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Unicorn Diversions, Robot Valets, and More: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Unicorn Diversions, Robot Valets, and More: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Natalie Zutter Recommends New SFF From Katherine Arden, Angela Mi Young Hur, Paul Tremblay and more

By Natalie Zutter | June 1, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s <em>The Heart is a Lonely Hunter</em> is Published

This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published

A Classic is Born

By Literary Hub | June 1, 2026

Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers

Alexandra Oliva Goes the Extra Mile to Research the Science in Her Novel, The Radiant Dark

By Alexandra Oliva | June 1, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

Caroline Carlson Showcases the Best New Kidlit For the Start of Summer

By Caroline Carlson | June 1, 2026

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

On Group Portraiture and the Secret Histories of Art: Paul Elie and Julia Cooke in Conversation

“Insights and kinships emerge almost unbidden—called forth through juxtaposition.”

By Julia Cooke | June 1, 2026

“Vulnerability as a Valid Way.” 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

“Vulnerability as a Valid Way.” 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

Craig Morgan Teicher Recommends Your Poetry TBR Pile This Month

By Craig Morgan Teicher | June 1, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

What It Means to Write a Novel My Mother Can Never Read

By Sarah Wang | June 1, 2026

Lost and Found: On Eileen Myles’s “Bird Watching”

By CAConrad | June 1, 2026

Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years

By Sara Youngblood Gregory | May 29, 2026

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Herta Müller, Siri Hustvedt, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and More

By Book Marks | May 29, 2026

Jump Into the Ball Pit: Emily Rapp Black on the Creative Power of Play

Jump Into the Ball Pit: Emily Rapp Black on the Creative Power of Play

Writing for the Sake of Creating and Thinking Because It Feels Good

By Emily Rapp Black | May 29, 2026

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Ali Smith, and More

By Book Marks | May 29, 2026

Language Play(s): Ensemble, Chorus, and the Redistributed Lyric

Language Play(s): Ensemble, Chorus, and the Redistributed Lyric

Soham Patel on the Poetics of Language, Form, and Situation

By Soham Patel | May 29, 2026

Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé... Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.

Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé... Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 29, 2026

<em>Margo’s Got Money Troubles</em> is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While

Margo’s Got Money Troubles is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While

Maris Kreizman is Happy to Recommend the Screen Version of Rufi Thorpe’s Wonderful Novel

By Maris Kreizman | May 28, 2026

50 Great Classic Novels <br>Under 200 Pages

50 Great Classic Novels
Under 200 Pages

Short and Sweet

By Emily Temple | May 28, 2026

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