5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The desire for human connection, and the desire to commemorate that connection, transcends everything.”

By Book Marks | July 2, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in July 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in July 2026

Featuring New Work From Jaque Jours, Celeste Pewter, Sumayyah Beck and More

By Caroline Carlson | July 2, 2026

Break to Sing: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in July

Break to Sing: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in July

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Victoria Chang, Anna Journey, Phillip B. Williams, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 2, 2026

Jenny Jackson on the Literary Potential of Gossip

Jenny Jackson on the Literary Potential of Gossip

“If you find yourself hanging on every word of a whispered story, chances are the reader will too.”

By Jenny Jackson | July 2, 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 Paul Tremblay, American Prison Music, Jenny Jackson, and More

By Book Marks | July 2, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Saeed Jones on Toni Morrison, A “Master of Shade”

Namwali Serpell and Saeed Jones on Toni Morrison, A “Master of Shade”

From the Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | July 2, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Under the Falls
  • The Responsible Party
  • Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art
  • A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival: A Memoir
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • Hocus Pocus
  • Are They Dead Yet?: The Art of the Obit

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

By Literary Hub | July 2, 2026

Soman Chainani on the Dream of a Young President

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 2, 2026

Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

By Ed Simon | July 1, 2026

The 13 Best Book Covers of June

The 13 Best Book Covers of June

Good Art, Good Cover

By Emily Temple | July 1, 2026

Let Maggie Gyllenhaal Adapt <em>The Bell Jar</em>, You Cowards

Let Maggie Gyllenhaal Adapt The Bell Jar, You Cowards

Emily Van Duyne on the Promise of The Bride

By Emily Van Duyne | July 1, 2026

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

Jill Lepore Considers a Vietnam-Era Precedent to a Timely Presidential Problem

By Jill Lepore | July 1, 2026

Seven Novels That Explore the Lives of Wayward Youth

Seven Novels That Explore the Lives of Wayward Youth

Susan Wiggs Recommends Lisa Wingate, Ellen Marie Wiseman, Meagan Church and More

By Susan Wiggs | July 1, 2026

Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s <em>Dolores</em> is a Unicorn in the Practice of Translation

Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores is a Unicorn in the Practice of Translation

Sara Abadía Alvarado on Preserving and Protecting the Original Translation of the Novel

By Sara Abadía Alvarado | July 1, 2026

Christina Anderson on Wallace Shawn’s <em>The Fever</em>

Christina Anderson on Wallace Shawn’s The Fever

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | July 1, 2026

Inside the Wild World of Roman Romance Novels

Inside the Wild World of Roman Romance Novels

Emma Southon on the Emergence of Popular Fiction in the Ancient World

By Emma Southon | June 30, 2026

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