Reading Lists

Our Own Inner World: Seven New Poetry Books for October

David Woo Recommends New Work by Diane Mehta, Adrienne Chung, Simon West, and More

 
By David Woo  September 20, 2023
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Art Books Extraordinaire: 10 of Phaidon’s Most Innovative Titles of the Past Century

By Deborah Aaronson  September 15, 2023
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Making Formulas Fresh Again: A Reading List of Fantasy Tropes Reimagined

By Hannah Kaner  September 15, 2023
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Six Great Novels about Old Friends and Old Friends

By Bobby Finger  August 28, 2023
Comebacks

Back from Behind Like Patrick Mahomes: A Reading List of Comeback Stories

By Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd  August 24, 2023
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Escaping the Terrestrial Mess: Eight Books about Intelligent Sea Creatures

By James Sturz  August 18, 2023
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Perusing Pets: A Reading List of Books Where Animal Companions Steal the Show

By Holly James  August 3, 2023
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Ten LGBTQ+ Authors on the Books That Taught Them

By Samantha Paige Rosen  June 1, 2023
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Life in the Aftermath: Books That Explore What Happens After Things Go Wrong

By Tara Conklin  March 29, 2023
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20 new books to check out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot  March 21, 2023
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Finding Glimmers of Queerness Under the Sea: A Reading List

By Sabrina Imbler  December 14, 2022
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The Darkness Within: 8 Novels About the Devil

By Luke Dumas  December 7, 2022
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The Ultimate Fall 2022 Books Preview

By Emily Temple  September 21, 2022
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22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

By Emily Temple  September 7, 2022
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When Art Inspires Agency: On Fictional Characters Who Find Motivation in Beauty

By Jill Bialosky  September 6, 2022
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Making Change: 10 Books Where Small Changes Add Up to a Big Payoff

By Sue Mell  July 18, 2022
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The Language of Loneliness: Five Books That Reckon With Not Belonging

By Paddy Crewe  June 30, 2022
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Making History: Six Books That Embrace the 1970s

By Donna Gordon  June 23, 2022
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No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

By Anna Dorn  June 8, 2022
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Funny Books for an Unfunny World: A Reading List

By Dennard Dayle  May 23, 2022
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Bud Smith on the Quintessential “Road Trip” Novel

By Bud Smith  May 10, 2022
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The Real-Life Heroines of an Outrageous Era: A Gilded Age Reading List

By Maya Rodale  April 28, 2022
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Toward an Alternative Canon of Trauma Literature: A Reading List

By Chantal V. Johnson  April 6, 2022
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Defying Classification: An Introduction to Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

By Victor Fernando R. Ocampo  April 4, 2022
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The 1990s: A Surreal (and Sociopathic?) Era in America

By Candice Wuehle  April 4, 2022
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