Ron Charles
@roncharles.bsky.social
I write about books for The Washington Post.
In today's Halloween edition of the Book Club newsletter, I'm giving away my copy of "The H. P. Lovecraft Experience Deluxe Box Set":
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October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In today's Halloween edition of the Book Club newsletter, I'm giving away my copy of "The H. P. Lovecraft Experience Deluxe Box Set":
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This week, I turn my august critical attention to a work of literature called "My Brother's Butt Is Haunted": s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This week, I turn my august critical attention to a work of literature called "My Brother's Butt Is Haunted": s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
Someday: Simon One — just a single blockbuster each decade.
August 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Someday: Simon One — just a single blockbuster each decade.
Hamnet, the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, was buried on this day in 1596. He was 11.
From that slim note of tragedy, Maggie O'Farrell spun her best novel.
From that slim note of tragedy, Maggie O'Farrell spun her best novel.
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hamnet, the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, was buried on this day in 1596. He was 11.
From that slim note of tragedy, Maggie O'Farrell spun her best novel.
From that slim note of tragedy, Maggie O'Farrell spun her best novel.
Bought this Halloween garland yesterday at a church yard sale.
July 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Bought this Halloween garland yesterday at a church yard sale.
Just spent an hour trying to add a dozen people to my Outlook Contacts. I now have no more fear of computers taking over the world -- except possibly through mass irritation.
April 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just spent an hour trying to add a dozen people to my Outlook Contacts. I now have no more fear of computers taking over the world -- except possibly through mass irritation.
The WSJ’s front-page beatification of the Jan. 6 mob is truly astonishing.
“The spiritual experience was so intense on that day, she said, that she scarcely recalled the violence unfolding around her.”
“The spiritual experience was so intense on that day, she said, that she scarcely recalled the violence unfolding around her.”
January 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The WSJ’s front-page beatification of the Jan. 6 mob is truly astonishing.
“The spiritual experience was so intense on that day, she said, that she scarcely recalled the violence unfolding around her.”
“The spiritual experience was so intense on that day, she said, that she scarcely recalled the violence unfolding around her.”
It isn't the scariest thing about Kash Patel, but he's also the author of dreadful political propaganda for children. This year, he published “The Return of the King” --the 3rd volume in the kiddie series “The Plot Against the King.” It reads like the love child of Richard Scarry and Dinesh D’Souza
November 25, 2024 at 2:09 AM
It isn't the scariest thing about Kash Patel, but he's also the author of dreadful political propaganda for children. This year, he published “The Return of the King” --the 3rd volume in the kiddie series “The Plot Against the King.” It reads like the love child of Richard Scarry and Dinesh D’Souza
A weird year ahead.
November 23, 2024 at 12:49 AM
A weird year ahead.
December 17, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Completely senile but somehow also devilishly crafty President Biden continues to destroy the US economy….
December 13, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Completely senile but somehow also devilishly crafty President Biden continues to destroy the US economy….
Such a great night marching with my Washington Post guild friends for a fair contract!
December 8, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Such a great night marching with my Washington Post guild friends for a fair contract!
For the price of a burger and fries, David Brooks could get four good books at the airport bookstore.
September 22, 2023 at 10:06 PM
For the price of a burger and fries, David Brooks could get four good books at the airport bookstore.
The new documentary “Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind” is thoughtful and moving. I've got a review in this week's newsletter:
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September 8, 2023 at 6:57 PM
The new documentary “Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind” is thoughtful and moving. I've got a review in this week's newsletter:
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Clever illustration by Tyler Comrie for a WSJ essay about luring workers back to the office.
August 26, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Clever illustration by Tyler Comrie for a WSJ essay about luring workers back to the office.
At the National Book Festival, Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds appearing together for the first time ever.
August 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
At the National Book Festival, Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds appearing together for the first time ever.