The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

Sun, Fun, Math, and Counting

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June

Arson and Amnesia

By Emily Temple | May 30, 2025

The 10 Best Book Covers of May

The 10 Best Book Covers of May

Pattern and Texture

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2025

22 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

22 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

For humans, by humans

By Emily Temple | May 27, 2025

Looks like <em>The Chicago Sun-Times</em> used AI to write a reading list—and wound up with slop.

Looks like The Chicago Sun-Times used AI to write a reading list—and wound up with slop.

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2025

One great short story to read today: Aimee Bender,

One great short story to read today: Aimee Bender, "Off"

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2025

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100 Book Covers for Mrs. Dalloway

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2025

One great short story to read today: Donald Barthelme's "A City of Churches"

By Emily Temple | May 12, 2025

One great short story to read today: Angela Carter's "The Company of Wolves"

By Emily Temple | May 7, 2025

Mothers in children's books: a matrix.

Mothers in children's books: a matrix.

By Emily Temple | May 6, 2025

One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka's

One great short story to read today: Franz Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"

By Emily Temple | May 1, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in May

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in May

In Case You’d Rather Be Inside

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2025

The 15 Best Book Covers of April

The 15 Best Book Covers of April

Rain, Rain...

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2025

Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89.

Mario Vargas Llosa has died at 89.

By Emily Temple | April 14, 2025

Thomas Pynchon is publishing a new novel this fall.

Thomas Pynchon is publishing a new novel this fall.

By Emily Temple | April 9, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in April

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in April

Small Things, Big Things, Scary Things

By Emily Temple | March 28, 2025

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