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Steve Donoghue reviews a new history of ancient Rome’s great enemy, Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald, out from @wwnorton:
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Steve Donoghue reviews a new translation of the classic of Stoicism, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian, out from @LiverightPub:
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12 Dec 2025
Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Nonfiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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12 Dec 2025
Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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11 Dec 2025
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:
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10 Dec 2025
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:
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9 Dec 2025
Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Biography - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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8 Dec 2025
Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's History - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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7 Dec 2025
Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Thrillers - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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6 Dec 2025
Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Romance - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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4 Dec 2025
Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Debut Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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2 Dec 2025
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:
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1 Dec 2025
Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue kicks off his Best Books of 2025 with this year's reprints - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads:
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25 Nov 2025
Steve Donoghue reviews a biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg, Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath, out from Caliber:
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22 Nov 2025
Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward reviews memoir from the author Susan Orlean, Joyride, out from Avid Reader Press:
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22 Nov 2025
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 @BasicBooks:
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22 Nov 2025
Jim Abbiati reviews King Sorrow by Joe Hill, out from William Morrow:
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22 Nov 2025
Janet Wertman reviews The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman, out from Atlantic Monthly Press:
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22 Nov 2025
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:
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22 Nov 2025
Steve Donoghue reviews a new look at the ambitions of a newborn British empire, The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock, out from Viking:
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