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Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families

Orphans, Institutions, and Adventures Out West: Five Books Featuring Unconventional Families

Tom Lamont Reflects on Novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Elizabeth Bowen, Hilary Mantel, and More

By Tom Lamont | February 3, 2025

Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

Small Joys for Winter: 10 Great New Children’s Books to Read in February

Caroline Carlson Recommends the Latest Reads for Your Kids’ TBR Pile

By Caroline Carlson | February 3, 2025

Listen to the Firespitters: Seven Poetry Books to Read This February

Listen to the Firespitters: Seven Poetry Books to Read This February

Christopher Spaide Recommends Ali Cobby Eckermann, Steven Duong, Oluwaseun Olayiwola and More

By Christopher Spaide | February 3, 2025

January’s Best Reviewed Fiction

January’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Han Kang, Adam Haslett, Adam Ross, and More

By Book Marks | January 31, 2025

January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

January’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Edmund White’s Sex Memoir, the Rise of Spotify, and the End of the World

By Book Marks | January 31, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of February

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of February

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By Audiofile Magazine | January 31, 2025

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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | January 30, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | January 30, 2025

25 books out in paperback this February!

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 30, 2025

Neko Case! Imani Perry! Rachel Carson’s Queer Life! 27 new books out today.

Neko Case! Imani Perry! Rachel Carson’s Queer Life! 27 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 28, 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 Han Kang, American Orphanhood, Mavis Gallant, and More

By Book Marks | January 24, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“In place of clear conclusions are persistent themes, like recurring notes in a song.”

By Book Marks | January 23, 2025

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid

Kim Kelly Offers Advice and Reading Suggestions for How We Might Survive the Depredations to Come

By Kim Kelly | January 21, 2025

Joni Mitchell! Han Kang! Belle & Sebastian! 22 new books out today.

Joni Mitchell! Han Kang! Belle & Sebastian! 22 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 21, 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 Aria Aber, Y2K, Pico Iyer, and More

By Book Marks | January 17, 2025

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Recommends Sarah Moss, Jamaica Kincaid, Carson McCullers and Others

By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum | January 17, 2025

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