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The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Recommends Books for Beaches, Benches, Backyards, and BBQs

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

One great short story to read today: Kristin Valdez Quade's

One great short story to read today: Kristin Valdez Quade's "The Five Wounds."

By Emily Temple | May 23, 2023

One great short story to read today: Charles Yu's

One great short story to read today: Charles Yu's "Standard Loneliness Package."

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2023

One great short story to read today: Steven Millhauser's

One great short story to read today: Steven Millhauser's "Miracle Polish."

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2023

One great short story to read today: </br>ZZ Packer's

One great short story to read today:
ZZ Packer's "Brownies."

By Emily Temple | May 18, 2023

One great short story to read today: Grace Paley's

One great short story to read today: Grace Paley's "A Conversation with My Father."

By Emily Temple | May 17, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Watch Ben Whishaw read Seamus Heaney's translation of "The Names of the Hare."

By Emily Temple | May 16, 2023

Here are the winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards.

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2023

One great short story to read today: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's "Friday Black."

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2023

One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's

One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's "Rebecca."

By Emily Temple | May 12, 2023

One great short story to read today: Lesley Nneka Arimah's

One great short story to read today: Lesley Nneka Arimah's "Who Will Greet You at Home."

By Emily Temple | May 10, 2023

Here are this year's Pulitzer Prize winners.

Here are this year's Pulitzer Prize winners.

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2023

What is this summer's big mystery book?

What is this summer's big mystery book?

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2023

One great short story to read today: Viet Thanh Nguyen's

One great short story to read today: Viet Thanh Nguyen's "Black-Eyed Women."

By Emily Temple | May 8, 2023

One great short story to read today: </br>Diane Cook's

One great short story to read today:
Diane Cook's "The Way the End of Days Should Be."

By Emily Temple | May 4, 2023

One great short story to read today: Edward P. Jones's

One great short story to read today: Edward P. Jones's "Bad Neighbors."

By Emily Temple | May 3, 2023

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