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Here are May's best reviewed books.

Here are May's best reviewed books.

By Book Marks | May 28, 2021

75 Nonfiction Books You Should <br>Read This Summer

75 Nonfiction Books You Should
Read This Summer

History, Science, Memoir, Biography, Food, Politics, and More!

By Literary Hub | May 28, 2021

Have £1,200,000? Emily Brontë’s lost handwritten poems are up for auction.

Have £1,200,000? Emily Brontë’s lost handwritten poems are up for auction.

By Walker Caplan | May 27, 2021

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of <em>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</em>, has died at 91.

Eric Carle, author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has died at 91.

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2021

Roxane Gay is starting a new imprint at Grove Atlantic.

Roxane Gay is starting a new imprint at Grove Atlantic.

By Walker Caplan | May 26, 2021

Is the 300-year search for one of Shakespeare’s actual books over?

Is the 300-year search for one of Shakespeare’s actual books over?

By Jonny Diamond | May 26, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Ghost-Eye
  • Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Patrice Lawrence have won the Jhalak prize for writers of color.

By Dan Sheehan | May 25, 2021

A brand new imprint will focus on publishing diasporic Vietnamese literature in English.

By Walker Caplan | May 24, 2021

John Steinbeck wrote a werewolf murder mystery, but you can't read it.

By Vanessa Willoughby | May 24, 2021

Peek inside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s annotated law school textbook.

Peek inside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s annotated law school textbook.

By Walker Caplan | May 20, 2021

Two of India's most famous writers are protesting the reissue of a Narendra Modi exam book.

Two of India's most famous writers are protesting the reissue of a Narendra Modi exam book.

By Dan Sheehan | May 20, 2021

Valeria Luiselli has won the world's richest prize for a novel written in English.

Valeria Luiselli has won the world's richest prize for a novel written in English.

By Walker Caplan | May 20, 2021

Gaza's largest bookstore has been destroyed.

Gaza's largest bookstore has been destroyed.

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2021

The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses has split its prize money among the longlist.

The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses has split its prize money among the longlist.

By Walker Caplan | May 19, 2021

A new John le Carré novel is coming this fall.

A new John le Carré novel is coming this fall.

By Emily Temple | May 19, 2021

Jhumpa Lahiri is working on a new translation of Ovid’s <em>Metamorphoses</em>.

Jhumpa Lahiri is working on a new translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

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