Books, Arts, and Culture

At the beginning of this year I told myself I would read one book a week and that by the end of the year, all of...

I have been an avid reader all my life, ever since I learned how to blend syllables and hold board books. Even before that, when I...

To reflect on this past year, in terms of reading but also in terms of surviving, I have to start in the middle. I had a...

In a year marked by epic highs and devastating lows, we’re taking a look back at our archives to see the essays, reading lists, and interviews...

Whether it’s disappearing ink or rejection erasure poems, The Commuter, our weekly magazine dedicated to the weird, wonky, and off-kilter, gives a bite-sized sample of dazzling...

This week Recommended Reading published its 500th issue. For 500 Wednesdays in a row since May 23, 2012, we’ve shared extraordinary and innovative fiction from emerging...

This year I thought I’d buy myself a reading chair. My sofa is inhospitable to a reading position because there are no arms to nestle into...

When author Yiyun Li announced last year that she would lead a collective read-through of War and Peace, called #TolstoyTogether, on behalf of the literary magazine...