Archive - The New Dork Review of Books

Halfway Through the Knausgaard-verse

Reading Karl Ove Knausgaard brings with it a heightened level of nose-crinkling cringe when I tell some of my much younger colleagues what I'm reading.

Mar 7 •

February 2025

My Friends, by Hisham Matar: On the Loneliness of Exile

Hisham Matar's 2024 National Book Award-finalist novelMy Friendsis about making your way in the world when you can't go home again.

Feb 25 •

Shelf Lives, Vol. 1: Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Today I'm excited to introduce a new feature at the New Dork Review of Books: Shelf Lives.

Feb 21 •

Are You Ready to Rock?! Here Are 6 Amazing Music Novels

There is no subgenre of novel I love more than books about music.

Feb 11 •

A Couple of Bright Bookish Things in Otherwise Dark Times

In January 2017 when the Orange Thing began his first term of catastrophic assault on human decency, good governance, and basic common sense, I had the…

Feb 4 •

Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor: Stories are Like Gods

The hardcover edition of Nnedi Okorafor's new exhilaratingly original novel, Death of the Author, includes a tagline at the top that says "The future of…

Feb 2 •

January 2025

Familiaris, by David Wroblewski: On Fate and Purpose and Lots and Lots of Dogs

Can I interest you in a thousand-page novel about dog breeders set on a farm in northern Wisconsin that's a prequel to a novel published 16 years ago?

Jan 31 •

8 Really Great Recent Debut Novels You Should Read Now

I recently finished reading Eiren Caffall's debut novel All The Water In The World, a stunning, beautifully rendered climate novel that gives Station…

Jan 28 •

Someone Like Us, by Dinaw Mengestu: The Many Ways Stories Examine Truth

Our Reader-in-Chief Barack Obama chose Someone Like Us, by Dinaw Mengestu as one his favorite reads of 2024.

Jan 16 •

Fancy Hats and a 70-Year Marriage: A Conversation with Jonathan Evison

There is very little I enjoy more than talking with writers about their books.

Jan 8 •

On Art and Obsession...and Publishing: A Conversation with Writer Jane Hartsock

Load Bearing, a new novel by Jane Hartsock, is a really fun literary success story.

Jan 2 •

December 2024

Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney: Conventionality is for Suckers

Early in Sally Rooney's new novel,Intermezzo, a character who at that point, we're not sure whether we like or not, has the following thought: "Plain…

Dec 27, 2024 •

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