Category: literaryguides

  • Read Your Way Through Cairo

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Yasmine El Rashidi, a journalist and novelist, guides readers through Cairo, a city whose presence is so powerful it is “the subject, the object and the main character” of many of its writers.

  • Read Your Way Through Newfoundland

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.

  • The Best Books to Take You Through Newfoundland

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.

  • Read Your Way Through Berlin

    The New York Times – Travel:

    The German author Daniel Kehlmann, most recently of the novel “Tyll,” recommends books that explore the city’s painful past and dynamic present.

  • The Best Books to Take You Through Lisbon, Portugal

    The New York Times – Travel:

    The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.

  • Read Your Way Through Lisbon

    The New York Times – Travel:

    The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.

  • Read Your Way Through Stockholm

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Lars Kepler, the pen name of a husband-and-wife crime fiction-writing team, is Sweden’s best-selling author. Here, they recommend books that take readers beyond fictitious murders to the soul of the city.

  • Leïla Slimani on How to Read Your Way Through Paris

    The New York Times – Travel:

    Leïla Slimani, winner of France’s Goncourt Prize, describes her Paris and recommends books that reveal hidden facets of the city.