November's Best Bets

by Ada Calhoun

Rather than a nostalgic lament, this revelatory book celebrates an indelible cultural imprint. Full review >

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by Mary Gaitskill

Gaitskill explores the complexities of love (mares, meres…) to bring us a novel that gallops along like a bracing bareback... Full review >

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by Illeana Douglas

The author’s warm portraits and disarming honesty infuse the memoir with an endearing sweetness and charm. Full review >

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edited by Lorin Stein

The collection may give a sense of contemporary U.S. writing, but the marked unevenness is surprising given the magazine’s... Full review >

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by Peter Guralnick

A wonderful story that brings us deep into that moment when America made race music its own and gave rise to the rock sound... Full review >

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by Mary Beard

Beard’s enthusiasm for her subject is infectious and is well-reflected in her clever, thoroughly enjoyable style of writing.... Full review >

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by Patrick McGilligan

McGilligan works overtime trying to justify such a massive book about only a part of Welles’ life, but it’s also buoyed by a... Full review >

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