Open Letters Review

Steve Donoghue reviews a new history of ancient Rome’s great enemy, Carthage: A New History by Eve MacDonald, out from @wwnorton: openlettersreview.com/posts/carthage…

Steve Donoghue reviews a new translation of the classic of Stoicism, The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian, out from @LiverightPub: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-medi…

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Nonfiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

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: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-worst-bo…

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: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-worst-bo…

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Biography - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's History - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters Review editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Thrillers - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Romance - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue continues his Best Books of 2025 with this year's Debut Fiction - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

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: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Open Letters editor Steve Donoghue kicks off his Best Books of 2025 with this year's reprints - see them now at his Substack, Stevereads: stevedonoghue.substack.com/p/the-best-boo…

Steve Donoghue reviews a biographical deep dive into the three key players at Gettysburg, Three Roads to Gettysburg by Tim McGrath, out from Caliber: openlettersreview.com/posts/three-ro…

Gabrielle Stetcher Woodward reviews memoir from the author Susan Orlean, Joyride, out from Avid Reader Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/joyride-…

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: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-roma…

Jim Abbiati reviews King Sorrow by Joe Hill, out from William Morrow: openlettersreview.com/posts/king-sor…

Janet Wertman reviews The Stolen Crown by Tracy Borman, out from Atlantic Monthly Press: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-stol…

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: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-land…

Steve Donoghue reviews a new look at the ambitions of a newborn British empire, The Sun Rising by Anna Whitelock, out from Viking: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-sun-…