Books

Feature Less Americans read for pleasure than ever before, but those who do are reading more

By The Week US Published 27 July 26

The Week Recommends James Lasdun’s carefully researched book is ‘elegant and intelligent’

By The Week UK Published 23 July 26

Feature America’s old-age problem and the importance we attach to our own faces

By The Week US Published 22 July 26

The Week Recommends Bojan Pancevski’s gripping account of how Ukrainian divers pulled off the ‘greatest act of sabotage in modern times’

By The Week UK Published 16 July 26

The Week Recommends Brilliant novellas to devour in one sitting

By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published 15 July 26

The Week Recommends Learn how to budget, manage debt and start investing

By Becca Stanek, The Week US Published 13 July 26

the week recommends Enter the world of pasta possibility

By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published 9 July 26

The Week Recommends London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe and Land by Maggie O’Farrell are among the books out now

By The Week UK Published 9 July 26

Feature The best-selling biographer recommends works by Virginia Woolf, Sally Mann, and Darryl Pinckney

By The Week US Published 8 July 26

Feature Get lost in fun books by Andrew Sean Greer, Ben Fountain, and Mary H.K. Choi

By The Week US Published 8 July 26

Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published 8 July 26

The Week Recommends Being alive is as ‘contradictory’ and ‘hilarious’ as ever in The Land and its People

By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published 8 July 26