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The Top 10 Most Totally Metal<br> Books of 2020

The Top 10 Most Totally Metal
Books of 2020

Bookseller Extraordinaire Keaton Patterson Pairs Great Books
With Serious Music

By Keaton Patterson | December 11, 2020

Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in <em>Agaat</em>

Mary Gaitskill on Love, Violence, and Submission in Agaat

A Novel of Apartheid-Era South Africa

By Mary Gaitskill | December 11, 2020

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

Will All Crime Novels Soon Be Historical Fiction?

The Literary Disco Crew Discusses Scott O'Connor's Zero Zone

By Literary Disco | December 11, 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2020

Featuring Zadie Smith, Helen Macdonald, Claudia Rankine,
Samantha Irby, and more

By Book Marks | December 10, 2020

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

Clarice Lispector’s Son on the Personal Politics of His Mother

a democratic socialist."">Paulo Gurgel Valente: "She always described herself as
a democratic socialist."

By Paulo Gurgel Valente | December 10, 2020

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

The 10 Best Literary Adaptations of the Year

What Else Do You Have to Do?

By Emily Temple | December 10, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
  • Nerve Damage
  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

When a Great Songwriter Turns Poet: On Richard Buckner's New Collection

By Nina MacLaughlin | December 10, 2020

The Best Reviewed Short Story Collections of 2020

By Book Marks | December 9, 2020

On the Particular Thrill of Visiting a Dead Writer's House

By Phoebe Hamilton Jones | December 8, 2020

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Finding An Unlikely Literary Figure on Tinder: Kurt Vonnegut

Mikka Jacobsen on Why Men Can't Keep Him Off Their Dating Profiles

By Mikka Jacobsen | December 8, 2020

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Real Talk: On Claudia Rankine’s Painful Conversations with Whiteness

Shya Scanlon Considers a Trilogy Sixteen Years in the Making

By Shya Scanlon | December 8, 2020

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's <em>Kristin Lavransdatter</em>

On Catholicism and Doomscrolling in Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter

This Week from the Lit Century Podcast with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 8, 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

The Best Reviewed Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020

Featuring N. K. Jemisin, Stephen King,
Susanna Clarke, Karen Russell, and more

By Book Marks | December 8, 2020

Announcing the Winners of <em>Reading Women</em>’s 2020 Award

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women’s 2020 Award

Congrats to Carmen Maria Machado and Bernardine Evaristo!

By Reading Women | December 8, 2020

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year

We Lived Through 2020 and All We Got Were These Really Good Books

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

The Best Reviewed Memoirs and Biographies of 2020

Featuring Barack Obama, Natasha Trethewey, Helen Macdonald, Sylvia Plath, The Beatles, and more

By Book Marks | December 7, 2020

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