The Ultimate Summer 2023 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2023 Reading List

Or, the Count of Melty Crispo

By Emily Temple | June 6, 2023

How the Essay and the Novel Inform and Influence Each Other

How the Essay and the Novel Inform and Influence Each Other

Jane Smiley on the Many Stories of California, True and Fictional

By Jane Smiley | June 6, 2023

Is Ice America’s Most Literary Element?

Is Ice America’s Most Literary Element?

Amy Brady on a Particularly American Obsession

By Amy Brady | June 6, 2023

Hilton Als on Why Joan Didion and James Baldwin Stand Side-by-Side on His Bookshelf

Hilton Als on Why Joan Didion and James Baldwin Stand Side-by-Side on His Bookshelf

This Week on the Talk Easy Podcast with Sam Fragoso

By Talk Easy | June 6, 2023

The Master, Margarita, and I: Paul Goldberg on the Third Rail of the Russian Classic

The Master, Margarita, and I: Paul Goldberg on the Third Rail of the Russian Classic

“Our relationship has required much maintenance and has not been harmonious.”

By Paul Goldberg | June 6, 2023

An Introduction to <em>Journey to the West</em>, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

An Introduction to Journey to the West, the 16th-Century Chinese Novel of Comic Mischief and Spirituality

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | June 6, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Is Shakespeare the Ultimate Dead White Male?

By Read Smart | June 6, 2023

Siena Sterling on Twisted Plots, Twisted People, and Twisted Writers Like Highsmith and Dostoevsky

By Keen On | June 6, 2023

29 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | June 6, 2023

Revise, Revise! Anna Badkhen on the Joys of Revision

Revise, Revise! Anna Badkhen on the Joys of Revision

“This is the process I enjoy the most, because I get to learn anew about my story’s potential.”

By Anna Badkhen | June 5, 2023

7 New Poetry Collections to Read in June

7 New Poetry Collections to Read in June

Rebecca Morgan Frank Picks Poets Navigating the Natural World and Wandering Global Cities

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | June 5, 2023

8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Read in June

8 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books You Need to Read in June

Natalie Zutter Recommends Cli-Fi, Time Travel, Magical Circuses, and More

By Natalie Zutter | June 5, 2023

Why <em>The Turn of the Screw</em> Haunts Us 125 Years Later

Why The Turn of the Screw Haunts Us 125 Years Later

“That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power... The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening.”

By Kate Griffin | June 5, 2023

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

The Most Important Formerly Homeless American Writer Needs Help

Dan Simon on Lee Stringer and Their Friendship of 25 Years

By Dan Simon | June 5, 2023

Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella <em>Valentino</em>

Alexander Chee Recommends Natalia Ginzburg’s Novella Valentino

“A story as devastating as it is hilarious.”

By Alexander Chee | June 5, 2023

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

Erotic Writer and Eponym of Sadism: How Marquis de Sade Became the Scandalizing Writer He Was

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | June 5, 2023

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