literature

November 26, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

Seven Great Reads From Our Editors

Nicole Blackwood

November 24, 2023

Book Recommendations

Six Books That Might Change How You Think About Mental Illness

Ilana Masad

November 20, 2023

A series of ripped papers collaged together with eyes, lips, a house, and a doctor's note

Books Briefing

Revisiting Hidden Pasts at the National Book Awards

Gal Beckerman

November 17, 2023

Justin Torres surrounded by other people

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Crosses a Crucial Line

Tom Nichols

November 16, 2023

Books

A Redacted Past Slowly Emerges

Tope Folarin

November 16, 2023

Ideas

Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir

Arthur C. Brooks

November 16, 2023

An illustration of a woman looking in a mirror

Newsletters

A Nonfiction Writer’s Biggest Challenge

Emma Sarappo

November 10, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

An Album About Fatherhood and Healing

Isabel Fattal

November 5, 2023

Books Briefing

A Book That Was Like Putting on ‘a New Set of Glasses’

Gal Beckerman

November 3, 2023

A boy reads a book in front of a fountain

Book Recommendations

Six Books That Will Scare You—And Make You Think

Hannah Giorgis

October 30, 2023

An illustration of a face where someone is licking their red lips with visible sharp teeth

Books

Who Made the Oxford English Dictionary?

Stephanie Hayes

October 30, 2023

photos of contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary on a row of book spines

The Atlantic Daily

The Old-Fashioned Charm of The Golden Bachelor

Isabel Fattal

October 29, 2023

Books Briefing

Stop Doomscrolling About Israel and Palestine—Read These Books Instead

Gal Beckerman

October 27, 2023

A triptych of a christian wedding, Jewish men and tourist, and Muslim men and Jewish men.

Book Recommendations

A Book That Changed How I Think

The Atlantic Culture Desk

October 25, 2023

A GIF of a lamp turning on and off. The lamp shade is made of a book open to a 45-degree angle.

Ideas

Hands Off Shakespeare

Eliot A. Cohen

October 24, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

The Perfect Book for Spooky Season

Isabel Fattal

October 22, 2023

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: Louise Glück Wrote With Authority

Emma Sarappo

October 20, 2023

Book Recommendations

Nine Books That Push Against the Status Quo

Rhian Sasseen

October 17, 2023

Books

A Worthy Heir to David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon

Daphne Merkin

October 17, 2023

Books

Why Children Are Everywhere in Louise Glück’s Poetry

Walt Hunter

October 16, 2023

A portrait photo of Louise Glück in black coat standing outside among bare branches

Books

A Poet Reckons With Her Past

Hannah Giorgis

October 14, 2023

Shadowy palm tree against cloudy sky with moon

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: My 10-Year-Old Adores The Iliad

Gal Beckerman

October 6, 2023

Books

The Nobel Winner Whose Writing Speaks to Everyone

Damion Searls

October 5, 2023

Culture

Daniel Clowes Is Ready to Face the Truth

Jeremy Gordon

October 2, 2023

Books

What Emily Wilson’s Iliad Misses

Graeme Wood

November 2023 Issue

One ancient warrior in helmet spearing another, kneeling warrior in the chest

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: History Scares Authoritarians

Gal Beckerman

September 29, 2023

A family photograph with one person's face crossed out

Technology

The 24-Year-Old Who Outsold Oprah This Week

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

September 28, 2023

Technology

My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.

Ian Bogost

September 27, 2023

Animation of a book that explodes and turns into a computer monitor

Books

The Painful Afterlife of a Cruel Policy

Mae Ngai

September 26, 2023

Picture of a young boy in an alley in Chinatown, San Francisco

Technology

These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech

Alex Reisner

September 25, 2023

Ideas

I Was Wrong About the Death of the Book

Jeff Jarvis

September 24, 2023

A book with pages full of flowers that merge with the flowers in the background

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: The Rare Novel With a Happy Parent

Gal Beckerman

September 22, 2023

A boy blowing out candles on a birthday cake

Books

What Emily Dickinson Left Behind

Martha Ackmann

September 20, 2023

Twelve images of Dickinson family objects arranged in a grid

Ideas

Gay Talese: I Wanted to Write About Nobodies

Gay Talese

September 19, 2023

An illustration of silhouettes through a window

Ideas

The ‘Whiteboy Brooklyn Novelist’ Grows Up

Xochitl Gonzalez

September 18, 2023

BW image of a man on a rooftop looking at the camera with his hand on his hip

Sections

The Print Edition

The Tyranny of Stuff

Seven Great Reads From Our Editors

Six Books That Might Change How You Think About Mental Illness

Revisiting Hidden Pasts at the National Book Awards

Trump Crosses a Crucial Line

A Redacted Past Slowly Emerges

Why You Maybe Shouldn’t Write a Memoir

A Nonfiction Writer’s Biggest Challenge

An Album About Fatherhood and Healing

A Book That Was Like Putting on ‘a New Set of Glasses’

Six Books That Will Scare You—And Make You Think

Who Made the Oxford English Dictionary?

The Old-Fashioned Charm of The Golden Bachelor

Stop Doomscrolling About Israel and Palestine—Read These Books Instead

A Book That Changed How I Think

Hands Off Shakespeare

The Perfect Book for Spooky Season

This Week in Books: Louise Glück Wrote With Authority

Nine Books That Push Against the Status Quo

A Worthy Heir to David Foster Wallace and Thomas Pynchon

Why Children Are Everywhere in Louise Glück’s Poetry

A Poet Reckons With Her Past

This Week in Books: My 10-Year-Old Adores The Iliad

The Nobel Winner Whose Writing Speaks to Everyone

Daniel Clowes Is Ready to Face the Truth

What Emily Wilson’s Iliad Misses

This Week in Books: History Scares Authoritarians

The 24-Year-Old Who Outsold Oprah This Week

My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.

The Painful Afterlife of a Cruel Policy

These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech

I Was Wrong About the Death of the Book

This Week in Books: The Rare Novel With a Happy Parent

What Emily Dickinson Left Behind

Gay Talese: I Wanted to Write About Nobodies

The ‘Whiteboy Brooklyn Novelist’ Grows Up