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10 New Books to Read This AAPI Heritage Month

by PW Staff | 05/22/2025 @ 02:40PM

From a graphic semi-memoir to the latest from Ocean Vuong, we're rounding up some of our favorite spring books by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors.
Writers Talking Writers: Madeleine Thien on Y-Dang Troeung

By Nick Hilden | 05/21/2025 @ 01:00PM

The Giller Prize–⁠winning novelist reflects on the late memoirist and scholar's ambitious work about the history of violence in Cambodia and its resonance with current events.
7 Books About Music for a New Nostalgic Generation

By PW Staff | 05/15/2025 @ 02:00PM

Novels and a critical retrospective cater to millennial nostalgia for 1990s and 2000s indie rock and megastar pop singers and explore the 1970s era revitalized by 'Daisy Jones and the Six.'
8 New Books for Mother's Day 2025

by PW Staff | 05/08/2025 @ 01:25PM

Mother's Day is almost here. Maybe you're still seeking a gift for the mom(s) or maternal figure(s) in your life; maybe you're a mom yourself, and are in the mood to read about the joys and trials of motherhood. Either way, these books might be for you.
4 Books About Racism in U.S. Education

By PW Staff | 05/01/2025 @ 02:00PM

These recent studies reflect a growing understanding of the failures behind school integration, almost a quarter-century after Brown v. Board of Education.
Writers Talking Writers: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Thích Nhất Hạnh and Karl Marlantes on Leo Tolstoy

By Nick Hilden | 04/17/2025 @ 05:00PM

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, two acclaimed authors who have written about the conflict and its consequences discuss the writers who shaped them.
6 New Mysteries to Scratch That ‘White Lotus’ Itch

by PW Staff | 04/10/2025 @ 05:00PM

With season three of ‘The White Lotus’ wrapped up, here are six new and upcoming mysteries that satisfy the same desire for stories about getaways gone wrong.
12 Genre-Stretching Works of Fiction

By PW Staff | 04/10/2025 @ 12:00PM

In these recent novels and story collections, authors use the conventions of genre as a launchpad to explore unsettling and all-too-real truths.
A Fragile Juggling Act: PW Talks with Peter Trachtenberg

By Geoff Graser | 04/10/2025 @ 11:00AM

The author shares the stories behind 'The Twilight of Bohemia' (Black Sparrow, Apr.), an oral history of New York City's publicly funded Westbeth Artists Community, which has been home to jazz musician Gil Evans, photographer Diane Arbus, actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Pearlman, and many others.
6 Books with a Novel Approach to Dating

By PW Staff | 03/20/2025 @ 07:00AM

The amorously adventurous protagonists in these stories take bold approaches to finding a mate.
Writers Talking Writers: Colum McCann on John Berger and Torrey Peters on Halldor Laxness

By Nick Hilden | 03/19/2025 @ 04:00PM

The National Book Award winner remembers drinking with John Berger and the PEN/Hemingway Award winner recounts the joys of reading Halldor Laxness.
A Path Forward for Liberals: PW Talks with Derek Thompson

By Lenny Picker | 03/07/2025 @ 09:00AM

In 'Abundance,' co-authors Thompson and Ezra Klein suggest strategies for liberals to get their message across and get things done, starting by getting out of their own way.
The Books Behind the 2025 Academy Award Nominations

By PW Staff | 03/07/2025 @ 08:00AM

Our reviews of the books adapted into and inspiring this year's Academy Award–nominated films, from 'The Brutalist' and 'Conclave' to 'Nickel Boys' and 'Wicked.'
7 Essential Books About Journalists

by Jeremy Gordon | 02/27/2025 @ 06:00PM

Jeremy Gordon, author of 'See Friendship,' highlights seven of his favorite books about journalists.
Black History Month in Book Reviews

By PW Staff | 02/20/2025 @ 03:00PM

In recognition of Black History Month, we have gathered a selection of books by Black authors and about Black lives that were published this February and reviewed in PW.
Writers Talking Writers: Charlotte Wood on William Maxwell and Laila Lalami on Franz Kafka

By Nick Hilden | 02/20/2025 @ 09:00AM

The Booker-shortlisted novelist praises compassion in the work of William Maxwell and the Pulitzer finalist discusses the peerless artistic commitment of Franz Kafka.
Writers Talking Writers: Ben Okri on Christopher Okigbo and Katie Kitamura on Natalia Ginzburg

by Nick Hilden | 01/09/2025 @ 02:00PM

The Booker Prize winner and National Book Award nominee of the poetry and politics of two writers whose work inspired their own.
Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2024

By PW Staff | 01/09/2025 @ 01:00PM

Among the former president's year-end shout-outs are novels that made the rounds on longlists for major awards, such as those by Martin MacInnes and Ayşegül Savaş and the Booker-winning Samantha Harvey, along with deep cuts from Dinaw Mengestu and Adam Moss.
8 Books That Should Be On Your Radar in 2025

by PW Staff | 01/09/2025 @ 11:30AM

Our reviews editors name eight new books publishing in 2025 that they're particularly excited about.
7 Books from 2024 You Shouldn’t Overlook

By PW Staff | 12/23/2024 @ 04:00PM

While we already picked our favorite books of 2024, our reviews editors thought it would be a shame to let the year end without one final round of recommendations.

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