The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

The Award-Winning Novels of 2023

The Books That Took Home This Year’s Biggest Literary Prizes

By Book Marks | December 14, 2023

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

The Memories of Streets: A Reading List of NYC Books That Capture the City’s Many Sides

Jonathan Wells Recommends Sam Lipsyte, E.L. Doctorow, Vivian Gornick, and More

By Jonathan Wells | December 14, 2023

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Growing Up in Taylor Swift’s America

Kelly Marie Coyne on Women Writers, Role Models, and Miss Americana

By Kelly Marie Coyne | December 14, 2023

David Keen on Why Failed Policies Keep Going

David Keen on Why Failed Policies Keep Going

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 14, 2023

Masha Gessen's Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza.

Masha Gessen's Hannah Arendt Prize has been canceled because of their essay on Gaza.

By Dan Sheehan | December 13, 2023

Watch Brian Cox read

Watch Brian Cox read "If I Must Die" by murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer.

By Dan Sheehan | December 13, 2023

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Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff | December 13, 2023

Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent

By Nell Greenfieldboyce | December 13, 2023

What’s Old is New Again (and Again): On the Cyclical Nature of Nostalgia

By Tobias Becker | December 13, 2023

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

The Power of Passivity: On Choosing to Do Nothing

Maura Lammers Considers the Role of Inaction in Fiction and in Real Life

By Maura Lammers | December 13, 2023

Judith Tick on How Ella Fitzgerald Transformed America

Judith Tick on How Ella Fitzgerald Transformed America

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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This weird NYC couple doesn’t want you to read Palestinian children’s books.

This weird NYC couple doesn’t want you to read Palestinian children’s books.

By Jonny Diamond | December 12, 2023

One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s <em>Doppelgänger</em>

One Naomi, Two Naomis, Three: The Too-Real Experience of Reading Naomi Klein’s Doppelgänger

Naomi J. Williams on Being Mistaken for Other Naomis in Art and Life

By Naomi J. Williams | December 12, 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

We Asked 47 Designers for Their Favorites

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2023

Hidden No More: Why Women’s Contributions to the Italian Renaissance Matter

Hidden No More: Why Women’s Contributions to the Italian Renaissance Matter

Meredith K. Ray on the Importance of Broadening Our View of the Past

By Meredith K. Ray | December 12, 2023

Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Everyone Needs to Read Nathan Thrall’s <em>A Day in the Life of Abed Salama</em>

Gideon Lewis-Kraus: Everyone Needs to Read Nathan Thrall’s A Day in the Life of Abed Salama

The Must Read Book of the Current Moment

By Gideon Lewis-Kraus | December 12, 2023

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