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Metaliterary Worlds: On Fictional Books Within Books

Metaliterary Worlds: On Fictional Books Within Books

Elizabeth Knox Recommends George Elliot, Mikhail Bulgakov, and More

By Elizabeth Knox | March 11, 2021

22 (!) new titles to add to your TBR pile.

22 (!) new titles to add to your TBR pile.

By Katie Yee | March 9, 2021

And Death Shall Have Dominion: Tales of Doctors, Their Patients, and What Comes For Us All

And Death Shall Have Dominion: Tales of Doctors, Their Patients, and What Comes For Us All

Theodore Dalrymple Recommends Mikhail Bulgakov,
W.W. Jacobs, and More

By Theodore Dalrymple | March 9, 2021

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Unrequited Love and Unmet Obsession: A Reading List 

Megan Nolan Recommends Jeffrey Eugenides, John Irving, 
Oyinkan Braithwaite, and More

By Megan Nolan | March 8, 2021

You Need to Read These Writers to Understand Native American Comedy

You Need to Read These Writers to Understand Native American Comedy

Kliph Nesteroff Recommends Ben Yagoda, Arthur Manuel, and More

By Kliph Nesteroff | March 5, 2021

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Who Are Some of the Best Kid Narrators in Literature?

Chris Whitaker Recommends Harper Lee, Angie Thomas, and More

By Chris Whitaker | March 4, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

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  • Once There Was a Town: The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World
  • The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Beasts, Bears, Seeds, and Spring: Your Climate Readings
for March

By Amy Brady | March 4, 2021

On Obsessive Female Relationships in Literature: A Reading List

By Forsyth Harmon | March 3, 2021

Youth Rediscovered: 8 Great Books About Black Boyhood

By Hari Ziyad | March 3, 2021

17 new books to look forward to.

17 new books to look forward to.

By Katie Yee | March 2, 2021

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

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

Is That Light at the End of the Tunnel?

By Emily Temple | March 1, 2021

The Best Nightmarish Fiction: <br>A Reading List

The Best Nightmarish Fiction:
A Reading List

Angela Buck Recommends Lydia Davis, Shirley Jackson, and More

By Angela Buck | February 26, 2021

Taking Fashion Seriously: <br>A Critical Reading List

Taking Fashion Seriously:
A Critical Reading List

Francesca Granata Recommends Judith Thurman,
Monica Miller, and More

By Francesca Granata | February 26, 2021

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

How Many of the 100 Most Famous Passages in Literature Can You Identify?

Winner Gets a Prize*

By Emily Temple | February 24, 2021

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

Matthew Gavin Frank Recommends Claudia Rankine,
Ross Gay, and More

By Matthew Gavin Frank | February 23, 2021

14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

14 new books to add to your TBR pile today.

By Katie Yee | February 23, 2021

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