Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Nonfiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Worst Books of 2025 with this year's Worst Nonfiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue kicks off his Worst Books of 2025 with this year's Worst Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Biography - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's History - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Thrillers - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Romance - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Debut Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Literature in Translation - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue kicks off his Best Books of 2025 with this year's reprints - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

Steve Donoghue reviews a biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg, Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath, out from Caliber: openlettersreview.com/posts/three-...

Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward reviews memoir from the author Susan Orlean, Joyride, out from Avid Reader Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/joyrid...

Steve Donoghue reviews a new one-volume history of Rome, from Romulus and Remus to the fall of Constantinople, The Romans by Edward Watts, out from Basic Books: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-ro...

Jim Abbiati reviews King Sorrow by Joe Hill, out from William Morrow: openlettersreview.com/posts/king-s...

Janet Wertman reviews The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman, out from Atlantic Monthly Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-st...

Hannah Joyner reviews previously unpublished stories that illuminate the literary development of the author of an American classic, The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee, out from Random House: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-la...

Steve Donoghue reviews a new look at the ambitions of a newborn British empire, The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock, out from Viking: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-su...

Katherine Harper reviews Anne Fadiman’s new collection of essays, Frog and Other Essays, out from @fsgbooks.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/frog-a...

Vincent McGean reviews a biographical reconstruction of the ancient Greek philosopher, Diogenes by Inger N. I. Kuin, out from Basic Books: openlettersreview.com/posts/diogen...

Aaron Kyereh-Mireku reviews a new intellectual biography of the great philosopher, Kant: A Revolution in Thinking by Marcus Willaschek, out from @harvardpress.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/kant-a...

Jim Abbiati reviews a visually creepy novel perfect for the Halloween season, The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Canas, out from Berkley: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-po...

Tom LeClair reviews a debut novel about table tennis, Underspin by E. Y. Zhao, out from Astra: openlettersreview.com/posts/unders...

Brock Covington reviews a collection of stories from the prize-winning Russian poet, (Th)ings and (Th)oughts by Alla Gorbunova, out from @deepvellum.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/things...

Jim Abbiati reviews an enjoyable hybrid of entwined genres, themes, and narrative styles, The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien by Brit Griffin, out from Latitude 46 Publishing: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-ha...

Tom LeClair reviews Ian McEwan’s ambitious new novel, What We Can Know by Ian McEwan, out from @aaknopf.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/what-w...

Steve Donoghue reviews an insightful if slightly uneven look at serial killers and their analysts, The Monsters We Make by Rachel Corbett, out from @wwnorton.com: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-mo...

Aaron Kyereh-Mireku reviews a dramatic account of the run-up to the English Civil War, The Blood in Winter by Jonathan Healey, out from Knopf: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-bl...

Joe Spivey reviews Fateful Hours by Volker Ullrich, about the grim story of the end of Weimar Germany, out from @wwnorton.com: openlettersreview.com/posts/fatefu...

Steve Donoghue reviews a generous narrative history of the famous Lake Superior shipwreck, The Gales of November by John U. Bacon, out from @liveright.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-ga...

Steve Donoghue reviews a prismatic new look at Columbus the man and Columbiana the legends, The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus by Matthew Restall, out from @wwnorton.com: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-ni...

Steve Donoghue reviews a brilliant new biography of the legendary 20th-century author, True Nature by Lance Richardson, out from @pantheonbooks.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/true-n...

Jim Abbiati reviews a new posthumous Elmore Leonard novella, Picket Line, out from Mariner Books: openlettersreview.com/posts/picket...

Steve Donoghue reviews a gripping new history of the First Battle of Ypres, The Killing Season by Robert Cowley, out from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-ki...

Tom LeClair reviews Shadow Ticket, the new novel from the legendary Thomas Pynchon, out from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/shadow...

Joe Spivey reviews All Consuming by Ruby Tandoh, out from @aaknopf.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/all-co...

Jim Abbiati reviews Spencer Quinn's latest installment of his whimsical Mrs. Plansky mystery series, Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue, out from Tor Publishing Group: openlettersreview.com/posts/mrs-pl...

Steve Donoghue reviews the rousing conclusion to the historical fiction “Essex Dogs” trilogy, Lion Hearts by Dan Jones, out from @vikingbooks.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/lion-h...

Jim Abbiati reviews a classic Conan reprint from Titan Comics that sits somewhere between a graphic novel and a coffee table art book, The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard (Valentin Sécher, illustrator), out from Titan Comics: openlettersreview.com/posts/vzcwt8...

Siddharth Handa reviews a biography of a groundbreaking volume of Chinese verse in translation, Chinese Songs in a French Key by Pauline Yu, out from @columbiaup.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/chines...

Steve Donoghue reviews a new biography of the French king who fought with Plantagenets his whole life, Nemesis by Catherine Hanley, out from @ospreypublishing.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/nemesi...

Eric Bies reviews a new volume of the famous posthumous verses of the famous Peruvian man of letters, Apparent Breviary by Gastón Fernández, out from @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/appare...

Ryan Davison reviews a stunning reading experience by one of Ireland’s finest, The Elements by John Boyne, out from Henry Holt and Co: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-el...

Tom LeClair reviews the complex new novel by James Elkins, A Short Introduction to Annaliese by James Elkins, out from Unnamed Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/a-shor...

Christina Nellas Acosta reviews a new historical novel about Jane Austen in love, Six Weeks by the Sea by Paula Byrne, out from Pegasus Books: openlettersreview.com/posts/six-we...

James Ruchala reviews a cultural history of New York Jewish culture and commerce, The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City by Henry Sapoznik, out from State University of New York Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-to...

Steve Donoghue reviews a sweepingly comprehensive biography of the first “king of the English,” The First King of England by David Woodman, out from @princetonupress.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-fi...

Joe Spivey reviews the new biography of Britain’s scandal-prone Prince Andrew, Entitled by Andrew Lownie, out from @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/entitl...

Steve Donoghue reviews a masterful new biography of the American poet James Schuyler, A Day Like Any Other by Nathan Kernan, out from @fsgbooks.bsky.social openlettersreview.com/posts/a-day-...

Brock Covington reviews Schattenfroh by Michael Lentz, out from @deepvellum.bsky.social: openlettersreview.com/posts/schatt...