5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If Vivian Gornick wrote fiction, it might look something like this.”

By Book Marks | July 30, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniel Saldaña Paris is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Gustav Flaubert, Yiyun Li, Francesca Wade, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 30, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Michael Clune, the Everly Brothers, Linn Ullman, and More

By Book Marks | July 25, 2025

Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Temptress, Shapeshifter, Bird, Fish: Seven Books That Explore the Myths of Sirens

Kalie Cassidy Recommends Cassandra Khaw, Rose Sutherland, Emilia Hart, and More

By Kalie Cassidy | July 25, 2025

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

By Brittany Allen | July 24, 2025

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Dan Fesperman Recommends Evelyn Waugh, Margaret Atwood, Gary Shteyngart, and More

By Dan Fesperman | July 22, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | July 18, 2025

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

By Ben Brooks | July 17, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | July 17, 2025

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

By Brittany Allen | July 16, 2025

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

Hattie Williams on Novels by Kirsten Reed, Coco Mellors, Jenny Erpenbeck, and More

By Hattie Williams | July 14, 2025

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

On the Occasion of Nairobi Litfest Wanjeri Gakuru Recommends Joan Thatiah, Michelle Angwenyi, Billy Kahora, and More

By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Gary Shteyngart, King Tut, Helen Schulman, and More

By Book Marks | July 11, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A book about the destruction of bohemia and the nightmare of trying to live—let alone make art—with very little money.”

By Book Marks | July 10, 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

In Case You Need More Books to Read...

By Drew Broussard | July 8, 2025

Dante! Secret societies! <em>America’s Next Top Model</em>! 20 new books out today.

Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 8, 2025

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