Annabel Gutterman

Here Are the 12 New Books You Should Read in July

What does change really look like? It's a question at the center of many of...
What does change really look like? It's a question at the center of many of this month's best new books. In Blacktop Wasteland, a mechanic who worked hard to move on from a life of...

A Mother Examines the Costs of Her Desires in Want

Elizabeth, the exhausted narrator of Lynn Steger Strong’s potent new novel,...
Elizabeth, the exhausted narrator of Lynn Steger Strong’s potent new novel, Want, was in her second week of college when the Twin Towers fell. In graduate school, she met her husband-to-be, who worked for Lehman...

The Best Books of 2020 So Far

The best books of the year so far explore themes of power, perseverance and...
The best books of the year so far explore themes of power, perseverance and hope through creative storytelling and glittering prose. Journalist Robert Kolker reports on the strife of an American couple in the 1970s,...

45 New Books You Need to Read This Summer

As many of us usher in a summer unlike any we’ve experienced before, the pl...
As many of us usher in a summer unlike any we’ve experienced before, the pleasure of reading remains a comforting constant. Many of us may not be able to relax on a beach or gather...

Escape to the Bakeries of France in Cozy New Cooking Memoir Dirt

“On Sundays, the boulangerie belonged to Lyon.” This is how Bill Buford des...
“On Sundays, the boulangerie belonged to Lyon.” This is how Bill Buford describes his new favorite spot in the neighborhood where he moved with his family in 2008. In Dirt, the latest memoir from the...

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