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 Joy Williams, John Edgar Wideman, Solvej Balle, and More

By Book Marks | November 21, 2025

Melissa Broder on Jennifer Dawson’s Forgotten 1961 Classic <em>The Ha-Ha</em>

Melissa Broder on Jennifer Dawson’s Forgotten 1961 Classic The Ha-Ha

“The absurdity of existence, the often-simultaneous humor and terror in not knowing what life is for, is a theme echoed throughout the novel.”

By Melissa Broder | November 21, 2025

Madeleine Arenivar on the Rhythm of Translation, Preserving Poetic Language, and Letting a Novel’s Voice Shine

Madeleine Arenivar on the Rhythm of Translation, Preserving Poetic Language, and Letting a Novel’s Voice Shine

Lily Meyer in Conversation with the Translator of Yuliana Ortiz Ruano’s Debut Novel, Carnaval Fever

By Lily Meyer | November 20, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Hers is a fiction of the absurd, born of a woozy America that doesn’t know how to move forward.”

By Book Marks | November 20, 2025

Jacob Silverman on the Tech Bros’ Gilded Rage

Jacob Silverman on the Tech Bros’ Gilded Rage

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | November 20, 2025

Feminism, Freedom and the Accusatory “You.” On Elaine Kraf's <em>Find Him!</em>

Feminism, Freedom and the Accusatory “You.” On Elaine Kraf's Find Him!

Violet Kupersmith Considers the Stylistic and Thematic Innovations of a Hidden Gem of Experimental Fiction

By Violet Kupersmith | November 19, 2025

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

Joy Williams, Cher, Solvej Balle, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | November 18, 2025

Open Your Mouth and Sing: Frode Grytten on Becoming a Writer and Growing Up in Norway

By Frode Grytten | November 18, 2025

The Fire Within: On the Graphic Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

By John Hendrix | November 17, 2025

On Barbara Pym, Author... and Stalker?

On Barbara Pym, Author... and Stalker?

Evangeline Riddiford Graham Considers the Unrequited Loves of the Celebrated Novelist

By Evangeline Riddiford Graham | November 17, 2025

An Anniversary That Bears Fruit: <em>Oranges</em>, 40 Years On

An Anniversary That Bears Fruit: Oranges, 40 Years On

Jeanette Winterson Remembers the Creative Process Behind Her Groundbreaking First Novel

By Jeanette Winterson | November 17, 2025

The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books

The Case for Child Liberation Through Children‘s Books

“What do we have in mind when we give children a book?”

By Madeline Lane-McKinley | November 17, 2025

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 Andrew Miller, David McWilliams, Olivia Laing, and More

By Book Marks | November 14, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Quiara Alegría Hudes Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Quiara Alegría Hudes Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Elena Ferrante, and More

By Diana Arterian | November 14, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Here is a writer of such intimate and insightful prose that stealing away with him for a few hours in another world feels closer to trespassing than reading.”

By Book Marks | November 13, 2025

When Empire Falls: Talking to George Packer About His New Novel, <em>The Emergency</em>

When Empire Falls: Talking to George Packer About His New Novel, The Emergency

In Conversation with Andy Hunter About Apocalypse, Societal Division, and the Future of America

By Andy Hunter | November 13, 2025

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