Plus three short reads and what we're reading this week. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Issue 48 · 8 November 2026 · Read online The Sunday MarginA weekly letter about books, reading and the time it takes. |
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 Essay The case for reading one book slowlyWe finished fewer books this year and remembered more of them. A short argument for a reading pace that leaves room for the margins: underlining, rereading, and putting the book down to think. Continue reading → |
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Also this week
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Reading list Each under 200 pages, each worth a second read. |
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Habit One page per book, three questions, no rules beyond that. |
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From readers Your replies to last week's question, from kitchens to night buses. |
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A note from the editor Next week is our 49th issue and the first with a guest essay. If there is a book you keep coming back to, reply and tell us why. We read every answer. |
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Forward to a friend · Unsubscribe The Sunday Margin is written and edited by two readers and sent every Sunday morning. |
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