The Ultimate Summer 2021 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2021 Reading List

All the Big Books From All the Big Lists

By Emily Temple | June 10, 2021

Prepare your trumpets: This year's Venice Biennale is Leonora Carrington-themed.

Prepare your trumpets: This year's Venice Biennale is Leonora Carrington-themed.

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2021

Why Sally Rooney should be more like Dave Eggers.

Why Sally Rooney should be more like Dave Eggers.

By Emily Temple | June 9, 2021

Why is everyone still naming their babies

Why is everyone still naming their babies "Atticus"?

By Emily Temple | June 7, 2021

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

By Emily Temple | June 2, 2021

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

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

Summer Reading, Pt. 1

By Emily Temple | June 1, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World

Get in the mood for summer with Maya Angelou's 1957 performance of calypso hit "Run Joe."

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

This new production of Blindness is unlike any literary adaptation you've ever seen.

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2021

The 16 Best Book Covers of May

By Emily Temple | May 27, 2021

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of <em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</em>, has died at 91.

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died at 91.

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2021

"Get in, get out. Don't linger. Go on." Read Raymond Carver's greatest writing advice.

By Emily Temple | May 25, 2021

Gaza's largest bookstore has been destroyed.

Gaza's largest bookstore has been destroyed.

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2021

These are the best university press book designs of 2020.

These are the best university press book designs of 2020.

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2021

A new John le Carré novel is coming this fall.

A new John le Carré novel is coming this fall.

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2021

Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first writer to use the term

Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first writer to use the term "T-shirt"?

By Emily Temple | May 17, 2021

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

Apparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water.

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2021

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