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The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

Or: Clarity in Consensus

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2017

East Bay Booksellers: 10 Small Press Books You Should Read

East Bay Booksellers: 10 Small Press Books You Should Read

From Leonora Carrington to Tongo Eisen-Martin

By Literary Hub | December 15, 2017

8 Russian Poets Who Taught Me How to Write a Novel About Russia

8 Russian Poets Who Taught Me How to Write a Novel About Russia

Russians Don’t Recite Their Poetry, They Sing It

By Janet Fitch | December 8, 2017

8 Books That Move Disability From the Margins to the Center

8 Books That Move Disability From the Margins to the Center

Katherine Dunn, Anne Finger, and Beyond

By Kenny Fries | December 7, 2017

9 Books You Should Read This December

9 Books You Should Read This December

Anne Carson, Jenny Diski, Daniel Ellsberg, and More

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2017

10 Small Press Books You Don't Want to Miss

10 Small Press Books You Don't Want to Miss

Indies Recommend: Unnameable Books

By Literary Hub | December 5, 2017

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11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

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10 Larry Davids of Literature

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2017

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Famous Works of Literature Were Challenged in Court

By Emily Temple | November 22, 2017

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

Our Future Bodies, Our Future Selves

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Dystopias, Daughters, and Debunking

5 Books Making News This Week: Dystopias, Daughters, and Debunking

Louise Erdrich, Sarah Perry, Kevin Young, and More

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10 Essential Books That Capture Los Angeles in All Its Sublime, Beautiful Darkness

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Liska Jacobs Reads Her Way to the Heart of an Iconic American City

By Liska Jacobs | November 8, 2017

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

The Center for Fiction’s 2017 First Novel Prize Authors Weigh In

By Literary Hub | November 7, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Misfits, Survivors, and Revolutionaries

5 Books Making News This Week: Misfits, Survivors, and Revolutionaries

Lidia Yuknavitch, Richard Lloyd Parry, and Janet Fitch

By Jane Ciabattari | November 7, 2017

The Weirdness of Promoting a Book in the First Year of Trump

The Weirdness of Promoting a Book in the First Year of Trump

11 Writers on What if Felt like to Shill for Literature in 2017

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