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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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The New Yorker staff writer discusses her unpublished first novel, and why Americans are perennially obsessed with a good scam.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.
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.
I Am a Jewish Arab
I was raised on recollections of a lost world that had existed for as long as we could remember—only to end suddenly in my grandparents' generation.
Three New Books of Florida Fiction Capture the Paradoxes and Richness of the State
Step aside, Florida Man—new books from Karen Russell, Colson Whitehead, and Kristen Arnett have stories to tell about the state that go beyond stereotypes.
‘There Aren’t Clear Heroes’: Eve Ewing on the Chicago Race Riots of 1919
In her new book, Ewing uses poetry as a form of historical investigation, revisiting the deadly riots that tore through Chicago a century ago.