The Fiction That Perfectly Captures Internet-Era Alienation
There is a particular type of fatigue that currently lacks a clear term. It shows up after you’ve been scrolling […]
The Most Beautiful Books Nobody Talks About Anymore
When everyone stops talking about a great book, a certain kind of silence descends upon it. It’s not the quiet
Why Readers Are Obsessed With Morally Terrible Characters
Most readers are aware of this moment, but they hardly ever openly acknowledge it. Even though you are well aware
The Most Addictive Literary Novels of the Last Decade
There is a specific type of reading that occurs at one in the morning, when your hands won’t shut the
The Novels Everyone Pretends to Understand – But Almost Nobody Does
When Ulysses is brought up at a dinner party, people experience a certain level of confidence. They give a nod.
The Philosophy of Reading: What You’re Really Doing Every Time You Open a Book
The quiet of a good public library on a weekday morning has a certain quality: the low hum of the
The case for reading books your social circle would find incomprehensible
Most reading groups, whether they meet in someone’s living room on a Tuesday night or exist entirely as a comment
How to read a book you suspect might be better than you’re ready for
A certain type of guilt tends to accumulate around certain books. You are aware of them. They were purchased with
How fiction that makes you uncomfortable is usually doing something important
One type of reader maintains a mental list of books they haven’t finished. They felt genuinely horrified by something in