the book slut

During these dire times of isolation, we are reaching for any books that can make us laugh. We asked our writers to contribute books that...

Is it wise to hail books with words like masterpiece? By what standards can one declare a writer a genius, incomparable, an artist whose...

Mary is a 16-year-old girl who dreamt of a life in Australia with her best friend Liam. They were going to live the lives that they...

If I Had Your Face is the astonishing debut novel by Korean-American Frances Cha, a former writer and editor for CNN International, about...

I wrote a list about the big books I hope to read during quarantine, but of course, since I want to take advantage of this time at home...

This week; A.S. Byatt, Nicole Chung, Caleb Johnson, Donna Tartt, Kate Williams, Ruby Tandoh, Sarah Broom, Helen Schulman & Jenny Lee.

I have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember and food has long been a scary commodity for me. I used to track every bite...

There are quite a few poems that mention quintessential Floridian events and behavior. Like an alligator crossing the street.

We discuss her inspirations, whether or not this novel fits into the ‘girl and her horse’ genre, and what’s coming next.

Beautifully written and intricately plotted, this is one of those books you’ll wish you could experience again for the first time.

I was always that annoying child who would announce in her nasally voice (and a lisp until I was eight) that books shouldn’t be judged by...

This moving collection of poetry by Felicia Zamora covers a range of topics from love, politics, identity, addiction, and the natural world.

If you’re itching for a book to transport you to a different time right now, look no further than Emily Gould’s latest, Perfect Tunes,...

This was the book I needed at the onset of quarantine. Perfect Tunes calmed my mind from the barrage of news and the anxiety of pandemic....

Elizabeth Acevedo, Scarlett Thomas, Shirley Jackson, Gabriel Josipovici, Richard Powers, Kate Ledger, Kate Hope Day, Alice Bishop & more.

Exploring Female Interiority in Bizet’s Carmen through Roxane Gay and Carmen Maria Machado

When I first held What Shines From It in my hands, I felt a tiny bit of unease. They say never judge a book by its cover but something...

Books to Help You Put the CARES Act in the Context of Undocumented Immigrants In late March, the federal government announced passage of...

When opening The Book of Anna, a three-page table of contents is followed by a preface titled: “An Explanation of What This Book Is...

As more states and countries are issuing stay-at-home orders, more of us are finding ourselves spending a lot of time in our homes. And...

As Robert ponders what more he will be able to contribute to the world, he is taken back to his youth. At 21 years old, he travelled from...

Samantha Irby, Ann Petry, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Jennifer Weiner, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Ottessa Moshfegh, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio & more.

It is a true gift to be able to make a book feel like life. Now I don’t mean a different version of the life I am living, or perhaps an...

Naamah was one of my favorite books of 2019. The novel reimagines the story of The Flood (from Genesis), with Naamah, Noah’s wife,...