Book Recommendations
The Atlantic recommends books to read, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoirs, and more.
The Atlantic recommends books to read, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoirs, and more.
When I moved to D.C., I turned to reading to help me understand the history, and the spirit, of my new home.
Only some of these titles tell happy stories, but they are all reminders of what is possible in metropolises.
Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths.
In these titles, the open highway sparks a reaction between a character and the unknown.
Anastasia Edel, a Russian-born American social historian, recommends books about the country as the war in Ukraine continues.
Getting a cheap rise out of readers is easy. Faithfully representing life on the page takes more skill.
Whether you’re starting over or discovering a new identity, these works can help reset your perspective.
Reading about other people’s kin, fictional or not, may help you feel better about yours.
These titles aren’t interested in sticking to a simple narrative about sickness and health—they explore the textures of human life.
These titles remind us that our connection to the Earth is inescapable.
The books that made us think the most this year
These individual, honest narratives can help dislodge oversimplifications about mental health.
Technologies such as skyscrapers, airplanes, and sewage systems are fundamental—and confusing. These titles explain how they actually work.
Black writers have long used science fiction, fantasy, and horror to dramatize the terrors of racism or to tell frightening tales.
The Atlantic’s books editor prescribes these titles as antidotes to the quick and dirty ways people are communicating on social media.
Our writers and editors share one title that granted them a fresh perspective.
These titles demand a clear-eyed look at things people too often take for granted.
The following six titles are correctives to isolation.
In writing, matrimony can prompt questions about freedom, desire, and identity.
These titles self-consciously aim to grab their reader’s attention.