Editors Reads

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Reading Recommendations

8 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.

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Best Books About Fathers and Fatherhood

The best books about fathers and fatherhood — from The Road and To Kill a Mockingbird to East of Eden and Stoner. Essential fiction about what it means to be a father.

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Best Books Set in Africa: Essential Reading Across the Continent

The best books set in Africa — from Things Fall Apart and Half of a Yellow Sun to Disgrace and Americanah. Essential African fiction and literature from across the continent.

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Best Books Set in Italy: Essential Fiction and Nonfiction

The best books set in Italy — from A Room with a View and The Talented Mr. Ripley to My Brilliant Friend and The English Patient. Essential reading for Italy lovers.

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Best Books to Get Into Reading: Perfect Starting Points for New Readers

The best books to get into reading — from The Alchemist and Life of Pi to A Man Called Ove and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Perfect starting points.

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Best Page-Turner Books: Novels You Can't Put Down

The best page-turner books — from Gone Girl and The Silent Patient to The Kite Runner and The Girl on the Train. Novels you absolutely cannot put down.

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Best Books to Read When You Feel Lost in Life

The best books to read when you feel lost, stuck, or uncertain about direction — from Man's Search for Meaning to The Alchemist to Four Thousand Weeks.

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Best Books About Grief: What to Read When You're Grieving

The best books about grief — what to read when you've lost someone. From The Year of Magical Thinking to A Grief Observed, the most honest and helpful books about loss.

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Best Books to Read When in a Reading Slump

The best books to read when in a reading slump — short, absorbing, impossible to put down. Books that reliably restart the pleasure of reading for even the most blocked reader.

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