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Long Before <em>Toy Story</em>, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects

Long Before Toy Story, It-Narratives Imagined the Inner Lives of Objects

Madeline Zehnder on the History of Thing Narrators

By Madeline Zehnder | August 28, 2026

Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon

Short But Sweet: Nine Novellas To Read In a Single Afternoon

David W. Berner Recommends Per Petterson, Claire Keagan, Helen DeWitt and More

By David W. Berner | August 27, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Rare indeed to find a real reporter who is also a real thinker. And the bastard’s funny, too."

By Book Marks | August 27, 2026

A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda

A Poetry of Witness and Invention: Wallis Wilde-Menozzi on Translating Antonella Anedda

“Anedda’s capacity to create a deeper frame of reference builds as she lets the world speak.”

By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi | August 27, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending August 23, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending August 23, 2026

By Literary Hub | August 27, 2026

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Aruni Kashyap on India’s Cockroach Youth Movement

By Fiction Non Fiction | August 27, 2026

Catherine Lacey on an Antifascist Classic of Catalan Literature

By Catherine Lacey | August 26, 2026

7 Novels About Obsessive Athletes

By Drew Buxton | August 26, 2026

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s <em>Siddhartha</em>

S. Shakthidharan on Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha

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

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | August 26, 2026

Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | August 25, 2026

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

Agnes Callard on Socrates’s Turf

In Conversation with Merve Emre on The Critic and Her Publics

By The Critic and Her Publics | August 25, 2026

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

How Talking About Death Helps Us Live a Fuller Life

E.K. Schrader on Ten Years Without Max Ritvo

By E. K. Schrader | August 21, 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 Anjet Daanje, Carlos the Jackal, Dorthe Nors, and More

By Book Marks | August 21, 2026

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

In Praise of “Wordy, Old Prose.” (Or, F*ck Your AI Reading Buddy)

Maris Kreizman on the Need For Literary Friction

By Maris Kreizman | August 20, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Something is off in J.D. Vance’s new memoir.”

By Book Marks | August 20, 2026

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