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Here are the books Bill Gates thinks you should be reading this summer.

Here are the books Bill Gates thinks you should be reading this summer.

By Emily Temple | June 6, 2022

35 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

35 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

Part One of Lit Hub's Summer Preview

By Emily Temple | June 6, 2022

The 17 Best Book Covers of May

The 17 Best Book Covers of May

Shape, Text, and Texture

By Emily Temple | June 3, 2022

These are the books all the rich people will be reading in the metaverse this year.

These are the books all the rich people will be reading in the metaverse this year.

By Emily Temple | June 2, 2022

Are fathers discouraging their sons from reading because it's too “girly

Are fathers discouraging their sons from reading because it's too “girly"?

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2022

The Story Behind Jonathan Franzen’s New Backlist Book Cover Redesigns

The Story Behind Jonathan Franzen’s New Backlist Book Cover Redesigns

Alex Merto, Charlotte Strick, and Jonathan Franzen on a New Look for Old Books

By Emily Temple | March 17, 2022

Best Reviewed
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  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Take an early peek at Hulu's adaptation of Conversations With Friends.

By Emily Temple | February 4, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in February

By Emily Temple | February 1, 2022

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple | January 31, 2022

The 12 Best Book Covers <br>of January

The 12 Best Book Covers
of January

To Brighten Up the Cold

By Emily Temple | January 28, 2022

Watch the new trailer for the third season of <em>My Brilliant Friend</em>.

Watch the new trailer for the third season of My Brilliant Friend.

By Emily Temple | January 26, 2022

10 Books for Being Alone

10 Books for Being Alone

In the Second Winter of Our Lockdown

By Emily Temple | January 26, 2022

13 of André Leon Talley's favorite books.

13 of André Leon Talley's favorite books.

By Emily Temple | January 19, 2022

20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

20 Famous Writers on Being Rejected

"The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so."

By Emily Temple | January 19, 2022

<em>The Bell Jar</em> was supposed to have a sequel, told through

The Bell Jar was supposed to have a sequel, told through "the eyes of health."

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2022

59 Years of Book Covers for <em>The Bell Jar</em> from All Over the World

59 Years of Book Covers for The Bell Jar from All Over the World

Happy Birthday to Sylvia Plath’s Classic

By Emily Temple | January 14, 2022

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