The Ultimate Summer 2023 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2023 Reading List

Or, the Count of Melty Crispo

By Emily Temple | June 6, 2023

One great short story to read today: </br>Sam Lipsyte's

One great short story to read today:
Sam Lipsyte's "The Dungeon Master."

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2023

The 12 Best Book Covers of May

The 12 Best Book Covers of May

The Sun is Shining

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2023

One great short story to read today: Leslie Marmon Silko's

One great short story to read today: Leslie Marmon Silko's "The Man to Send Rain Clouds."

By Emily Temple | May 30, 2023

One great short story to read today: </br>Kelly Link's

One great short story to read today:
Kelly Link's "Stone Animals."

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2023

One great short story to read today: Robert Coover's

One great short story to read today: Robert Coover's "The Babysitter."

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

Best Reviewed
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  • Awake Awake
  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
  • The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • The Blue Flame

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

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 "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

Watch Ben Whishaw read Seamus Heaney's translation of

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.

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

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

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