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Horror for the Holidays! Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

Horror for the Holidays! Or, Scary Novels To Read While Being Nice to Your Family

“Corruption of love and kindness is the real horror...” (So Just Eat Your Aunt’s Pie, Ok?)

By Erika Johansen | November 30, 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 Michael Cunningham, Willa Cather, Claire Keegan, and More

By Book Marks | November 17, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“When Cunningham writes like himself, and not like an apostle, he is one of love’s greatest witnesses.”

By Book Marks | November 16, 2023

The Joy of Perusing Pictures: A Reading List of Wordless Picture Books

The Joy of Perusing Pictures: A Reading List of Wordless Picture Books

Eva Moskowitz Recommends Books by David Wiesner, Henry Cole, Alexandra Day, and More

By Eva Moskowitz | November 15, 2023

My Feral Shelf: On Building a Personal Library of Bad Behavior

My Feral Shelf: On Building a Personal Library of Bad Behavior

Jennifer Lucy Allan on Mischief, Bad Habits, and Lust for Life (in Books)

By Jennifer Lucy Allan | November 14, 2023

40 Books to Understand Palestine

40 Books to Understand Palestine

From Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun" to Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail"

By Literary Hub | November 14, 2023

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This Year's University Press Week Showcases Work That Sparks Conversation

By Jane Bunker | November 13, 2023

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

By Book Marks | November 10, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Douglas Melville is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian | November 9, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"A 970-page victory lap past all who ever doubted, diminished or dissed her."

By Book Marks | November 9, 2023

Counter History: Nine Retellings and Reinventions of Noah's Ark

Counter History: Nine Retellings and Reinventions of Noah's Ark

What is the Price of Being Saved During Ecological Catastrophe?

By Jeffrey J. Cohen and Julian Yates | November 8, 2023

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Pantheons of the Past in the Present: A Reading List of Modern African Books Based on Mythology

Wole Talabi Recommends Namina Forna, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and More

By Wole Talabi | November 3, 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 Carlo Rovelli, Tananarive Due, Alice McDermott, Caster Semenya, and More

By Book Marks | November 3, 2023

Putting the Asian Experience of World War II at Center Stage: A Reading List of Essential Books

Putting the Asian Experience of World War II at Center Stage: A Reading List of Essential Books

Cundill Prize Finalist on Kazuo Ishiguro, Rana Mitter, Richard Flanagan, and More

By Gary J. Bass | November 2, 2023

Murder Mysteries, Malfunctioning Robots, and Camelot Remixed: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Murder Mysteries, Malfunctioning Robots, and Camelot Remixed: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Thrilling and cozy new novels from Nnedi Okorafor, Naomi Alderman, Martha Wells, and More

By Natalie Zutter | November 2, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ahmad Almallah is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ahmad Almallah is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Sylvia Plath, Ben Lerner, Ghassan Kanafani, and More

By Diana Arterian | November 2, 2023

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