The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

Even English Majors Can Add Without AI

By Emily Temple | June 15, 2026

Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Featuring Work by Mary Gaitskill, Colette, Marlen Haushofer and More

By Stacey Yu | June 15, 2026

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees

Jared Marcel Pollen Considers the Roll of the Honeybee in Classical Literature

By Jared Marcel Pollen | June 12, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Deb Olin Unferth, Andrea Wulf, Dave Eggers, and More

By Book Marks | June 12, 2026

Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Poets and Translators Pair Eight Recent Korean Poetry Collections in Translation with Korean Music

By Yoo Heekyung and Stine An | June 12, 2026

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far

Essential Additions to Your Summer Reading

By Maris Kreizman | June 11, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | June 11, 2026

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

By Brittany Allen | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 11, 2026

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

Tobias Carroll on Carlos Labbé's The Murmuration

By Tobias Carroll | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Contrapposto

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

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