Catherine Lacey

The greatest books of 2025 Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

So pleased to see Nicola Barker's TonyInterruptor ('Strange & clever'), @benpester.bsky.social's The Expansion Project ('That rare thing, unique') & @catherinelacey.bsky.social's The Möbius Book ('Thrilling') included in this 'Greatest Books of 2025' list.

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They revoked Wole Soyinka’s US visa? I keep typing reactions and deleting them. Another new low.

"lydiakiesling [via IG]: I have written for the NYT in various sections since 2014 and it was one of the most exciting moments of my professional life when I first had a byline with the magazine. Since then the paper has supplied the majority of my freelance income, because they are one of the few places that has money to spend and a single long magazine piece there can pay $10,000--almost unheard of anywhere else. In our denuded national media landscape something like 8 percent of American journalists are employed there. I say all this only to convey that, although I know it's craven, I wrestled with severing the connection to a financial lifeline that is known as "the paper of record" and also employs people I care about and respect across its many sections. But I can't pretend not to see the way the paper has played the role of stenographer for the IDF, or used language to emphasize the humanity of Israeli civilians while turning murdered Palestinians into faceless groups, or allowed Bret Stephens to treat genocide like a matter of personal sentiment. Freelancers are important for maintaining this storied institution. I'm not so naive to imagine even 300 people will make a difference, but we won't know if we don't try. If you're a writer, learn more and sign on at the link in my stories. I sign in remembrance of the many murdered Palestinian journalists and novelists and poets who will never again have the choice."

"No Opinion I REFUSE TO WRITE FOR THE OPINION SECTION OF THE NEW YORK TIMES UNTIL THESE DEMANDS ARE MET." with a red arrow

"THE NYT MUST: Conduct a review of anti-Palestinian bias in the newsroom and produce new editorial standards for Palestine coverage. Retract the widely debunked investigation "Screams Without Words." Publish an editorial calling for a U.S. arms embargo on Israel."

"Join the Boycott GENOCIDE IS NOT A MATTER OF OPINION. See the list of 300+ initiating signatories, read our statement, and join us at: boycottdivestunsubscribe.com"

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isn't pequod a kind of cake pop?

Straight up plagiarism can ALSO help you beat writer’s block!

I’m sad this letter was necessary, but I am proud to have signed it. You can add your signature too if you agree with the hopes and values described here.

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Love this scene in Mulholland Dr.

Catherine Lacey, escritora: “Creo que hay algo maravilloso en estar enamorada de una persona cuya lengua materna no es la tuya propia” La autora estadounidense triunfaba el pasado año con ‘Biografía de X’ y prepara el lanzamiento en castellano de ‘The Möbius Book’

Hace unos días tuve la suerte de poder hablar un buen rato con @catherinelacey.bsky.social sobre literatura y sobre la vida.

El resultado lo tenéis en @voguespain.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥

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Thank you, Mr. Groundhog!

“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.

In late May I lost my wallet, felt indignant and weird for a day, then I decided that this indignant and weird feeling was a good place from which to write a story. It's also about living abroad, but being unavoidably estadounidense. Here it is—

“Coconut Flan,” by Catherine Lacey Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.

“Wherever Daria went, all over the world, strangers stopped her on the street for directions, as if she were such a neutral presence that she belonged almost anywhere.” Read a short story by Catherine Lacey.

President Trump wants to kill American citizens the right way.

By Ezra Klein

La alegría que me da estar nominada con compañeras tan queridas y talentosas ❤️, y más con «Biografía de X» de @catherinelacey.bsky.social (ed. @alfaguara.bsky.social).

A fantastic, though terrifying, essay.

If you are involved in the arts in any way, you should know about Fall of Freedom. Let’s do something about this, together www.falloffreedom.com

Muchísimas gracias siempre!!

Jeff called me “Mordant AF” 🤗

If you like extremely overlooked works of mid century literature and podcasts oh boy have I got a link for you—

Submissions are open for the 2026 C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize, judged by @catherinelacey.bsky.social! Head to hubcity.submittable.com/submit for guidelines and to submit your manuscripts!

Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund The Story of the Jewish Bund

For all you horrors who have been waiting, “Here Where We Live is Our Country” has a pub date! April 7, 2026

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Preorders mean everything, so get one for all your friends. Haters, get some and have a book burning

Muchísimas gracias por leerla y gracias a la traductora de mis respuestas!

Muchísimas gracias por leerla.

Not to brag but a three year old I have only met twice took a blurry picture of nothing with her mom’s phone and told her mom to send it to me.

Gracias, Núria!

What a relief it is to be translated into Spanish much more coherent than I can actually speak.

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens ...

12 years earlier.

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

Did someone turn The Möbius Book into a Möbius strip....????!!!!

thank you!