Books Briefing
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Joan Nathan reflects on Judith Jones and the cookbooks she edited.
Two new literary works from Colombe Schneck and R. O. Kwon feature fascinating, flawed women.
Alice Munro’s death was an occasion to praise her life as a writer as much as her actual work.
Meghan O’Rourke recommends her favorite books about sickness and health.
Through verse, we can perhaps come closest to capturing events that exist beyond our capacity to describe.
The author Adam Hochschild recommends books that vividly illustrate moments of great change.
The author Ruby Tandoh argues for the freedom to cook—and eat—for pleasure.
The Children’s Bach is a striking picture of how ravaged a life can be when unmoored from any responsibility, and of how necessary it is to take care of others.
The books Sophie Gilbert turns to while writing
Two literary accounts of the former president’s rise
In this novel, the act of seeing is an art in itself.
The Atlantic assembled a list of 136 works of fiction that we consider to be the most significant of the past 100 years.
Publishing and film have long had a special relationship.
Lily Meyer recommends books that recollect personal experience without being prescriptive.
Edith Wilson may have been closer to running the country than being a kindly helpmate.
Does it matter if writers turn their back on their work?
Why my daughters love rereading Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels
When I moved to D.C., I turned to reading to help me understand the history, and the spirit, of my new home.
Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths.
Hisham Matar’s books are part of a long tradition of writing from a place of dislocation.