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Making Formulas Fresh Again: A Reading List of Fantasy Tropes Reimagined

Making Formulas Fresh Again: A Reading List of Fantasy Tropes Reimagined

Hannah Kaner Recommends Becky Chambers, Tasha Suri,  Saara El-Arifi, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and C. L. Clark

By Hannah Kaner | September 15, 2023

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 New Titles by Lauren Groff, Naomi Klein, James Ellroy, and More

By Book Marks | September 15, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Olga Ravn is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Olga Ravn is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Kate Zambreno, Mikhail Bulgakov, and More

By Diana Arterian | September 14, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"There’s a whiff of desperate masculinity floating through the book, as rank as a Pretoria boys’ locker room"

By Book Marks | September 14, 2023

The Ultimate Fall 2023 Books Preview

The Ultimate Fall 2023 Books Preview

106 Books The Critics Think You Should Read This Season

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2023

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 new titles by Zadie Smith, Stephen King, Maria Bamford, and More

By Book Marks | September 8, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Joyride: A Memoir
  • A Guardian and a Thief
  • Minor Black Figures
  • True Nature: The Pilgrimage of Peter Matthiessen
  • The Wayfinder
  • Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary

The Annotated Nightstand: What Myriam Gurba is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | September 7, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | September 7, 2023

25 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

By Emily Temple | September 6, 2023

Notions of

Notions of "Wilderness:" Nine Essential Books About the American Frontier

Peter Stark Recommends Debra Magpie Earling, William Kittredge, Willa Cather, and More

By Peter Stark | September 5, 2023

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

A Month of Poetic Acrobatics: 7 New Poetry Books to Read in September

Featuring Quan Barry, Ariana Benson, Saskia Hamilton, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | September 1, 2023

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

A Reading List of Realistic Portraits of Mothers and Daughters in Literature

Jill Talbot on the Transformative Experience of Reading Rebecca Stead, Cheryl Strayed, Durga Chew-Bose, and More

By Jill Talbot | September 1, 2023

Disappearing Books, AI Ghosts, and War Mammoths: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Disappearing Books, AI Ghosts, and War Mammoths: September’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Thrilling Translations and Vivid Reimaginings From Em X. Liu, C Pam Zhang, Emily Wilson, and More

By Natalie Zutter | September 1, 2023

August's Best Reviewed Fiction

August's Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles from Ann Patchett, James McBride, Paul Murray, and More

By Book Marks | September 1, 2023

August's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

August's Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring George Eliot, August Wilson, Harry Smith, and More

By Book Marks | September 1, 2023

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of August

AudioFile's Best Audiobooks of August

This Month's Selection of Literary Listening

By Literary Hub | August 31, 2023

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