The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2020

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2020

Featuring Isabel Wilkerson, Zadie Smith, Barack Obama, Helen Macdonald, and more

By Book Marks | December 16, 2020

Moon Unit Zappa, writer and daughter of Frank Zappa, is publishing a memoir.

Moon Unit Zappa, writer and daughter of Frank Zappa, is publishing a memoir.

By Walker Caplan | December 15, 2020

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 15, 2020

Who wore it better? US book covers vs. their UK counterparts.

Who wore it better? US book covers vs. their UK counterparts.

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2020

We’re getting a Shirley Jackson tribute anthology in 2021.

We’re getting a Shirley Jackson tribute anthology in 2021.

By Walker Caplan | December 15, 2020

The best reviewed novel of 2020 is...

The best reviewed novel of 2020 is...

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

How to Give Octavia Butler the Covers She Deserves

By Elizabeth Connor | December 15, 2020

On the Glory Days of the Great
American Trade Paperback

By Gerald Howard | December 15, 2020

What We Need: Anuradha Roy on Animals and Touch in Lockdown

By Anuradha Roy | December 15, 2020

The Restless Ghost Stories <br>of M. R. James

The Restless Ghost Stories
of M. R. James

Adam Scovell on Visiting the Writer's Grave

By Adam Scovell | December 15, 2020

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

How Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Came to Compose His First Symphony

Jan Swafford on the Influence of Leopold Mozart on
His Precocious Son

By Jan Swafford | December 15, 2020

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

The Inertia of Whiteness in the World of Postwar Publishing

"Big Manhattan book publishers publish hundreds of authors each year, but in their eyes, only a very few really matter."

By Richard Jean So | December 15, 2020

Why Humility is Essential in <br>the Face of Nature

Why Humility is Essential in
the Face of Nature

Carl Safina Talks to Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 15, 2020

Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of <br>Creating by Hand

Helen Drutt English on the Essentialness of
Creating by Hand

In Conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | December 15, 2020

Botany and Revolution: How 18th-Century Naturalists Discouraged Ideas of Liberty

Botany and Revolution: How 18th-Century Naturalists Discouraged Ideas of Liberty

From the Time to Eat the Dogs Podcast with Michael Robinson

By Time to Eat the Dogs | December 15, 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction <br>of 2020

The Best Reviewed Fiction
of 2020

Featuring Jenny Offill, Garth Greenwell, Hillary Mantel, Elena Ferrante, and more

By Book Marks | December 15, 2020

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