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Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Leila Mottley Wonders If You Can Truly Write a Place You’ve Never Been

Creating an Authentic World Without Living in It

By Leila Mottley | June 27, 2025

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By Gabrielle Bellot | June 24, 2025

Véra Nabokov! Darkly humorous sleaze! 22 new books out today.

Véra Nabokov! Darkly humorous sleaze! 22 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 16, 2024

20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.

20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.

By Gabrielle Bellot | March 31, 2023

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One of the Most Moving and Emotionally Intimate Audiobooks of the Year

By Behind the Mic | September 21, 2022

Here’s the 2022 Booker Prize longlist.

Here’s the 2022 Booker Prize longlist.

By Corinne Segal | July 26, 2022

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Leila Mottley is the youngest writer ever selected by Oprah's Book Club.

By Emily Temple | June 8, 2022

Take a break and check out these 21 new books.

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By Katie Yee | June 7, 2022

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35 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

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By Emily Temple | June 6, 2022