Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Book Review

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

By Belle Burden

A wronged wife finally finds her voice.

Podcast
Authors on Audio: Matthew Pearl

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

Book Review

Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old

By Mary Beard

An erudite exploration of antiquity’s allure.

Book Review

Circle of Days: A Novel

By Ken Follett

Circle of Days: A Novel

Stonehenge, where a man’s a man, and the children… (Okay, we’ll stop.)

Book Review

Fierce Desires

By Rebecca L. Davis

Fierce Desires

A scholarly yet accessible survey of our collective naughty bits.

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Our Week in Reviews: 9/20/25

A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days.

Book Review

Beautiful Dreamers

By Minrose Gwin

Beautiful Dreamers

A con man wreaks havoc on an eccentric family in 1950s Mississippi.

Book Review

Lucky Day

By Chuck Tingle

Lucky Day

Statistics and climate catastrophe somehow add up to fun in this queer sci-fi/horror romp.

Poetry Review

On Poetry: September 2025

New collections to make life more lyrical.

Book Review

The Midnight Shift

By Cheon Seon-Ran; translated by Gene Png

The Midnight Shift

Who — or what — is killing patients at an Incheon hospital?

Podcast

Authors on Audio: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs

An occasional series in which writers speak for themselves.