The Weekly Reader

Uncommon Women: "Big Nobody" by Alex Kadis and "The Beheading Game" by Rebecca Lehmann. 26.03.2026 3:54 ↓

Some people are born to live unusual, extraordinary lives.

Remember The Seventies: "Lake Effect" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney and "Judy Blume: A Life" by Mark Oppenheimer 18.03.2026 3:54 ↓

Dispatches from a tumultuous decade in American history.

Moving Memoirs: "The Flower Bearers" by Rachel Eliza Griffiths and "Fly, Wild Swans" by Jung Chang 16.03.2026 3:54 ↓

A pair of revealing memoirs from women whose lives have been shaped by politics, literature, and love.

Friend Groups: "So Old, So Young" by Grant Ginder and "Bad Asians" by Lillian Li 05.03.2026 3:53 ↓

Friendships are like works in progress; you need to work on them from time to time.

Celebrating Black Women: "Kin" by Tayari Jones, "Firstborn Girls" by Bernice McFadden, and "Finding Me" by Viola Davis 25.02.2026 3:50 ↓

Stories about Black women surviving, and thriving, in the latter half of the 20th century.

Road Trips: "The Rest of Our Lives" by Benjamin Markovits and "Solito" by Javier Zamora 19.02.2026 3:55 ↓

Some journeys take us to places beyond our imaginations.

Jane Gardam Trilogy: Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, and Last Friends 11.02.2026 3:54 ↓

A classic trilogy from a beloved British author.

Invisible Threads: are The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans, Palaver, by Bryan Washington and Deeper than the Ocean, by Mirta Ojita 05.02.2026 3:54 ↓

What are the invisible threads that weave us all together?

Great New Memoirs from Iconic Entertainers 21.01.2026 3:54 ↓

New memoirs from giants of the world of entertainment: Anthony Hopkins, Tim Curry, and Peter Wolf.

New Thrillers: "Best Offer Wins" by Marisa Kashino and "The Gallagher Place" by Julie Doar 13.01.2026 3:54 ↓

More twists and turns than a carnival helter skelter!

Memorable Memoirs of 2025 07.01.2026 3:54 ↓

The cream of the crop from a very good year for new memoirs.

Memorable Memoirs of 2025 07.01.2026 3:54 ↓

The cream of the crop from a very good year for new memoirs.

Top Ten Fiction Titles of the Year 2025 30.12.2025 3:54 ↓

Our book critic Marion Winik rounds up the very best fiction of the year.

Non-fiction Gift Books 2025 15.12.2025 3:54 ↓

Some of the very best non-fiction for holiday gift giving or as a little treat for yourself.

European Voices: "The Lack of Light" by Nino Haratischwili and "Serge" by Yasmina Reza 02.12.2025 3:54 ↓

Big stories about big European families.

Happy 250th, Jane Austen! 25.11.2025 3:54 ↓

A new way to enjoy your favorite Jane Austen classics.

Writers' Memoirs: "Joyride" by Susan Orlean and "Book of Lives" by Margaret Atwood 19.11.2025 3:54 ↓

Sometimes, you just want more. This week, The Weekly Reader has you covered.

Just For Fun: "Henry and Grace's Holiday Movie Marathon" by Matt Norman and "The Literati" by Susan Coll 17.11.2025 3:52 ↓

Like most things in life, some books are just more fun than others.

Lives and Loves: Heart the Lover, by Lily King, and Dream Count, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 05.11.2025 3:54 ↓

What's more fun, or more complicated, than falling in love?

Sappho In Space: "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid 30.10.2025 3:54 ↓

Lesbian love stories...in space.

Sappho in Space: are "To the Moon and Back" by Eliana Ramage and "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid 30.10.2025 3:54 ↓

Lesbian love stories...in space.

Super Stories: "Fools for Love" by Helen Schulman and "Mercy" by Joan Silber 21.10.2025 3:52 ↓

Novels in stories from two great writers.

Meet the Parents: "The Boy from the North Country" by Sam Sussman and "No Ordinary Bird" by Artis Henderson 14.10.2025 3:54 ↓

Who's your daddy?

Mommie Dearest: "Bad Bad Girl" by Gish Jen and "Mother Mary Comes to Me" by Arundhati Roy 06.10.2025 3:54 ↓

Two new books about the often fraught relationship between mothers and their daughters.

Passage to India: "The Lonelinesss of Sonia and Sunny" by Kiran Desai and "A Guardian and A Thief" by Megha Majumdar 30.09.2025 3:54 ↓

Continent-spanning stories about love, life, and the interconnectivity of it all.