10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This August

By Caroline Carlson | August 3, 2026

Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Natalie Zutter Recommends New Releases From C.L. Clark, Robert Jackson Bennett, Natasha Pulley, and More

By Natalie Zutter | August 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s <em>Macbeth</em> is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

This Week in Literary History: William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is Performed for the First Time (Probably)

Toil and Trouble

By Literary Hub | August 3, 2026

Forgotten Landmines: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

Forgotten Landmines: 7 New Poetry Collections to Read This August

Craig Morgan Teicher Recommends Your Poetry TBR This Month

By Craig Morgan Teicher | August 3, 2026

The 13 Best Book Covers of July

The 13 Best Book Covers of July

Hot and Heavy?

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2026

Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End”

What Failed Poetry Can Teach Us

By Chelsea Rathburn | July 31, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • Etna
  • Triage
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  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • Sunrise
  • A Tender Age
  • Don't Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape from Big Tech
  • Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland
  • The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Read the First Reviews of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince.

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

July’s Best Reviewed Fiction

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

July’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Switch Writers’ Groups?

Am I the Asshole For Wanting to Switch Writers’ Groups?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | July 30, 2026

Preventing WWIII in Europe’s <br>New Cold War

Preventing WWIII in Europe’s
New Cold War

Hannah Lucinda Smith Considers the Pivotal Role of Small and Unrecognized States in Shaping Geopolitics

By Hannah Lucinda Smith | July 30, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Dog Days lends itself to exactly this kind of paranoid reading, not only describing but enacting the magical thinking of trauma survivors.”

By Book Marks | July 30, 2026

What Is the Difference Between Exile and Exiles?

What Is the Difference Between Exile and Exiles?

Roger Celestin on Writing About Not Being Able to Go Back Home

By Roger Celestin | July 30, 2026

One Man’s Crazy Scheme to Create a New County in Northern Ireland

One Man’s Crazy Scheme to Create a New County in Northern Ireland

Jan Carson on Tethering the Fantastical to the Factual

By Jan Carson | July 30, 2026

Lupe Mendez on Texas Politics and the Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Lupe Mendez on Texas Politics and the Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and Jennifer Maritza McCauley on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 30, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending July 26, 2026

By Literary Hub | July 30, 2026

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