A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
The Editorial Staff
The editorial staff of Public Books. 
On Our Nightstands: May 2023
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: February 2023
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
Public Picks 2022
What were the books of 2022 that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us?
On Our Nightstands: September 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: July 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: May 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: January 2022
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
To Air Is Human
An aerodynamicist and an anthropologist discuss the world of “Dune,” finding it as aesthetically beautiful as it is functionally implausible.
On Our Nightstands: September 2021
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: July 2021
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
Public Picks 2021
Each May we send our readers into summer with a curated list of the titles that dazzled, challenged, and inspired us most over the past year (or so).
On Our Nightstands: February 2021
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: September 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: July 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: June 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
From the Archive: Police Brutality
In solidarity with the ongoing actions against police brutality, we return to previous work by our authors on the relationship between policing, poverty, capitalism, liberation, and racial justice ...
Public Picks 2020
Each year around this time we send our readers into summer with a thoughtfully curated list of the titles appearing over the past 12 months that dazzled, moved, and challenged us most.
On Our Nightstands: April 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.
On Our Nightstands: March 2020
A behind-the-scenes look at what Public Books editors and staff have been reading this month.