Becca Rothfeld (born October 8, 1991) is an American literary critic, and essayist. She won the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and the Silvers-Dudley Prize.
She attended Dartmouth College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Rothfeld later pursued a Ph.D. in Philosophy at Harvard University, but as of 2024 has not completed a dissertation.
In March 2023, she was hired by The Washington Post as its non-fiction book critic.
In 2024, Rothfeld revealed on her blog that she has been undergoing treatment for early-stage thyroid cancer.
On February 4, 2026, Rothfeld was laid off by The Washington Post when it reduced its staff by one-third and eliminated the newspaper's books and sports sections. On February 10, 2026, The New Yorker announced that Rothfeld would be joining them as a staff writer later that month.