Every week, Vox’s Constance Grady rounds up a curated selection of the internet’s best news and writing on books. This can include anything from news about major accolades like the National Book Awards and Mann Booker Prize to news about book sales, highly anticipated releases, and publishing industry news, conversations, and controversies. Our weekly roundups are the best way for book lovers to keep up with everything related to the world of books, literature, and publishing.
The need to read black literature that’s not just about black struggle
Koranic bookstore in Alexandria, Egypt, on November 22, 2019. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here is the best online writing on books and related subjects for the week of June 14, 2020.
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Read Article >Trans Harry Potter fans respond to J.K. Rowling’s transphobic essay
Copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, on display at a bookstore in New York on August 3, 2016. Volkan Furuncu/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
We skipped a link roundup last week, because instead we wanted to elevate voices on racism and police brutality in America. (You can check out the reading list we put together here.) But we’re back this week, and whoa boy, have things been happening! Book publishing is reckoning with its institutional racism, J.K. Rowling is trying to justify her transphobia, the Emergency Library is getting shut down — and also, people are writing some really fun and interesting things about books. So, without further ado, here is the best online writing on books and related subjects for the week of June 7, 2020.
Read Article >The vulnerability of the quarantine Zoom book club
Brattle Book Shop owner Ken Gloss photographs a book display on his iPhone. May 5, 2020, Boston. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
This has been a very difficult week. I am very sorry that we are living in a country where we have to deal with the police killing black people while we are also all trying to deal with a pandemic. It is all quite A Lot.
Read Article >Stanley Tucci’s bookshelf is too messy, says celebrity book curator Thatcher Wine
Actor Stanley Tucci walks on Main Street on January 25, 2020, in Park City, Utah. Ray Tamarra/GC ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
This Monday is Memorial Day, which might mean a day off for you. It does for me, and I am contemplating how best to spend it during this odd and cloistered time. A long walk through my neighborhood, maybe, with plenty of stops to look at the lush flowers of early summer. Perhaps I’ll try to cook something elaborate and summery, with asparagus and beautiful new lettuce and parmesan cheese.
Read Article >French author and serial killer expert revealed to be a serial liar
Stéphane Bourgoin in 2008. Bourgoin was a popular criminologist in France, but he recently admitted his career is based on a series of lies. Frederic Souloy/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
This Friday was the first truly summery day of the year where I am: There are peonies blossoming and birds singing between the sounds of sirens, and it’s warm enough to start thinking about what the best quarantine shorts would be. By Monday, though, it’s supposed to be cool and rainy again, which is truly ideal reading weather. (It’s also great weather for our May Book Club pick, The Secret History. Come hang out with us and subscribe to the newsletter to make sure you don’t miss anything!)
Read Article >Why we’re reading bucket list books in quarantine
Copies of the famous literary masterpiece Ulysses by James Joyce. Barry Cronin/AFP via Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
Here we are in miraculous May, which made a rather gray and chilly debut where I am. For my money, that makes it a perfect time to read about Greek literature and murder, so over at the Vox Book Club, we’ve started to make our way through The Secret History. Come hang! You can sign up to receive updates on the book club here.
Read Article >The politics of the books we display behind us during video calls
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Bafflingly, although it took a thousand years for March to go by, April has slipped past me between eyeblinks. Still, plenty of people spent April writing about and thinking about books, so let’s go over the best of it from the last week of the cruelest month. Here is the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects for the week of April 26, 2020.
Read Article >If you need quick comfort, try reading a cookbook like it’s a novel
Margaret Atwood looking through a cookbook in her home kitchen, year unknown. Evelyn Floret/LIFE Images Collection/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
We made it through another week! It’s time for a break. Here is the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects for the week of April 19, 2020.
Read Article >Shel Silverstein’s extremely cozy houseboat is for sale
Shel Silverstein’s Sausalito houseboat. Dianne Andrews, Engel & VoelkersWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
I hope you have been able to go for plenty of walks this week. I was doing full self-isolation for a while, and even with living room yoga, I started to ache all over from not moving: Being able to go outside is so important.
Read Article >Quarantine is giving us the opportunity to judge celebrity bookshelves
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Well, here we are. We made it through another week. Time has ceased to have meaning, but technically speaking, it is a Saturday. Time has passed, time moves forward, books remain here with us.
Read Article >Meet the woman who invented the Moomins
Moomin toys from the 1950s. Characters by Jansson Tove, toys designed by Atelier Fauni, photo taken by Helsingin kaupunginmuseo. Wikimedia Commons / Olimar under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licenseWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
Lots of people are struggling right now. But I think books are a helpful salve — if you can get your mind into a place to read. It feels good to focus on something finite, and something outside of what is happening in the world. It feels good to remember that this is not the only way the world ever was or ever will be.
Read Article >That time Hemingway was quarantined with his sick kid, his wife, and his mistress
Ernest Hemingway works at his typewriter while sitting outdoors, Idaho, 1939. Hemingway disapproved of this photograph, saying, ‘I don’t work like this.’ Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects.
If you must go outside right now, then you are doing vital work, and I hope these links will help you in your downtime. If you don’t have to go outside right now, then the absolute best and most heroic thing you can do is to stay inside as much as possible, and I hope these links will help make your time inside as pleasant as it can be.
Read Article >George R.R. Martin promises fans he is staying safe and working on Winds of Winter
George R. R. Martin poses with award for Outstanding Drama Series in the press room during the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. Dan MacMedan/WireImageWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of March 15, 2020.
Beloveds, I am so sorry coronavirus is happening to all of us. I hope that you and the people you care about are safe. I myself am finding that there are limits to how much I am able to read about what’s happening right now, and I imagine that some of you are probably in the same boat. So for this week, I’ll be organizing the link roundup a little differently. At the top is a selection of things to read about books that have nothing to do with coronavirus, and at the bottom is a selection of links that are all about it. Dig in however you see fit, and stay as safe as you possibly can.
Read Article >Pete Buttigieg’s favorite author would maybe hate Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg looks on during a town hall devoted to LGBTQ issues hosted by CNN and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation at the Novo in Los Angeles on October 10, 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of March 1, 2020.
Beloveds, it has been a week in publishing. Where to start, even?
Read Article >How to read a very long book
Books by Leo Tolstoy, including War and Peace, are among titles featured at City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, California, in 2018. Robert Alexander/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of February 23, 2020.
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Read Article >Weinstein’s lawyers tried to kick out a juror for reading a novel about a predatory man
Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan criminal court house as a jury continues with deliberations on February 21, 2020, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of February 16, 2020.
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Read Article >It looks like Amazon throttled sales of a zine after its author publicly criticized Amazon
A new Amazon warehouse in Bretigny-sur-Orge, October 22, 2019. Philippe Lopez/AFP /Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of February 9, 2020.
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Read Article >Barnes & Noble cancels its Diverse Editions series after accusations of “literary blackface”
Barnes & Noble’s Diverse Editions projects featured classic books with characters depicted as people of color on the cover. TBWA Chiat DayWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of February 2, 2020.
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Read Article >Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to procrastinate on the academic work he was supposed to be doing
JRR Tolkein reading in his study at Oxford, December 2, 1955. Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of January 26, 2020.
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Read Article >Books you can read about the US-Mexico border instead of American Dirt
Photo of the US-Mexico border wall in Puerto Anapra, in the Chihuahua state of Mexico. Yuri Cortez/AFP/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of January 19, 2020.
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Read Article >The children’s librarian who hated Goodnight Moon
The moon rising behind the Empire State Building, January 12, 2020. Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of January 12, 2020.
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Read Article >Do “untranslatable words” really exist?
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Read Article >Thousands of titles from 1924 just entered the public domain, including Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, the composer of Rhapsody in Blue, works on a score at the piano in his 72nd Street apartment, New York, New York, 1934. PhotoQuest/Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of December 29, 2019.
As always, you can keep up with Vox’s book coverage by visiting vox.com/books. Happy reading!
Read Article >Diversity in children’s books has increased exponentially over the past 10 years
Raakhee Mirchandani reads a book at a New York City public schools event on October 13, 2019. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for United Way of New York CityWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of December 22, 2019, and our last book link roundup of the decade.
And here’s the week in books at Vox:
Read Article >The tricky etiquette of giving a book as a gift
A bookseller packs books as Christmas presents in a branch of the German bookseller Hugendubel in Lower Saxony, Hannover, on December 12, 2018. Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWelcome to Vox’s weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of December 15, 2019.
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