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"id": "01a0df9e-e51c-73e1-a383-64bc330b5cb0", "title": "It all starts with something simple.", "url": "https://thelongestchapter.com/2018/07/26/one-million-drops-victor-del-arbol/", "published_at": "2018-07-27T02:07:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0df9e-e51c-73e1-a383-64bc331465b5", "title": "Living the Russian language", "url": "https://thelongestchapter.com/2018/07/18/living-the-russian-language/", "published_at": "2018-07-18T20:55:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa5-aa0f-71ce-8d39-04c23c17ec05", "title": "21 good books for the summer", "url": "https://thelongestchapter.com/2018/06/21/21-good-books-for-the-summer-2018/", "published_at": "2018-06-21T04:25:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa5-aa0f-71ce-8d39-04c23ca1bbb1", "title": "The beast in the west", "url": "https://thelongestchapter.com/2018/06/14/west-carys-davies/", "published_at": "2018-06-14T13:32:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dfa5-aa0f-71ce-8d39-04c23d721e34", "title": "What’s your favorite book?", "url": 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2021

Mahmood Mattan’s tragic storyoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2021
My 10 favorite books of 2021original ↗
14 Dec 2021
A man walks into a tacky hoteloriginal ↗
30 Nov 2021
What to read next: books now and to anticipateoriginal ↗
18 Nov 2021
The sad, mad world of housewives in the 1960’s and 70’soriginal ↗
4 Nov 2021
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners 2021original ↗
14 Oct 2021
Books to anticipate this September: part twooriginal ↗
14 Sept 2021
“Lean Fall Stand,” a new novel by Jon McGregororiginal ↗
3 Sept 2021
Books to anticipate this September: part oneoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2021
“You come from here, but this is not your home.”original ↗
10 Aug 2021
What I’m reading now: fiction by Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Mollie Panter-Downes, Olivia Manningoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2021
My 2021 summer reading list: five novels by essential authorsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2021
Novelist Joan Silber’s irresistible, everyday peopleoriginal ↗
3 Jun 2021
Finalists for the 2021 International Booker Prizeoriginal ↗
20 May 2021
From best seller to austere memoir, here’s what’s coming up nextoriginal ↗
12 May 2021
Bookmarked’s no-holds-barred personal narrativesoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2021
My reading life: a few good booksoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2021
Coming soon: five new novels by seasoned authorsoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2021
“The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World”original ↗
11 Mar 2021
My reading life: just finished + coming soonoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2021
The enduring significance of ordinary lifeoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2021

2020

My 10 favorite books of 2020original ↗
30 Dec 2020
2020 Christmas books: presents for myselforiginal ↗
17 Dec 2020
An author’s volunteer experience in Greece: “Reaching Mithymna” by Steven Heightonoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2020
Book award winners announced this weekoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2020
New this month, a major award finalist: “How to Make a Slave and Other Essays”original ↗
7 Nov 2020
An old man contemplates his life with music: “Self-Portrait With Russian Piano”original ↗
30 Sept 2020
Three new story collections you want to ignore, but I recommend you don’t.original ↗
3 Sept 2020
New novels coming in September 2020original ↗
21 Aug 2020
“Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell: the death of Shakespeare’s son, and the famous playoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2020
An exceptional new World War II novel: “The Vanishing Sky” by L. Annette Binderoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2020
A milkman and slow horses: Mick Herron’s brilliant British intelligence seriesoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2020
Recommendations for a book cluboriginal ↗
24 Jun 2020
A discerning novel of ethnic identityoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2020
My impossible list of wants. Then three.original ↗
19 May 2020
The books I’m reading noworiginal ↗
30 Apr 2020
“Whiteout Conditions” by Tariq Shahoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2020
“Nobody Will Tell You This But Me”original ↗
2 Apr 2020
Five books in these days of distractionoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2020
“The Teacher” by Michal Ben-Naftalioriginal ↗
28 Feb 2020
“We did not guess its essence…”original ↗
13 Feb 2020
The singular gift of ordinary happinessoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2020
The books I’ll be reading nextoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2020
Lessons for a book criticoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2020

2019

My year of readingoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2019
Shannon Pufahl’s “On Swift Horses”original ↗
3 Dec 2019
Books I’m recommendingoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2019
Verbal combat in 1990’s Kansasoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2019
Classic horror with an evil twinoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2019
National Book Awards 2019 Finalistsoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2019
Waiting for Dilly Hearneoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2019
Which 2019 Man Booker finalist will win?original ↗
26 Sept 2019
A new novel inspired by CIA documentsoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2019
An orphan in the family stormoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2019
Two summer books not to be overlookedoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2019
An astute mystery about racial injusticeoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2019
A powerful memoir that reverses timeoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2019
“Let her tell it as she sees it.”original ↗
9 Jul 2019
A Soviet spy in 1938 Germanyoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2019
A cow book by an Irish farmer’s sonoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2019
Summer prize-winning readsoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2019
Ocean Vuong’s new noveloriginal ↗
4 Jun 2019
This reading life: finding a book you loveoriginal ↗
22 May 2019
It’s fiction, but true.original ↗
8 May 2019
Reading Miriam Toewsoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2019
The 100 Best Novels in Translationoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2019
Books I’m talking aboutoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2019
How to get your book of the monthoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2019

2018

Top three novels on 2018 year-end listsoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2018
A symphony for besieged Leningradoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2018
The value of private lettersoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2018
A selection of new booksoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2018
Five fiction finalists: the daring ones?original ↗
19 Oct 2018
On the November roadoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2018
Learning Hannah Arendtoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2018
A book that left its markoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2018
The lost art of authors’ photosoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2018
Finalists to talk about – and readoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2018
It all starts with something simple.original ↗
27 Jul 2018
Living the Russian languageoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2018
21 good books for the summeroriginal ↗
21 Jun 2018
The beast in the westoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2018
What’s your favorite book?original ↗
25 May 2018
Get a grip and lighten uporiginal ↗
15 May 2018
The evolution of Dr. Francine Burkoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2018
The art of restitution and deceptionoriginal ↗
30 Mar 2018
Jon McGregor’s superb “Reservoir 13”original ↗
15 Mar 2018
Why “Black Boy” still mattersoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2018
The power of books and giving one’s timeoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2018
A bookshop closesoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2018
The eyes of a Texas Rangeroriginal ↗
12 Jan 2018

2017

Top five fiction books in 2017original ↗
31 Dec 2017
Getting to know Ross Macdonaldoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2017
My most given booksoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2017
The power of love and conscienceoriginal ↗
30 Nov 2017
Pick a country. Read the books.original ↗
20 Nov 2017
Longing for the unreachable pastoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2017
Jennifer Egan’s remarkable storytellingoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2017
My two favorite memoirs this yearoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2017
The world will not take itoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2017
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