These are the 10 new books you should be reading this week.

These are the 10 new books you should be reading this week.

By Emily Temple | October 15, 2019

Elizabeth Strout on Writers' Block, the Art of Edward Hopper, and More

Elizabeth Strout on Writers' Block, the Art of Edward Hopper, and More

The Award-Winning Writer on Her Big (and Small) Literary Secrets

By Literary Hub | October 15, 2019

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

How Do We Preserve the Vanishing Foods of the Earth?

Apples, Blue Honeysuckles, and the Soviet Seed Collector Who Protected the Earth's Biodiversity

By Lenore Newman | October 15, 2019

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

No One Really Knows Why Humans Can Walk

Bill Bryson on the History of Bipedalism

By Bill Bryson | October 15, 2019

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

A Brief History of the "Guest of Honor" at This Year's Frankfurt Bookfair

By John Freeman | October 15, 2019

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

The Impossibility of Capturing Truth in a Biography

Iris Origo on Why We Try Anyway

By Iris Origo | October 15, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • They
  • This Is Not About Us
  • Eradication: A Fable
  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
  • End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

A Household of Minor Things:
The Collections of Robert Duncan and Jess

By Tara McDowell | October 15, 2019

Johan Harstad's Summer of Porn and Philosophy

By Johan Harstad | October 15, 2019

Dave Eggers, Lili Reinhart, and Rihanna: the week in book deals.

By Emily Temple | October 11, 2019

Read Olga Tokarczuk's response to winning the Nobel Prize.

Read Olga Tokarczuk's response to winning the Nobel Prize.

By Emily Temple | October 11, 2019

EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: <em>Broken People</em> by Sam Lansky.

EXCLUSIVE COVER REVEAL: Broken People by Sam Lansky.

By Literary Hub | October 11, 2019

Anyone But the People: Rebecca Solnit on the Party of Trump's Attack on Democracy

Anyone But the People: Rebecca Solnit on the Party of Trump's Attack on Democracy

From Voter Suppression to Courting Foreign Interference

By Rebecca Solnit | October 11, 2019

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Who Has the Right to Write About Hurricane Katrina?

Maggie Neil on The Yellow House and the Many Names of Loss

By Maggie Neil | October 11, 2019

The Irish Clan That Was

The Irish Clan That Was "Virtually Deleted from History"

Tim Robinson on Searching for a Lost History in Connemara

By Tim Robinson | October 11, 2019

On the Front lines of Indigenous Activism

On the Front lines of Indigenous Activism

Jasilyn Charger Channels Anger Into the Fight for Survival

By Jasilyn Charger | October 11, 2019

In the Age of Political Thugs

In the Age of Political Thugs

Sonya Bilocerkowycz, from Ukraine to Putin to Trump and Back Again

By Sonya Bilocerkowycz | October 11, 2019

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