• Reading Lists

    Best of the Year

    Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 13, 2021
    The Hub

    Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.

    By Katie Yee  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 10, 2021
    Cities

    Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

    By Marco Magini, Paolo Nelli, Giorgia Tolfo, and Maddalena Vatti  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are five contemporary epistolary novels you should read.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  December 7, 2021
    What to Read

    19 new books to find at your local bookstore.

    By Katie Yee  December 7, 2021
    Storytelling

    Thwarted Passions, Private Lives: On Out-of-Control Characters in Literary Fiction

    By Lisa Harding  December 7, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    Fuccbois, Despots, and Nuns: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  December 2, 2021
    Politics

    New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

    By Literary Hub  December 2, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  December 1, 2021
    Children's Literature

    The Best Children’s Books in Our Long Year of Pandemic Reading

    By Sara B. Franklin  December 1, 2021
    Gifts

    44 Writers on Their Favorite Books to Give as Presents

    By Book Marks  November 30, 2021
    new books tuesday

    12 new books hitting shelves this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 30, 2021
    The Hub

    Treat yourself: 5 fictional shopping sprees to fuel your Black Friday.

    By Katie Yee  November 24, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Mina Seçkin on Ferrante, Nabokov, and The Phantom Tollbooth

    By Book Marks  November 24, 2021
    Reading Lists

    “Territories of the Uncanny.” A Reading List of the Irreal

    By Helen Chau Bradley  November 24, 2021
    The Hub

    11 new books to be grateful for this week.

    By Katie Yee  November 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are the books Bill Gates thinks you should be reading this holiday season.

    By Emily Temple  November 22, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Two By Two: A Reading List of Books That Belong Together

    By Ian Williams  November 22, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Tom Zoellner on Gatsby, Judy Blume, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

    By Book Marks  November 22, 2021
    The Hub

    Here are 10 Sharon Olds poems you can send to your ex.

    By Snigdha Koirala  November 19, 2021
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    Not Everybody Loves Sebald: 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  November 18, 2021
    Book Marks Questionnaire

    Dave Eggers on Lorrie Moore, Frankenstein’s Monster, and Corduroy the Bear

    By Book Marks  November 17, 2021
    new books tuesday

    17 new books to keep your cozy reading season going strong.

    By Katie Yee  November 16, 2021
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