The Weekly Reader

Giants of Fiction: "What We Can Know" by Ian McEwan and "John of John" by Douglas Stuart. 08.07.2026 3:54 ↓

Two new novels from masters of the craft.

Murder Most Foul: "The Pinnacle" by Abir Mukherjee and "Blunt Instrument" by Amy Bloom 25.06.2026 3:54 ↓

Drama, mayhem and...glamour. The makings of a great murder mystery.

Arch Thrillers: "The Author Weekend" by Laura Zigman and "The Ending Writes Itself" by Evelyn Clarke 03.06.2026 3:54 ↓

Sometimes, things, and people, are not as the seem.

Famous and Funny: "The Land and Its People" by David Sedaris and "Famesick" by Lena Dunham 27.05.2026 3:54 ↓

Two new revealing essay collections from a pair of familiar, funny, and influential artists.

Family Memoirs: A Room in Bombay, by Manil Suri, and Keeper of My Kin, by Ada Ferrer 21.05.2026 3:54 ↓

Two new memoirs about the transcendent power of love and family.

Cults and Their Discontents 14.05.2026 3:54 ↓

What makes someone join a cult? And how do they get away?

Memoir Roundup: "Small Town Girls" by Jayne Anne Phillips, "Labor" by Mary Afsari, and "She's Under Here" by Karen Palmer 28.04.2026 3:55 ↓

What makes a truly great memoir?

Monica Lewinsky Special: "Dear Monica Lewinsky" by Julia Langbein, "Young Jane Young" by Gabrielle Zevin, and "Everything is Perfect" by Kate Nason 22.04.2026 3:54 ↓

Sex. Power. Privilege. And Monica Lewinsky!

Love Among the Stars: "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid and "American Fantasy" by Emma Straub 15.04.2026 3:54 ↓

What would you do to be famous, or almost famous?

Citylit Festival Preview 08.04.2026 3:53 ↓

Three authors who will be in conversation with Marion Winik at this weekend's 23rd annual Citylit Festival

Internet Famous: "What A Time To Be Alive" by Jade Chang and "I Could Be Famous" by Sydney Rende 01.04.2026 3:54 ↓

What happens when your only goal is to “go viral” online, and then, somehow, it actually happens?

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.