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An Anti-Racist Fiction Reading List
The books highlighted here employ a variety of forms to unequivocally confront the injustices of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, racial bias in the workplace, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, police brutality, and the anger felt by people living under racist oppression.
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An Anti-Racist Poetry Reading List
These ten poetry collections offer poignant narratives and snapshots of racial injustice in America.
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An Anti-Racist Nonfiction Reading List
Nonfiction books about some of the many issues at play in America today examine police brutality, institutional racism, activism, and what it's like to be black in America.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 8, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, William Barber, and Allison Montclair.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, June 1, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Masha Gessen, Wayétu Moore, and Lauren K. Denton.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 25, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from James Lee Burke, Meryl Wilsner, and Loren D. Estleman.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 18, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Porochista Khakpour, Zephyr Teachout, and Nathacha Appanah.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 11, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Jeffrey Deaver, Rumi Hara, and Charlie Kaufman.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 4, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Nina Renata Aron, Brett Cyrgalis, and Karen Tei Yamashita.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Apr. 27, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Thomas Wolf, Sami Tamimi, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Apr. 20, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Marcia Clark, Molly Tanzer, and Camilla Bruce.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Apr. 13, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Kelly Rimmer, Abby Jiminez, and Kay Ryan.
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13 Essential Pandemic Novels
Writing recently in The New Yorker, Jill Lepore noted that reading itself in an infection. "But, then," she writes, "the existence of books, no matter how grim the tale, is itself a sign, evidence that humanity endures." We're inclined to agree. So what literary contagions have remained with us? Here are 13 of our favorites.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Apr. 6, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from David Carr, Kathryn Scanlan, and Victoria Chang.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 30, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Bart D. Ehrman, Michelle Major, and Joseph O’Connor.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 23, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Emily St. John Mandel, Susan Nordin Vinocour, and Nghi Vo.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 16, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Jane Hirshfield, T.J. Klune, S.A. Jones, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 9, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Kevin Nguyen, Kathy Reichs, Max Allan Collins and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Mar. 2, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from William Boyle, James McBride, and more.
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, Feb. 24, 2020
This week, we highlight new books from Colum McCann, Ross Douthat, and more.



