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Belle Burden’s Strangers is a memoir about a marriage ending and what society expects of the woman left behind
Burden examines society’s expectations to remain discreet and composed in the face of betrayal, while questioning why men can walk…
Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis is a reality check on modern convenience
The book takes a back-to-basics approach, moving away from the abundant comfort of modern life and toward the physical hardships…
The readers exist, the authors exist — so why is there almost nowhere to publish English fiction in Egypt?
Egypt dominates Arabic literature. Its English-language authors are on their own
Jack Edwards and Ocean Vuong make the case for why writing — and reading — matter most in the age of AI
👂 If you spend any time in the corners of the internet where people talk about books, you already know…
Maggie O’Farrell maps grief, history, and survival in her most ambitious novel yet
📚 Irish-British novelist Maggie O’Farrell is as prolific as she is masterful. From Hamnet — which found new audiences worldwide…
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad: A post-modern counter-narrative to The Odyssey
📚 It took Odysseus 20 years to return home after leaving for Troy — 20 years Penelope waited. This is her…
Your 2026 guide to summer seaside reading
📚⛱️ Summer reading just hits different. The light is better, the pace is slower, the view is breathtaking, and the…
Fame, big dreams, and dark comedy in Sydney Rende’s I Could Be Famous
Rende delivers a biting, darkly comic, and satisfyingly exaggerated portrait of the spectacle of trying to make it big
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