10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read This August

Featuring Books by Dave Zirin, Claudia Rankine, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, and More

By Literary Hub | August 5, 2026

How Harlem and Jamaica Inspired the Music of Harry Belafonte

How Harlem and Jamaica Inspired the Music of Harry Belafonte

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro on the Artistic Influence of Black Diasporic Life, From New York to the Caribbean

By Joshua Jelly-Schapiro | August 5, 2026

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Generational Storytelling: Writing For My Grandmother and My Daughter

Margrét Ann Thors on Honoring Her Icelandic Heritage in Her Debut Novel

By Margrét Ann Thors | August 5, 2026

Beneath the Wallpaper: On Art, Photography and Hidden Everyday Violence

Beneath the Wallpaper: On Art, Photography and Hidden Everyday Violence

Sarah Minor Considers How Different Ways of Seeing Can Implicate Spectators and Subjects

By Sarah Minor | August 5, 2026

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Rumpelstiltskin is My Unlikely Writing Companion

Louise Nealon on the Chaos of Her Creativity

By Louise Nealon | August 5, 2026

The Student Activists Campaigning For Public Education in Chile

The Student Activists Campaigning For Public Education in Chile

Meaghan Beatley on Chilean Student Politics

By Meaghan Beatley | August 4, 2026

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Complicating the Marriage Plot: A Reading List

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Orna Guralnik on Listening for the Unconscious

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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in August 2026

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Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This August

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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

”The Little Prince will shine upon children with a sidewise gleam.“

By Book Marks | July 31, 2026

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