RealClearBooks Week of January 12, 2026 Archives
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Monday, January 12
Louisa Thomas The New Yorker
Jeff Weiss County Highway
Paul Spencer Pirate Wires
Stephen G. Adubato The Metropolitan Review
Paul Franz ashes and sparks
River Page The Free Press
Benjamin Weingarten RealClearInvestigations
Carlos Acevedo City Journal
Barney Horner New Statesman
Ted Gioia The Honest Broker
Richard Norton Smith Washington Free Beacon
Uzodinma Okehi & Uzodinma Okehi Zona Motel
Tuesday, January 13
John Cassidy The New Yorker
Briallen Hopper The New Republic
David DesRosiers RealClearPolitics
Kiren Gopal The Metropolitan Review
Reinaldo Laddaga 4Columns
Samuel Fitoussi Quillette
Henry Begler A Good Hard Stare
Christopher Gage Oxford Sour
Andrew Fowler The American Spectator
Dave Barry Dave Barry’s Substack
Auguste Meyrat The Federalist
Marianne Dhenin The Baffler
Wednesday, January 14
Brady Brickner-Wood The New Yorker
Valen Lambert County Highway
Kurt Caswell Los Angeles Review of Books
River Page The Free Press
Christine Emba Wisdom of Crowds
Naomi Kanakia Woman of Letters
David DesRosiers RealClearPolitics
George Dardess Slant Books
James Bovard New York Post
James Chapin The Republic of Letters
Thursday, January 15
Richard Brody The New Yorker
Maria Albano The Spectator
David DesRosiers RCPolitics
Ted Gioia The Honest Broker
Anthony Galluzzo Romanticon
Jonah Howell The Metropolitan Review
Nyuol Lueth Tong Los Angeles Review of Books
Amanda Rothschild In the Crease
William Murray Federalist
Friday, January 16
Sam Knight The New Yorker
Simon van Zuylen-Wood New York Magazine
Krista Diamond The Paris Review
Alexander Kaplan The Republic of Letters
Andy Smarick Law & Liberty
Ian Schwartz RealClearPolitics
Zoe Hu Cleveland Review of Books
Jeff Weinstein The Baffler
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