The Best Books of Fall 2023
An eclectic list featuring the season’s most compelling new novels, nonfiction, and poetry, as curated by The Walrus
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The Novel Written about—and with—Artificial Intelligence
Do You Remember Being Born? is a tech-inflected novel for a digital world
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Why the Bank of Canada Is Facing Intense Scrutiny
The key interest rate is the policy lever the bank pulls to keep inflation in check. But a lot has changed in recent years
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At Ninety-One, Alanis Obomsawin Is Not Ready to Put Down Her Camera
She revolutionized cinema and is inspiring the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers
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The Limits of Self-Care
A shocking spree of anti-Asian violence taught me to put community first
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I Didn’t Hate Cooking Palak Paneer, I Hated the Patriarchy
What deterred me? Perhaps the expectation that I should be keen. Keen to cook. Keen to serve
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Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?
It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem
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Wait—Is ChatGPT Even Legal?
AI companies are using copyrighted works to train their systems. The lawsuits are just getting started
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