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9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

From Comics Anthologies to Genre-Bending Novels and More

By Cassidy Foust | October 31, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Memory, History, and Anxiety

5 Books Making News This Week: Memory, History, and Anxiety

Amy Tan, Richard Aldous, John Green, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | October 26, 2017

5 Books Ray Bradbury Thought You Should Read

5 Books Ray Bradbury Thought You Should Read

Celebrating the Anniversary of Fahrenheit 451 with the Books That Bradbury Loved

By Arvind Dilawar | October 19, 2017

Scary Literary Fiction for People Who Hate Horror

Scary Literary Fiction for People Who Hate Horror

But still want some chills and thrills in this, our spookiest season

By Emily Temple | October 17, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Magic, Memoirs, and Conspiracies

5 Books Making News This Week: Magic, Memoirs, and Conspiracies

Alice Hoffman, Jeannie Vanasco, The Obama Inheritance, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | October 17, 2017

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

14 Classic Works of Literature Hated By Famous Authors

"I got a little bored after a time. I mean, the road seemed to be awfully long."

By Emily Temple | October 16, 2017

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The Best Contemporary Iraqi Writing About War

By Helen Benedict | October 12, 2017

My Favorite Books to Sell Over 20 Years of Owning a Bookstore

By Jeanette Watson | October 10, 2017

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By Literary Hub | October 3, 2017

Read 10 of the Best Stories Ever Published in <em>Playboy</em>

Read 10 of the Best Stories Ever Published in Playboy

From J.G. Ballard to Gabriel García Márquez to Bharati Mukherjee

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2017

5 Books Making News this Week: Religion, Refugees, and Odysseys

5 Books Making News this Week: Religion, Refugees, and Odysseys

Alice McDermott, Jenny Erpenbeck, Daniel Mendelsohn, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | September 26, 2017

10 Magical Feminist Books to Inspire Creative Resistance

10 Magical Feminist Books to Inspire Creative Resistance

A Literature of Defamiliarization, Supernaturalization, and Border Transgressions

By Ariel Gore | September 25, 2017

The Reading Lists Hidden Inside 12 Great Books

The Reading Lists Hidden Inside 12 Great Books

Or: Some Books That Mention a Lot of Other Books

By Emily Temple | September 20, 2017

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

American Xenophobia: Each Generation Must Write the Wrongs of History

Veronica Esposito on the Legacy and Lessons of Japanese Internment

By Veronica Esposito | September 18, 2017

5 Great August Books You May Have Missed

5 Great August Books You May Have Missed

From WWII Drama to Ozark Creepiness

By Bethanne Patrick | September 8, 2017

5 Essential Linked Story Collections That Are Better Than Novels

5 Essential Linked Story Collections That Are Better Than Novels

From Sherman Alexie to Alice Munro, and More

By Baird Harper | September 8, 2017

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