literature

August 7, 2024

Books

A Marriage That Changed Literary History

Phyllis Rose

September 2024 Issue

painting of thin bearded man walking in room with open door behind and woman sitting at right edge in a chair

Books

This Is Not Your Typical Campus Novel

Nicolás Medina Mora

August 6, 2024

Poem

August 2, 2024

Black-and-white portrait of James Baldwin

Books

The Brilliance in James Baldwin’s Letters

Vann R. Newkirk II

August 2, 2024

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Will Change How You Watch the Olympics

Michael Waters

July 26, 2024

Two swimmers in a pool inside of a book.

Books

These Millennials Can’t Get Out of Their Head

Hillary Kelly

July 25, 2024

green couch on tank wheels against a pink background

Ideas

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Five Principles of Personal Freedom

Arthur C. Brooks

July 25, 2024

A man writing on a typewriter with a happy face showing on his typed sheet of paper

Book Recommendations

Eight Books That Will Inspire You to Move Your Body

Amanda Parrish Morgan

July 23, 2024

Eight books spinning around in an animated GIF

Books Briefing

The Books That Keep Readers Awake at Night

Emma Sarappo

July 19, 2024

Book Recommendations

Seven Bedside-Table Books for When You Can’t Sleep

M. L. Rio

July 16, 2024

A girl reads a book at night under mosquito netting.

Books Briefing

The Hidden Cost of Gardens

Maya Chung

July 12, 2024

a trimmed hedge covering a view of a house

Fiction

My Twin

Edan Lepucki

July 12, 2024

Two women with long hair and large bags, in shadow, reach for tomatoes under a farmers'-market tent

Book Recommendations

Eight Books That Will Change Your Perspective

Pamela Newton

July 7, 2024

An animated gif of a book exploding with a rainbow and a lightbulb

Books Briefing

The Pleasures of Procrastination

Emma Sarappo

July 5, 2024

a painting of a woman lounging asleep in a bed

Books

Don’t Give Up on Tourism. Just Do It Better.

Chelsea Leu

June 30, 2024

An illustration of a giant footprint full of human trash

Books Briefing

You Can’t Write Your Way Out of Grief

Emma Sarappo

June 28, 2024

An out-of-focus person walking into the distance

Book Recommendations

Five Books for People Who Really Love Books

Elisa Gabbert

June 26, 2024

The Wonder Reader

A Reading List of Atlantic Profiles

Isabel Fattal

June 22, 2024

color photo of Tom Hanks resting his chin in his hand

Books Briefing

Will Publishing’s Diversity Gains Last?

Maya Chung

June 21, 2024

How to Build a Life

An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life

Arthur C. Brooks

June 20, 2024

An illustration of a women hanging from a ledge but making it look easy.

Ideas

The Schools That Are No Longer Teaching Kids to Read Books

Xochitl Gonzalez

June 19, 2024

A pile of books stacking upward and then disappearing

Book Recommendations

What to Read to Understand How People Get Tricked

Vanessa Armstrong

June 17, 2024

A book in a purple void half-disappearing

Books Briefing

What Writer’s Block Feels Like

Gal Beckerman

June 14, 2024

Books

Rachel Cusk’s Lonely Experiment

Nicholas Dames

July/August 2024 Issue

upside-down color-pencil sketch in blues and purples of the author's face and hair

Book Recommendations

Eight Books to Read If You’re in a Creative Slump

Chelsea Leu

June 12, 2024

Poem

Mojave Ghost

Forrest Gander

July/August 2024 Issue

blurry black-and-white image of tops of trees with flock of black birds against white sky

Book Recommendations

What to Read When You Have Only Half an Hour

Celine Nguyen

June 8, 2024

A pair of glasses with tiny books surrounding them

Books Briefing

The Long View of the Challenger Disaster

Emma Sarappo

June 7, 2024

Side-by-side images of the smoke given off by the Challenger explosion

Book Recommendations

Nine Books About Aging, Growing, and Changing

Emmeline Clein

June 3, 2024

A stick figure goes through transformations that make it bigger, smaller, wider, and thinner.

Books Briefing

The Women Who Caused a Revolution in Cooking

Gal Beckerman

May 31, 2024

Joan Nathan cuts pain petri, a flavored challah.

Books

The Woman Who Made America Take Cookbooks Seriously

Lily Meyer

May 28, 2024

Books Briefing

A Different Kind of Female Protagonist

Maya Chung

May 24, 2024

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Two Women Who Wrote as ‘Michael Field’

Walt Hunter

May 23, 2024

The orange silhouettes of two women overlap

Sections

The Print Edition

What to Read When You Want to Quit

A Marriage That Changed Literary History

This Is Not Your Typical Campus Novel

Making a Monument Valley

Beauty

James Baldwin’s Most Underappreciated Talent

The Brilliance in James Baldwin’s Letters

Seven Books That Will Change How You Watch the Olympics

These Millennials Can’t Get Out of Their Head

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Five Principles of Personal Freedom

Eight Books That Will Inspire You to Move Your Body

The Books That Keep Readers Awake at Night

Seven Bedside-Table Books for When You Can’t Sleep

The Hidden Cost of Gardens

My Twin

Eight Books That Will Change Your Perspective

The Pleasures of Procrastination

Don’t Give Up on Tourism. Just Do It Better.

You Can’t Write Your Way Out of Grief

Five Books for People Who Really Love Books

A Reading List of Atlantic Profiles

Will Publishing’s Diversity Gains Last?

An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life

The Schools That Are No Longer Teaching Kids to Read Books

What to Read to Understand How People Get Tricked

What Writer’s Block Feels Like

Rachel Cusk’s Lonely Experiment

Eight Books to Read If You’re in a Creative Slump

Mojave Ghost

What to Read When You Have Only Half an Hour

The Long View of the Challenger Disaster

Nine Books About Aging, Growing, and Changing

The Women Who Caused a Revolution in Cooking

The Woman Who Made America Take Cookbooks Seriously

A Different Kind of Female Protagonist

The Two Women Who Wrote as ‘Michael Field’