Books by Amy Reading
“Wow, this is a book that, if you like The New Yorker you really should read. It’s basically the story of how the New Yorker blew up into a major influence in literature and a cultural treasure in general.” Read more...
The Best Biographies: The 2025 NBCC Shortlist
Mary Ann Gwinn, Journalist
Interviews where books by Amy Reading were recommended
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Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below
by Jane Kamensky -
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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
by Cynthia Carr -
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Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers
by Jean Strouse -
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Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
by Tiya Miles -
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The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker
by Amy Reading
The Best Biographies: The 2025 NBCC Shortlist, recommended by Mary Ann Gwinn
The Best Biographies: The 2025 NBCC Shortlist, recommended by Mary Ann Gwinn
We always look forward to the shortlists for the National Book Critics Awards, on the basis that literary critics are probably the best read people out there. Here, we asked the garlanded critic Mary Ann Gwinn to talk us through the five biographies highlighted in 2025.
