5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore

Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More

By Helen Nde | March 12, 2025

Karen Russell! Torrey Peters! Joan Didion! 25 new books out today.

Karen Russell! Torrey Peters! Joan Didion! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 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 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Laila Lalami, Chloe Dalton, and More

By Book Marks | March 7, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“This is one for the introverts—the wary and the peevish, the uncertain of their looks, taste, talent and class status.”

By Book Marks | March 6, 2025

Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

Seven Novels That Explore Friendship In All Its Messy, Complex Beauty

Jeremy Gordon Recommends Yukio Mishima, Elena Ferrante, Daniel Clowes, and More

By Jeremy Gordon | March 6, 2025

Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

Invasions, Empires, Political Bromances: Five Nonfiction Books That Explain Modern Russia

Charles Hecker Recommends Joshua Yaffa, Svetlana Alexievich, David Remnick, and More

By Charles Hecker | March 4, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Laila Lalami! Alanis Morissette! 24 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 4, 2025

Dust Storms, Dream Hotels, and Road Trips: March’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | March 3, 2025

Wordless Tales, Visual Magic, Genre-Bending: Ten New Children’s Books Out in March

By Caroline Carlson | March 3, 2025

Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March

Angels, Apocalypse, Bees: Seven New Poetry Collections to Check Out in March

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Rafael Alberti, Marianne Boruch, Hedgie Choi, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | March 3, 2025

What books are the characters from this year’s best picture nominees reading?

What books are the characters from this year’s best picture nominees reading?

By James Folta | February 28, 2025

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

February’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Geraldine Brooks, Hanif Kureishi, Lorne Michaels, and More

By Book Marks | February 28, 2025

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

February’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Ali Smith, Anne Tyler, Curtis Sittenfeld, and More

By Book Marks | February 28, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of March

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of March

AudioFile Presents the Month to Come in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | February 28, 2025

Helen Oyeyemi! Ryan Chapman! Marie-Helene Bertino! 26 books out in paperback this March.

Helen Oyeyemi! Ryan Chapman! Marie-Helene Bertino! 26 books out in paperback this March.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 28, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“For me it was cathartic, almost spiritual, to have these ugly truths articulated.”

By Book Marks | February 27, 2025

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