Books

Feature The best-selling author recommends works by Truman Capote, Dean Koontz, and Gillian Flynn

By The Week US Published 20 August 26

Feature When Armageddon comes and an attempt to rehab Freud

By The Week US Published 19 August 26

In Depth Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting

By Theara Coleman, The Week US Last updated 18 August 26

Feature Artificial intelligence is transforming the publishing industry. What does that mean for human authors?

By The Week US Published 17 August 26

the week recommends Everything you think you know — but more and better

By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published 17 August 26

Feature The esteemed film critic and author recommends works by Norman Mailer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Lillian Ross

By The Week US Published 13 August 26

Feature An in-depth look at three major French philosophers and how a con man sent four people to death row

By The Week US Published 13 August 26

In Depth These books have transported scores of readers from the Shire, to Westeros and to mid-20th century China

By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published 12 August 26

In the Spotlight The discourse might be proof that anti-intellectualism hasn’t won

By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published 7 August 26

Under The Radar Spines are being sliced and copyright is being threatened in the rush to feed large language models

By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published 7 August 26

Feature The author and critic recommends works by James Baldwin, Erica Jong, and Cynthia Carr

By The Week US Published 5 August 26

Feature Colson Whitehead completes his Harlem Trilogy and a look at the persecution of a Jewish family in France

By The Week US Published 5 August 26