Twenty-Five Must-Read Books for Fall of 2019
Our staffers and contributors highlight the most urgent and exciting titles coming this fall—from fiction to non-fiction, poetry to prose.
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‘Indigenous Writing Is Going to Continue to Set the Bar for Literary Excellence’: An Interview With Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist
Terese Marie Mailhot interviews Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist about some recent triumphs in Indigenous literature—and about other triumphs still to come.
Jia Tolentino Talks to Samantha Irby About ‘Trick Mirror’
The New Yorker staff writer discusses her unpublished first novel, and why Americans are perennially obsessed with a good scam.
‘Jesus Wasn’t This American Corn-Fed God’: Lyz Lenz on Faith, Loss, and Sexism in Rural America
The author of God Land discusses misogyny in church leadership—and why so many depictions of Jesus look like Brad Pitt.
What Lisa Taddeo Learned in Eight Years of Reporting on American Desire
Taddeo's new book profiles the intimate wants and needs of three women across the country.
‘There Is a Hidden Violence’: Jeremy Slack on the Human Tragedy of Deportation
In his new book, Deported to Death, Jeremy Slack undertakes one of the most thorough efforts to date to track the fate of deportees.
What the Attention Economy Does to Workers—and How It Drives America Insane
Two new books argue that the attention economy is unsustainable—for people, and for the planet.
Can Cities Build Their Way to Housing Equity? A New Book Suggests Not.
Sam Stein's Capital City offers a blistering and persuasive critique of how real estate dominates city planning—to the detriment of most residents.
‘What Comes Between the Man and the Woman in These Stories Is Patriarchy’: An Interview With Aya de Leon
Aya de Leon discusses her latest book—and why heist and romance novels lend themselves to political content.