The 14 Best Book Covers of August

The 14 Best Book Covers of August

Leading with Art

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in September

The Man in My Basement, Slow Horses, Highest 2 Lowest, and more.

By Emily Temple | August 29, 2025

The 11 Best Book Covers of July

The 11 Best Book Covers of July

High Art for High Summer

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in August

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in August

My Oxford Year, The Thursday Murder Club, and more

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2025

A new George Saunders novel is coming this winter.

A new George Saunders novel is coming this winter.

By Emily Temple | July 24, 2025

Vladimir Nabokov's entire backlist is getting a brand new redesign.

Vladimir Nabokov's entire backlist is getting a brand new redesign.

By Emily Temple | July 18, 2025

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An incomplete list of things Jane Austen disliked.

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

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The 13 Best Book Covers of June

By Emily Temple | June 27, 2025

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

100 Book Covers for <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>

100 Book Covers for Mrs. Dalloway

Celebrating a Century of Virginia Woolf’s Classic Novel

By Emily Temple | May 14, 2025

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