literature

January 31, 2024

Books

The 19th-Century Novel That Reaffirmed My Zionism

Judith Shulevitz

January 30, 2024

Books

There’s No Such Thing as a Meaningful Death

Nicolás Medina Mora

January 29, 2024

Books Briefing

The Human Face of American Decline

Gal Beckerman

January 26, 2024

a street in a state of abandonment and disrepair with an upside down Stop sign

Books

When Writing About Your Children Is a Form of Betrayal

Naomi Huffman

January 22, 2024

Poem

The Pianist Upstairs

Erica Funkhouser

January 21, 2024

a drawing in black ink of a bird beneath a staircase, with music symbols above

The Atlantic Daily

The Perfect Antidote to Endless Reboots

Lora Kelley

January 19, 2024

A still from the movie Stop Making Sense

Books Briefing

The Literature of Exile

Gal Beckerman

January 19, 2024

Books

The Uncanniest Influencers on the Internet

Megan Garber

January 17, 2024

Portrait of several faces overlaid on top of one another

The Wonder Reader

What Boredom Actually Means

Isabel Fattal

January 13, 2024

Prince Charles with his Aunt, Princess Margaret (right), and his Grandmother, Elizabeth the Queen Mother, at the 1953 coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Books Briefing

What to Read to Understand Russia

Maya Chung

January 12, 2024

A girl reading a book walks by a statue of Dostoyevsky.

Ideas

How Octavia Butler Told the Future

Tiya Miles

January 12, 2024

Ideas

American Fiction and the ‘Just Literature’ Problem

Tyler Austin Harper

January 9, 2024

Screengrab from "American Fiction," showing a black couple walking outdoors

Books

The Horror Stories We Tell Ourselves in Order to Live

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

January 9, 2024

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Earn Your Tears

Tajja Isen

January 9, 2024

Books Briefing

Against Counting the Books You Read

Emma Sarappo

January 5, 2024

Books

The Multiplying ‘Philip Roths’

Adam Langer

January 4, 2024

Press Room

The Atlantic Announces Christine Emba and Thomas Chatterton Williams as Staff Writers, and Robert Worth as a Contributing Writer

January 3, 2024

Books

What to Read If You Want to Reinvent Yourself

Chelsea Leu

January 1, 2024

A woman stands next to a mirror reflecting her image

The Atlantic Daily

What Gen Z Is Finding at the Library

Lora Kelley

December 28, 2023

Book Recommendations

Six Books to Read During a Stressful Family Holiday

Ilana Masad

December 23, 2023

A family sitting on a couch comes into focus from a pixelated view.

Books Briefing

A Modest Proposal for Publishing

Gal Beckerman

December 22, 2023

Books

The Perfect Antidote to an Age of Angsty Literature

Lily Meyer

December 19, 2023

Books

The Invisible Forces Behind the Books We Read

Josh Lambert

December 18, 2023

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Actually Capture What Sickness Is Like

B. D. McClay

December 18, 2023

Poem

Bored

Margaret Atwood

December 17, 2023

rows of images of two people in a boat, with the people cut out of the photos; the one in the top left corner is covered with a yellow splotch

Books Briefing

Our Dramatic Relationship With the Natural World

Gal Beckerman

December 15, 2023

Books

When History Doesn’t Do What We Wish It Would

Krys Lee

December 15, 2023

drawing of various characters in Ed Park's novel

Books

The Novel That Takes You Inside a Defense Lawyer’s Mind

Katie Kitamura

December 13, 2023

Newsletters

I Never Feel That I Write Alone

Nicole Chung

December 12, 2023

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Will Make You Rethink Your Relationship to Nature

Kelly McMasters

December 12, 2023

Books Briefing

The Best Strategy for Late-December Reading

Emma Sarappo

December 8, 2023

Best Of

The Atlantic 10

The Atlantic Culture Desk

December 5, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

The Seven Stories to Read Today

Nicole Blackwood

December 3, 2023

Culture

Let’s Never Do This to Edith Wharton Again

Sophie Gilbert

December 2, 2023

A still from Apple TV+'s "The Buccaneers"

Books

A Masterful Depiction of Male Cruelty

Joanna Biggs

November 30, 2023

Sections

The Print Edition

Jamaal Bowman’s Very Bad Poetry

The 19th-Century Novel That Reaffirmed My Zionism

There’s No Such Thing as a Meaningful Death

The Human Face of American Decline

When Writing About Your Children Is a Form of Betrayal

The Pianist Upstairs

The Perfect Antidote to Endless Reboots

The Literature of Exile

The Uncanniest Influencers on the Internet

What Boredom Actually Means

What to Read to Understand Russia

How Octavia Butler Told the Future

American Fiction and the ‘Just Literature’ Problem

The Horror Stories We Tell Ourselves in Order to Live

Seven Books That Earn Your Tears

Against Counting the Books You Read

The Multiplying ‘Philip Roths’

The Atlantic Announces Christine Emba and Thomas Chatterton Williams as Staff Writers, and Robert Worth as a Contributing Writer

What to Read If You Want to Reinvent Yourself

What Gen Z Is Finding at the Library

Six Books to Read During a Stressful Family Holiday

A Modest Proposal for Publishing

The Perfect Antidote to an Age of Angsty Literature

The Invisible Forces Behind the Books We Read

Seven Books That Actually Capture What Sickness Is Like

Bored

Our Dramatic Relationship With the Natural World

When History Doesn’t Do What We Wish It Would

The Novel That Takes You Inside a Defense Lawyer’s Mind

I Never Feel That I Write Alone

Seven Books That Will Make You Rethink Your Relationship to Nature

The Best Strategy for Late-December Reading

The Atlantic 10

The Seven Stories to Read Today

Let’s Never Do This to Edith Wharton Again

A Masterful Depiction of Male Cruelty