The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

Even English Majors Can Add Without AI

By Emily Temple | June 15, 2026

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June

From Cape Fear to In the Hand of Dante

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2026

The 13 Best Book Covers of May

The 13 Best Book Covers of May

A Pretty Dark Spring

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2026

50 Great Classic Novels <br>Under 200 Pages

50 Great Classic Novels
Under 200 Pages

Short and Sweet

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2026

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

Had Me a Blast

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2026

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel.

Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel.

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

“Yah, boo, sucks.” On the time Angela Carter absolutely flamed Joan Didion in an interview.

By Emily Temple | May 7, 2026

One great poem to read today: Lucille Clifton’s “homage to my hips”

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2026

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in May

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2026

The 11 Best Book Covers of April

The 11 Best Book Covers of April

April Showers

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2026

One great poem to read today: Corey Van Landingham’s “Adult Swim”

One great poem to read today: Corey Van Landingham’s “Adult Swim”

By Emily Temple | April 27, 2026

Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out—and for the first time, it features a female main character.

Haruki Murakami has a new novel coming out—and for the first time, it features a female main character.

By Emily Temple | April 24, 2026

These were the 11 most challenged books in 2025.

These were the 11 most challenged books in 2025.

By Emily Temple | April 20, 2026

One great poem to read today: Dean Young’s “Unstable Particles”

One great poem to read today: Dean Young’s “Unstable Particles”

By Emily Temple | April 6, 2026

One great poem to read today: Tracy K. Smith’s “Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?”

One great poem to read today: Tracy K. Smith’s “Don’t You Wonder, Sometimes?”

By Emily Temple | April 3, 2026

One great poem to read today: Lucie Brock-Broido’s “Am Moor”

One great poem to read today: Lucie Brock-Broido’s “Am Moor”

By Emily Temple | April 1, 2026

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