Books Archive
Archives for October 2019
In André Aciman’s new novel, Elio and Oliver reunite at last. Eventually.
“The boomers inherited a rich, dynamic country and have gradually bankrupted it.”
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related topics.
A new book outlines how meritocracy imprisons us all.
Propaganda has evolved, and it’s transforming politics.
The two-time Oscar nominee turned the scratch material from his award-winning animations into a tale of a weird apocalypse.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.
YA superstar Bardugo explores the occult side of Yale’s secret societies in her first adult novel.
It lets him pull off a very cool trick in his new book, Movies (And Other Things).
Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke have won the Nobel Prize for literature. Handke’s win is complicated.
Marlon James and Susan Choi are among the 25 finalists.
And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related subjects.
The Golden Compass’ Lyra is now 20, sadder, and maybe not wiser.
This book explains why conspiracism is on the rise in American politics.