Space Smooches and Surreal Short Stories: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Space Smooches and Surreal Short Stories: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Stack Your Summer TBR with New Books From Puloma Ghosh, Vajra Chandrasekera, and Paul Tremblay

By Natalie Zutter | June 3, 2024

Holding Up Mirrors to the Self: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

Holding Up Mirrors to the Self: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This June

David Woo Recommends Saba Keramati, Justin Rovillos Monson, Robert Pinsky, and Others

By David Woo | June 3, 2024

The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

The (un)Lonely Reader: On the Pleasure of Finding Community in a Book

Emily Hodgson Anderson Considers the Connective Power of Reading

By Emily Hodgson Anderson | June 3, 2024

Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

Cursed Rats, Doll Dreams, and Latin American Folktales: 10 New Children’s Books to Read in June

Caroline Carlson Recommends Bo Lu, Sally Denmead, Vicky Fang, and More

By Caroline Carlson | June 3, 2024

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring New Titles by Adam Higginbotham, Daniel Handler, Kathleen Hanna, and More

By Book Marks | May 31, 2024

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Colm Tóibín, Miranda July, and More

By Book Marks | May 31, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2024

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

By Audiofile Magazine | May 31, 2024

Between Languages: Yukiko Tominaga on Writing in English and Japanese

By Yukiko Tominaga | May 31, 2024

I Think Most Short Stories Are Glorified Therapy Sessions: Am I the Literary Asshole?

I Think Most Short Stories Are Glorified Therapy Sessions: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | May 30, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The novel draws on a long tradition of mystical writing that confuses sacred and secular desire.”

By Book Marks | May 30, 2024

Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro

Jonny Diamond on His Mother and Alice Munro

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 30, 2024

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, <em>Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise</em>

Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise

On Taiwanese Literature, Trauma, and Redefining "Home"

By Jenna Tang | May 30, 2024

Cass Sunstein on How to Become Famous

Cass Sunstein on How to Become Famous

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 30, 2024

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

More Light, More Books

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2024

Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s <em>The Women of Brewster Place</em>

Hanif Abdurraqib on Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place

In Conversation for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | May 29, 2024

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