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

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

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 "Miracle Polish."

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2023

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

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

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