Books

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A new translation of the writer’s rarest novel The Apple in the Dark is a revelation

BY Carlos Valladares | 29 SEP 23

The reissue of the 2001 collection considers the AIDS crisis through the lens of the Italian filmmaker

BY Mackenzie Lukenbill | 25 SEP 23

To celebrate the recent release of her memoir, The Lives of Artists, the author shares a list of literary works that have inspired her

BY Susan Finlay | 19 SEP 23

A new memoir by Alexandra Auder delves into life with her parents, Warhol superstar Viva and artist Michel Auder

BY Leila Levy Gale | 26 JUL 23

The writer's debut novel, set in an English boarding school, explores desire, gender identity and charged dynamics

BY Lisette May Monroe | 24 JUL 23

Works from the poet’s forthcoming book Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return take on a life of their own

BY CAConrad | 21 JUL 23

From new fiction by Isabel Allende to the first Bulgarian novel to win the Man Booker International, the frieze team recommend new favourites and future classics

BY frieze | 11 JUL 23

Told from the perspective of a mountain lion, Henry Hoke's hallucinatory novel explores the polycrisis of Los Angeles's unhoused population, wildfires and political violence

BY Alice Bucknell | 06 JUL 23

Ahead of the release of her new memoir, The Light Room, the author shares a list of the literary works that have inspired her

BY Kate Zambreno | 04 JUL 23

In her new book, Sophia Giovannitti reflects on sex work as labour and its parallels to the art market  

BY Esmé Hogeveen | 06 JUN 23

In the novel, the unnamed narrator reckons with the politics of race, desire and marginalization in galleries and institutions 

BY Reed McConnell | 26 MAY 23

In the author's new novel, encountering a doppelgänger on the streets of Athens signals the death of the diligently composed identity of an artist

BY Kathryn O'Regan | 09 MAY 23

On the occasion of his new book Catastrophe Time!, Gary Zhexi Zhang questions how we make sense of our era when history seems to speed by us

BY Gary Zhexi Zhang | 09 MAY 23

In essays covering Samuel Beckett to Tacita Dean, the writer reflects on irresistible artworks

BY Bailey Trela | 20 APR 23

A new book by Ian Penman grapples with the filmmaker’s gargantuan appetites, impossible productivity and heartbreaking melancholy

BY John Douglas Millar | 14 APR 23

In the author's newly translated novel, an unnamed protagonist faces the limits and freedoms granted through speech

BY Laura McLean-Ferris | 12 APR 23

From César Aira’s visions of ancient Rome to a posthumous collection of strange tales by Izumi Suzuki, the frieze team selects the books they’re reading this season

BY frieze | 07 APR 23

Polly Barton’s candid interviews question the interpersonal dynamics – shame, embarrassment, jealousy, ethics – of pornography

BY Houman Barekat | 23 MAR 23

Ahead of the release of his new book Land Sickness, the author shares the books that have inspired him

BY Nikolaj Schultz | 20 MAR 23

In 'Topographies: Aerial Surveys of the American Landscape', the photographer uses drones to shift his perspective, capturing the country from the air

BY Jonah Goldman Kay | 14 MAR 23