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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Her book has promised universal absolution and universal absolution it must deliver."

By Book Marks | September 21, 2023

Mystery, Mayhem, and Trauma: A Reading List for India's 1947 Partition

Mystery, Mayhem, and Trauma: A Reading List for India's 1947 Partition

Shilpi Suneja Recommends Yasmin Khan, Vazira Zamindar, Bapsi Sidhwa, and More

By Shilpi Suneja | September 20, 2023

Art Books Extraordinaire: 10 of Phaidon's Most Innovative Titles of the Past Century

Art Books Extraordinaire: 10 of Phaidon's Most Innovative Titles of the Past Century

From the Publisher that Invented the "Art Book" As We Know It Today

By Deborah Aaronson | September 15, 2023

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | September 14, 2023

The Ultimate Fall 2023 Books Preview

By Emily Temple | September 14, 2023

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

By Book Marks | September 8, 2023

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

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

Featuring Ann Petry, Victor LaValle, Leslie Marmon Silko, and More

By Diana Arterian | September 7, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

Andrea Long Chu on Zadie Smith, Jonathan Dee on Ariel Dorfman, James Wood on George Eliot, and More

By Book Marks | September 7, 2023

25 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

25 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Enjoy with Your PSL

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

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