RealClearBooks August 11, 2025 Archives

RealClearBooks AM Update

Zach Cregger’s Dulled ‘Weapons’

Adam Nayman The Ringer

A Brooklyn Renter’s Odyssey

Lora Kelley The New Yorker

Close, But No

Mary Townsend Wisdom of Crowds

In on the Joke

Alana Pockros The Point

A Pragmatic Progressive’s Lament

Ash Carter Air Mail

First impressions of Sydney

Chris Arnade Chris Arnade Walks the World

A Review of Jillian Luft’s “Scumbag Summer”

Jennifer Ostopovich Substack

A Supervillainous Simp

John Julius Reel The Republic of Letters

A Conversation with Ross Barkan

Chris Dalla Riva Can't Get Much Higher

Everyone Once in Berlin

Derek Neal The Metropolitan Review

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glamour

Charles F. McElwee City Journal

Confessions of a Zillennial Ex–Party Girl

Audrey Lee Substack

A Comedy Sequel That Actually Succeeds

Evan Spear The Dispatch

The Rage of the AI Guy

Freddie deBoer Substack