakami, and more

By Book Marks | December 17, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Glyph
  • Dog Days
  • All Them Dogs
  • A Perfect Hand
  • Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter
  • Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for Their Favorite Novels of the Year

By Rabih Alameddine | December 17, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

By Corinne Segal | December 17, 2021

On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s Anabasis

By Shane Brennan | December 17, 2021

The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2021

The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2021

Featuring Alison Bechdel, Kristen Radtke, Barry Windsor-Smith, Guy DeLisle, Aminder Dhaliwal, and more

By Book Marks | December 17, 2021

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2021

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2021

Featuring George Saunders, Joan Didion, Michelle Zauner, Tom Stoppard, Tove Ditlevsen, and more

By Book Marks | December 16, 2021

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

Matthew Schneider-Mayerson on Art As Mirror, Art As Hammer

By Matthew Schneider-Mayerson | December 16, 2021

How to Make a Better World Without Centering Yourself: A Conversation with Alex McElroy

How to Make a Better World Without Centering Yourself: A Conversation with Alex McElroy

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | December 16, 2021

“O love tell the committee that I know.” A close reading of a Muriel Rukeyser poem.

“O love tell the committee that I know.” A close reading of a Muriel Rukeyser poem.

By Snigdha Koirala | December 15, 2021

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

“Even when you are not ‘working on the book,’ you are working on the book.”

By Tom Bissell | December 15, 2021

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

Featuring Sally Rooney, Kazuo Ishiguro, Colson Whitehead, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jonathan Franzen, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2021

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