In case you haven't heard, Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize for literature this week. The classicist is known for mining the canon and toying with convention like few before her; we've compiled PW reviews of some of her major works below. We're also highlighting a few books by similarly fearless writers, including Tom McCarthy, whose surreal, thriller-ish The Rhyl Poster appears in our annual Big Indie Books of Fall feature, and Esther Yi, whose unclassifiable To God gets a hearty recommendation from my colleague David Varno in our Editor's Picks section.
Elsewhere, we've got a roundup of autumnal Korean cookbooks, a truly singular list of Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's favorite fiction about dollhouses, and lots more. As always, happy reading!
—Conner Reed
Starred Reviews Releasing Next WeekCheck out all the books to receive starred PW reviews that are hitting shelves next week. more
Big Indie Books of FallActivists and eccentrics feature in this season's buzzy books from indie presses. more
New to Anne Carson? Read These Books FirstA look at PW's reviews of Carson's work, from the mournful elegy Nox to the endlessly playful poetry collection Wrong Norma. more
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright on Five Dollhouse Stories That Informed Her Latest NovelThe author's arresting and offbeat Heavy Cream follows a teen girl seeking her own path and the trio of surrogate mothers who loom large in her life. more
Irresistible Books from Usborne
Make their holiday extra special with books that spark wonder, encourage exploration, and invite little minds to discover something new. Find the perfect gift for every curious kid.
A Wave of Korean Cookbooks for FallAuthors continue to expand the conversation around the country’s cuisine. more
Why Explanations Are Like Orgasms: PW Talks with Tania LombrozoIn Why We Ask Why: The Science of Explanation and the Human Drive to Understand, the Princeton psychology professor investigates how people explain the world around them. more
America’s Game: PW Talks with Peter King In The Game, the sportswriter recounts the history of the NFL through stories from his four decades covering the league. more
How Passengers by Alexander Maksik Got MadeAn inside look at the publication process for the author’s latest novel. more
Bookish Gifts From Your Favorite Fandoms
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Freedom’s Gate: Maya Angelou, Lorraine Hansberry, Abbey Lincoln, Miriam Makeba, and Nina Simone Live at the New York Nightclub That Shaped the Civil Rights MovementBy Soyica Diggs Colbert (Norton)
This is a fascinating group portrait of five women artists crucial to the civil rights struggle who all met up, hung out, made art, and organized together at the same Greenwich Village nightclub. It’s a wonderful up-close view of how political convictions form and grow through conversation and companionship. —Dana Snitzky, history and current affairs reviews editor
To GodBy Esther Yi (Astra House)
If you’re into risky and offbeat deconstructions of personhood and want something even weirder and wilder than Rachel Cusk’s Life of M—something that approaches the essence of Samuel Beckett’s ontology-driven and linguistically precise trilogy of Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable—look no further than this unclassifiable work of fiction. I love this book. It’s sad, exciting, and full of yearning for connection, even as its narrator excoriates the falseness of others: “The problem is rather that most people want you to tell them they’re right. Almost no one tells you what they think just to tell you.” You know how some people add an expectant “right?” after whatever they’ve just said? That. —David Varno, literary fiction reviews editor
By Emmanuel Carrère, trans. by John Lambert (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Carrère—a prolific French novelist, journalist, and screenwriter—most recently reached American readers with 2022's V13, which chronicled the trial of the people accused of orchestrating the 2015 Paris terror attacks. In our starred review, PW called it "clear-eyed and soul-searching." With Kolkhoz, Carrère turns his gaze inward, cataloging four generations of his own tempestuous family history. His ancestors fled the Soviet Republic of Georgia in the 1920s and scattered; a key figure in the book is his Nazi-sympathizing grandfather, whom Carrère exposes despite his mother's protest. That audacity and hunger for the truth meets with sumptuous prose to form a rich, real-life family saga worth getting lost in. —Conner Reed, mystery and memoir reviews editor
with Richard Curtis
Publishing industry veteran Richard Curtis has sat on nearly every side of the book business: literary agent, author, and publisher. We spoke to him about his new book, 'Digital Inc.' (Rivertowns), which follows the period when e-books were introduced to the world. (Sponsored) MORE »
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The Steps: a Memoir
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Verity
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The Long-Lived King: An Original the Owl House Graphic Novel
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Plantyou Quickies: 140+ Nourishing Plant-Based Recipes for Busy People
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Escape Me Deluxe Limited Edition
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