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Blurred Lines: A Reading List of Metafiction

Blurred Lines: A Reading List of Metafiction

Arianna Reiche Recommends Vladimir Nabokov, Bret Easton Ellis, and More

By Arianna Reiche | July 6, 2023

Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Five Short Story Collections To Have You Reading Like a Writer

Aaliyah Bilal Recommends Edward P. Jones, Jamaica Kincaid, and More

By Aaliyah Bilal | July 6, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mai Nguyen Is Reading Now and Next

A Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | July 6, 2023

Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July

Bathhouse Sex, DIY Sestinas, Steamy Surrealism, and Sonnets: New Poetry Coming in July

“Let’s be clear: this is no light ‘beach read’ stack.”

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 6, 2023

Grifter Princesses, Sci-Fi Romance, and Unchosen Ones: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Grifter Princesses, Sci-Fi Romance, and Unchosen Ones: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Summer SFF adventures and romances from Vajra Chandrasekera, Nina Croft, Tracy Wolff, and many more

By Natalie Zutter | July 5, 2023

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring new titles by Michael Finkel, Jennifer Ackerman, Sarah Viren, and More

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

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

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | June 30, 2023

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

By Literary Hub | June 30, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Outrageous, turbulent and as raw as a wound, but good, the kind of book you read in a single shudder.”

By Book Marks | June 29, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Emerson Whitney is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Emerson Whitney is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Samuel R. Delany, Anne Boyer, and Morgan Tatly

By Diana Arterian | June 29, 2023

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

Diana Goetsch on How Elena Ferrante and Milan Kundera Helped Her Write a Memoir

The Author of This Body I Wore on Trans Identity and Making Nonfiction Read Like Fiction

By Diana Goetsch | June 26, 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 Lorrie Moore, K Patrick, Alexander Stille, and More

By Book Marks | June 23, 2023

What We’re Reading at <em>Just the Right Book</em> This Week

What We’re Reading at Just the Right Book This Week

Roxanne Coady and Bill Goldstein Weigh in With Recommendations

By Jonny Diamond | June 23, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"This is a strange and beautiful book, and when you try to catch it in your hands, it dissolves."

By Book Marks | June 22, 2023

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Umberto Eco’s Favorite Books Give New Meaning to the Phrase “Deep Cut”

Stefano Eco Shares Some of His Father’s Beloved Texts to Celebrate the Premiere of Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

By Literary Hub | June 22, 2023

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