Bookforum is a New York City-based American book review journal devoted to books and the debate of literature. The magazine was created in 1994 and announced in December 2022 that it will discontinue publication after 28 years. Bookforum, which is available in print and online, provides readers with precisely what the name implies: a forum for exchanging intellectual and artistic book reviews and articles, as well as debating literature. They have a bit odd, slightly rebellious air, so the magazine is a perfect way to learn about all the books that would not otherwise come across your radar — and the book-related personal essays are fantastic.

The journal continues the great history of its sister publication, Artforum, by providing contemporary culture reviews by both renowned individuals and fascinating new voices. It is now one of the world's three major book review journals. Bookforum highlights the greatest books of the season, from blockbusters to literary titles to vital works published by independent, art-book, and university presses, five times a year. Original content is also added to the website on a regular basis. Bookforum searches for the most exciting and difficult works of fiction, poetry, and cultural criticism for coverage and gives them to brilliant reviewers with fresh perspectives.

Website: bookforum.com

World Literature Today is an international literary and culture journal produced by the University of Oklahoma. The magazine's declared objective is to publish worldwide non-academic essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and book reviews. Roy Temple House, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, created it in 1927 as Books Overseas. The journal was renamed World Literature Today in January 1977. The inaugural issue of World Literature Today (WLT) was 32 pages long and released in 1927. By the 50th year, the editions had grown to more than 250 pages. WLT transitioned from a quarterly to a bimonthly publication in 2006.

The editors of World Literature Today have fostered debate over the yearly awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature from the magazine's inception. In 1940, the publication held a "Super-Nobel" election in which contributors and other specialists were asked to vote for the writer they thought had made the most significant contribution to world literature in the first third of the twentieth century, regardless of whether that writer had won the Nobel Prize. Thomas Mann, who earned the Nobel Prize in 1929 and was a frequent writer of World Literature Today, received the honor. WLT is the greatest worldwide literary and culture magazine out there, and it includes interviews, essays, poetry, fiction, and book reviews. It's a terrific way to get a feel of what's going on in literature throughout the world, in a variety of global languages.

Website: worldliteraturetoday.org

Publishers Weekly (PW) is a weekly trade news magazine published in the United States for publishers, libraries, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continually since 1872, it has featured the slogan, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling". Now, with 51 issues each year, the emphasis is on book reviews. The journal was started in the late 1860s by bibliographer Friedrich Leypoldt and went by many names until Leypoldt settled on The Publishers' Weekly (with an apostrophe) in 1872.

Publishers Weekly covers topics such as publishing, bookselling, marketing, merchandising, and trade news, as well as author interviews and regular pieces on rights, people in publishing, and bestsellers. It aims to help everyone involved in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of the written word in book, audio, video, and electronic media.

The book review section of Publishers Weekly was established in the early 1940s and has grown in prominence throughout the twentieth century and to the present day. It presently provides prepublication evaluations of 9,000 new trade books each year in a wide variety of genres, including audiobooks and e-books, and has a digitized archive of 200,000 reviews. Reviews often appear two to four months before a book's publication date, and until 2014, when PW created BookLife.com, a website for self-published books, novels that were already in print were rarely reviewed.

These anonymous reviews are typically 200-250 words long, and the review section can run as long as 40 pages, filling the second half of the magazine. Before, an editorial team of eight editors sent books to more than 100 independent reviewers. Some are established authors, while others are subject matter specialists in certain genres or themes. Although some books may take a week or more to read and evaluate, reviewers were paid $45 each review until June 2008, when the magazine reduced the amount to $25 per review. In another policy shift that month, reviewers were given credit as contributors in issues that included their reviews. There are now nine review editors mentioned in the masthead.

Website: publishersweekly.com

Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the United States' largest nonprofit literary organizations, supporting poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Poets & Writers Magazine is published bimonthly by the organization, which is based in New York City. Poets & Writers Magazine is a popular bi-monthly publication. The journal includes literary-themed news pieces, critical reviews, and author interviews. Poets & Writers Magazine is also a valuable resource for thousands of authors, providing current information about literary grants and honors, literary publications, presses, jobs, author directories, and literary events. It has been described as a "must-have diary for scribes". The magazine has been accessible in digital version from the May/June 2010 edition.

Poets & Writers Magazine reached unprecedented subscription and advertising heights because of award-winning editorial and design upgrades. Readings/Workshops was expanded throughout the country, linking authors and audiences in California, Chicago, and Detroit, in addition to New York State, where the program originated. And the Writers Exchange program, which would introduce writers to the literary world in New York, was launched. Whilst Poets & Writers magazine is clearly aimed at poets and writers (as you might expect), it's also a fantastic magazine for anybody who respects the discipline of writing itself. Author interviews, blurbs about significant literary events, words of wisdom from the publishing world, and plenty of samples from upcoming or recently published novels, memoirs, and poetry collections may all be found in P&W.

Website: pw.org

Bookmarks is a bimonthly literary journal published in the United States for general readers, book clubs, and librarians. Its tagline is "For everyone who hasn't read everything". Bookmarks, which debuted in 2002, summarizes and distills published book reviews, as well as pieces on classic and current writers, "best-of" category reading lists, reader suggestions, and book group profiles. Library Journal called it a "Best New Magazine" shortly after its release. Bookmarks magazine's headquarters are in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. It used to be based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

This journal publishes approximately 500 book reviews every month and covers the newest fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and classics, offering book suggestions for readers of all tastes. With new author profiles and interviews, you can learn more about your favorite authors. Find out what other book clubs are reading to see if you might find your next best-seller. Some of their most recent themes include Japanese postwar fiction, novels of exile and assimilation, literature of modern Cuba, prehistoric novels, fairy tales in modern fiction, literature of the new India, contemporary Irish fiction, Jane Austen, modern takes on classic novels, Chinese novels in translation, literature of World War I, unusual narrators, and depictions of the circus in fiction — in other words, everything you could imagine and more.

Website: bookmarksmagazine.com

Creative Nonfiction is an American literary journal established in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lee Gutkind started the journal in 1993, making it the first literary magazine to print high-quality nonfiction prose entirely and on a regular basis. Creative Nonfiction transitioned from a journal to a magazine style in the spring of 2010, with the inclusion of additional sections such as writer profiles and articles on the craft of writing, as well as updates on events in the literary nonfiction field.

The Best American Essays, The Best American Travel Writing in 2013, The Best Women's Travel Writing in 2013, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading have all reproduced work previously published in Creative Nonfiction. Creative Nonfiction was placed 23 on the Pushcart Prize list of nonfiction literary publications in 2014. Creative Nonfiction was a nominee for the 2014 AWP Small Press Publisher Award and a 2011 Utne Independent Press Award finalist in the "Best Writing" category.

According to the website of Creative Nonfiction magazine, they are the genre's voice — and everyone who has read Creative Nonfiction knows this is true. Any nonfiction reader will be unable to resist this quarterly journal, which offers new, long-form articles and micro-essays that will wow you with their inventive style as they will with their depth and substance. This is the finest magazine for reading work by your favorite nonfiction writers as well as discovering new ones.

Website: creativenonfiction.org

The New York Review of Books (also known as NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine that publishes essays on literature, culture, economics, science, and current events. It was founded in New York City on the premise that discussing famous books is an essential literary activity. The Review offers long-form reviews and articles, typically by well-known writers, as well as original poetry and letters and personals advertising sections that have drawn critical attention. The reviews in the semi-monthly New York Review of Books, which is available in print and augmented with digital material, are categorized mostly by genre, topic, and relevance to current politics and/or events.

The NYRB covers culture, economics, science, and current affairs, as well as long-form essays and creative poetry by (typically) well-known writers. The Robert B. Silvers Foundation was formed in 2017 through a gift from the late Robert Silvers, a founding editor of The New York Review of Books. The Silvers Grants for Work in Progress, given in support of long-form nonfiction projects within the fields cultivated by Silvers as editor of the Review, and the Silvers-Dudley Prizes, awarded for notable achievements in journalism, criticism, and cultural commentary, are among its annual activities.

Website: nybooks.com