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The Best Audiobooks of 2023

The Best Audiobooks of 2023

The Year in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | December 1, 2023

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

A New Era for Boarding School Literature

Emma Staffaroni on the End of a (Problematic) Fairy Tale

By Emma Staffaroni | September 7, 2023

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

Rebecca Makkai Has Qualms with True Crime Media (and Makes That Critique in Her New Novel)

So Many Damn Books">In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | May 23, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Nicole Chung is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Nicole Chung is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Lydia Davis, Thao Thai, Rebecca Makkai and more

By Diana Arterian | April 6, 2023

“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

“Gray Area is What Novels Can Do That Twitter Cannot.” Rebecca Makkai on Incorporating #MeToo in Her New Novel

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | March 20, 2023

Rebecca Makkai on the Most Underutilized Tool in Fiction: Setting

Rebecca Makkai on the Most Underutilized Tool in Fiction: Setting

“Your setting is so alive, it’s almost a character!”

By Rebecca Makkai | February 24, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

“There’s No Easy Answer, But I’m Gonna Tell a Story About It.” Rebecca Makkai on Exploring the Gray Areas

By The Maris Review | February 23, 2023

“A Character’s Real Interiority is Often the Fuel.” Rebecca Makkai on Slowing Down to Build Momentum

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | February 22, 2023