The 11 Best Book Covers of October

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

Plus a Couple Extra

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

Celia Mattison on How the Lamb Became The Newest Literary It Girl

By Celia Mattison | October 30, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

Death by Lightning, Train Dreams, and Come See Me in the Good Light

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

The U.S. has revoked the visa of Nobel winner Wole Soyinka.

The U.S. has revoked the visa of Nobel winner Wole Soyinka.

By James Folta | October 29, 2025

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

Rediscovering the Lost Arts of the English Woodlands

James Fox on the Thankless Job of the Chiltern Hills Woodsmen

By James Fox | October 29, 2025

Why I Give My Books Away For Free

Why I Give My Books Away For Free

Shane Hinton Won’t Let Money Stand in the Way of a Potential Reader

By Shane Hinton | October 29, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Silver Book
  • The Land in Winter
  • Evensong
  • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime
  • The History of Money: A Story of Humanity
  • The American Revolution: An Intimate History

What Henry VIII’s Despotic Rule Can Teach Us About Today’s Tyrants

By Philippa Gregory | October 29, 2025

Guillermo del Toro’s New Frankenstein Adaptation is Life-Giving

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2025

Daily Affirmations for the Dog In Your Life

By Andrea Cáceres | October 29, 2025

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

Life and Death in the Impoverished Neighborhood of Alabama Village

“A commemoration to the dead, a warning to the living.”

By J. Malcolm Garcia | October 29, 2025

On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

On the Indian Revolutionaries Who Plotted to Overthrow the British Raj From America

Scott Miller Explores the Diverse Communities of Students and Laborers Who Sought Independence From Colonial Rule

By Scott Miller | October 29, 2025

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

Crafting a Documentary Poetics of Resistance in the Shadow of State Violence

“In situations in which the story of people is being smothered by institutions of power, adversarial documents can provide an opening.”

By Teresa Dzieglewicz | October 29, 2025

Attention, Lorax fans: we're getting a new Dr. Seuss book.

Attention, Lorax fans: we're getting a new Dr. Seuss book.

By Brittany Allen | October 28, 2025

Good news! A new fund will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits.

Good news! A new fund will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits.

By Brittany Allen | October 28, 2025

Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed

Bob Dylan’s Superpower is That He Doesn’t Get Embarrassed

Ron Rosenbaum on the Icon and the Enigma

By Ron Rosenbaum | October 28, 2025

America’s Founding Fathers Had No Faith in Democracy

America’s Founding Fathers Had No Faith in Democracy

Joseph J. Ellis on the Inherent Contradictions Behind the American Revolutionary Dream

By Joseph J. Ellis | October 28, 2025

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