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The Limits of Rationality: On
Gulliver’s Travels
at 300
Ed Simon Considers What Jonathan Swift's Novel Can Reveal About Our World Today
By
Ed Simon
| October 28, 2026
Chad Harbach, Jane Schoenbrun, Jonathan Van Meter and more: 20 new books out today!
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Julia Hass
| October 27, 2026
Brandon Taylor on Writing About Black Art and Black Artists in America
The Author of
Minor Black Figures
in Conversation With Matthew Sitman at The Center For Fiction
By
The Center for Fiction
| October 26, 2026
Anika Fajardo on Connecting With Her Colombian Heritage Through Magical Realism
“I had found a way to understand the truth—or a truth—about who I was and where I came from.”
By
Anika Fajardo
| October 26, 2026
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By
Book Marks
| October 23, 2026
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By
Fiction Non Fiction
| October 22, 2026
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Literary Hub
| October 22, 2026
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Literary Hub
| October 22, 2026
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Book Marks
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By
Nina Chayka
| October 21, 2026
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| October 20, 2026
Meet the Best Debut Novelists of 2026
The Seven Finalists for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize on Their Reading and Writing Lives
By
Emily Temple
| October 20, 2026
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Tracy Daugherty on the Student Days of the Now Iconic American Writer
By
Tracy Daugherty
| October 20, 2026
What John Berryman’s Lectures Revealed About Young Shakespeare—and Himself
Rory Loughnane on the American Poet’s Contributions to the Study of the Bard’s Early Life
By
Rory Loughnane
| October 20, 2026
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Julia Hass
| October 20, 2026
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A Brief History of Occult Detectives
October 28, 2026
by
Richie Narvaez
Succession
, but make it supernatural
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by
Molly Odintz
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by
Matthew J. Cressler, Jack Lee Downey Kathleen Holscher, and Michael Pasquier
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"A vivid, sometimes grisly, sometimes enraging portrait of 19th-century British society ... Probing and excellent."