and more.
-

Writers Talking Writers: Daniyal Mueenuddin on Ivan Turgenev and Claire Messud on Albert Camus
The Pulitzer finalist and the Booker nominee discuss the social and philosophical impact of two classic authors.
-

6 Stories of Women on the Edge That Inspired Rachel Taff’s New Thriller
The novelist highlights titles about women "traversing systems designed to consume them."
-

9 Books That Should Be On Your Radar in 2026
The first quarter of the year is bursting with new books. Our editors think you should pick up these titles.
-

9 Books from 2025 You Shouldn't Overlook
As our editors continue to look back on the books published this year, we thought it would be worth shouting out these under-appreciated gems.
-

10 Holiday Romances
An advent calendar of classic Christmas movies, 12 days of Christmas sex toys, and seasonal stories of fake dating and second chances round out this year's notable romances, reviewed below by 'PW.'
-

Writers Talking Writers: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Herman Melville and Abraham Verghese on Ernest Hemingway
The Academy Award nominee and National Humanities Medal recipient discuss the long shadows of two literary giants.
-

The Best of Roberto Bolaño
With fresh Bolaño covers are flooding shelves, we asked former 'PW' fiction reviews editor and novelist Gabe Habash to pick his favorite works by the late, great Chilean author.
-

Marion Winik on 12 Memoirs of Widowhood
The author of 'First Comes Love,' reissued by Vintage with a new audiobook, reflects on the spate of widow memoirs that have appeared in the years since she first published the book in 1996.
-

Epic Dream Sequence: PW Talks with Shane McCrae
The editor of a new collection of John Berryman’s Dream Songs describes the enduring power of Berryman’s work and its importance to his own poetry.
-

Adam Morgan on 6 Suppressed Classics by Modernist-era Women Writers
The author of 'A Danger to the Mind of Young Girls' describes how canonical works by Djuna Barnes, Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and others faced censorship, critical condemnation, or rejection.
Looking for more stories? Browse Archive



