Best Books of the Year: according to the critics
Critically-acclaimed and included in recent 2024 Best Books round-ups in the Guardian, Financial Times, ArtReview and more.
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SHAME!
The Post-October 7th Case of Toufic Haddad, former Director of the Council for British Research in the Levant Jerusalem Office, the Kenyon Institute. -
Verso Specials: Matteo Pasquinelli
Matteo Pasquinelli on artificial intelligence, the division of labour, and digital utopias.
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Putting West Papua back into history
Douglas Gerrard on how Indonesia's genocidal occupation of West Papua is written out of history. -
Genocide Leaves No Illusions Intact
As part of a symposium, in Berlin, 5 October 2024, philosopher and activist, Yasmeen Daher on how German public discourse surrounding Palestine has been silenced, impacting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the broader issue of Palestinian lives. -
The Year in 10 Books | 2024
In the era of polycrisis, these books will help you understand the past tumultuous year, and how to fight in the face of despair. -
Overshoot: Andreas Malm & Wim Carton
Andreas Malm and Wim Carton join Eleanor Penny to discuss climate models, resource conflicts, and the false promise of carbon capture.
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Tariq Ali: A Leading Figure of the International Left
Complete your Tariq Ali bookshelf with his memoirs, detailing a life committed to writing and cultural interventions. -
Faith, or The Stories We Tell
If we do not believe we can win, we will not win. How can we learn from the past in order to invent a new concept of political faith to guide us in today’s pessimistic world? -
Roughage
“She wanted to dig a square hole in the dark mud, lie down in it, and wait for someone to come along and cover her up. Thank you, she would say, if they did.”
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Harris lost because of Gas, Groceries, and Gaza. But the underlying reason was Ukraine
This election was both "It's the economy stupid," and a foreign policy election. Arun Gupta reflects on the result of the US presidential election. -
How Did We Get Here Again?
Donald Trump has been elected (again). These are key books for understanding how we got here.
