The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

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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

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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

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Boys Do Cry: How The Cure Helped Mainstream Male Emotion

Boys Do Cry: How The Cure Helped Mainstream Male Emotion

Simon Price on the Making and Legacy of One of the Band’s Most Beloved Songs

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Joe Sacco's acclaimed graphic novel about Gaza is being rushed back into print.

Joe Sacco's acclaimed graphic novel about Gaza is being rushed back into print.

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Dozens of indie booksellers have signed an open letter in support of Palestine.

Dozens of indie booksellers have signed an open letter in support of Palestine.

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Canterbury Tales Down the Centuries: How Each Era Has Reinvented Chaucer

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Memories Lost and Found: On the Photography of Binh Danh

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Embracing Uncertainty: In Defense of Question-Seeking Criticism

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Why We Need New Stories About the Ocean

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On the Difficulty of Giving Books as Gifts

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Hannah Gold on Letting Go of Philip Roth

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Rumaan Alam on the Surreality of Seeing Leave the World Behind Come to Life on Screen

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Plain-Spoken Performance Art: A Conversation with Laurie Anderson

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Why Novelists Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

Why Novelists Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence

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When the Culture Wars Came for <em>Monty Python’s Life of Brian</em>

When the Culture Wars Came for Monty Python’s Life of Brian

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