4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

4Columns is closing up shop. Here are 10 unmissable pieces from their archives.

By Brittany Allen | July 24, 2025

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Literary Locales Found on No Map: Five Novels Set in Realistic But Imaginary Places

Dan Fesperman Recommends Evelyn Waugh, Margaret Atwood, Gary Shteyngart, and More

By Dan Fesperman | July 22, 2025

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 Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Amelia Earhart, Vivek Shanbhag and More

By Book Marks | July 18, 2025

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Give It All Away? On the Literature of Effective Altruism

Ben Brooks Recommends Dave Eggers, Neel Mukherjee, Ann Napolitano and More

By Ben Brooks | July 17, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"The novel treats its characters like hogs to the slaughter."

By Book Marks | July 17, 2025

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

The Defense Department wants to ban hundreds of books. Here are the weirdest titles.

By Brittany Allen | July 16, 2025

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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)
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  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

By Hattie Williams | July 14, 2025

War, Confession, Political Reimagining: Five Essential Books by Kenyan Authors

By Wanjeri Gakuru | July 11, 2025

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

By Book Marks | July 11, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A book about the destruction of bohemia and the nightmare of trying to live—let alone make art—with very little money.”

By Book Marks | July 10, 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

In Case You Need More Books to Read...

By Drew Broussard | July 8, 2025

Dante! Secret societies! <em>America’s Next Top Model</em>! 20 new books out today.

Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 8, 2025

Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

Dan Leach Recommends Michael Bible, Maggie Nelson, Haruki Murakami, and More

By Dan Leach | July 3, 2025

What Are the Revolutionaries Reading? Activists Recommend Essential Texts

What Are the Revolutionaries Reading? Activists Recommend Essential Texts

Suzanne Cope Talks to Darlene Okpo, Jacob A.C. Remes, Julie Schweitert Colazzo and Steff Reed

By Suzanne Cope | July 3, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s a total, self-encapsulating project—about a total, self-encapsulating doom.”

By Book Marks | July 3, 2025

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 Kathy Wang, the CIA, Nell Stevens, and More

By Book Marks | July 3, 2025

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