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Six "reboot" novels to put on your radar.

A handful of books that bounce off the canon.

By Brittany Allen | September 25, 2025

Belonging Somewhere Else, Too: Seven Books on Making a Home in a New Country

Belonging Somewhere Else, Too: Seven Books on Making a Home in a New Country

Bruna Dantas Lobato Recommends Ayşegül Savaş, Elisa Shua Dusapin, Ananda Lima, and More

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | October 17, 2024

Wide Sargasso Sea.">Read the first reviews of Jean Rhys' <emWide Sargasso Sea.">

Wide Sargasso Sea.">Read the first reviews of Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea.

By Dan Sheehan | August 24, 2023

Good Morning, Midnight?">Just How Depressing is <emGood Morning, Midnight?">

Good Morning, Midnight?">Just How Depressing is Good Morning, Midnight?

Lit Century Podcast Reads Jean Rhys's 1939 Novel">The Lit Century Podcast Reads Jean Rhys's 1939 Novel

By Lit Century | April 26, 2022

Voyage in the Dark">Jean Rhys’ Women on the Margins: On the Perpetual Resonance of <emVoyage in the Dark">

Voyage in the Dark">Jean Rhys’ Women on the Margins: On the Perpetual Resonance of Voyage in the Dark

Imogen Crimp on the Intersection of Ambition, Power, Gender and Money

By Imogen Crimp | February 8, 2022

10 Books for Being Alone

10 Books for Being Alone

In the Second Winter of Our Lockdown

By Emily Temple | January 26, 2022

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Derry Girls.">8 books perfectly summed up with out-of-context Derry Girls.

By Snigdha Koirala | January 19, 2022

Here are 7 book recommendations for Rory Gilmore.

By Snigdha Koirala | September 15, 2021

"No revision, no second thoughts. Already I am terrified." Jean Rhys on writing and life.

By Snigdha Koirala | August 24, 2021

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

In Praise of Racist Books: Notes of an Immigrant Reader

Louis Chude-Sokei on the Books that Shaped His Literary Curiosity

By Louis Chude-Sokei | August 2, 2021

Jenny Offill: Everyone’s Always Hoping for Some Kind of Plot

Jenny Offill: Everyone’s Always Hoping for Some Kind of Plot

So Many Damn Books">This Week on So Many Damn Books

By So Many Damn Books | February 9, 2021

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

How Jean Rhys Longed for an Island of Stability

Voyage in the Dark">Julia Alvarez on Voyage in the Dark

By Julia Alvarez | November 18, 2020

Why We'll Never Get Tired of Literary Retellings

Why We'll Never Get Tired of Literary Retellings

Meg Donohue on the Enduring Appeal of Updating Old Stories

By Meg Donohue | May 28, 2019

On the Archetypes of the Captivity Narrative

On the Archetypes of the Captivity Narrative

Aimee Parkison on Our Ongoing Literary Fixation with Trapped Women

By Aimee Parkison | March 7, 2019

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel

On What It Is to Write About Everyday Life

By Tessa Hadley | January 16, 2019

What Your New Roommate's Favorite Book Says About Them

What Your New Roommate's Favorite Book Says About Them

More Revealing Than Their Star Sign (With Your Luck, Triple Scorpio)

By Emily Temple | September 4, 2018

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