From MLMs to Nuclear War: <br>10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

From MLMs to Nuclear War:
10 Great Nonfiction Books to Read in May

Featuring Work by Bridget Read, Amanda Hess, Robert Macfarlane, and More

By Literary Hub | May 2, 2025

Universe-Expanding Children’s Books Coming Out in May

Universe-Expanding Children’s Books Coming Out in May

Caroline Carlson Recommends Ten New Books For Young Readers

By Caroline Carlson | May 2, 2025

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Horse Girls, Ghostly Aftertastes, and Alien Plants: May’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Fiction from Joe Abercrombie, Mira Grant, Guy Gavriel Kay, and More

By Natalie Zutter | May 2, 2025

Glass Houses, Hells, and Phantom Limbs: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in May

Glass Houses, Hells, and Phantom Limbs: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in May

Rebecca Morgan Frank Highlights What Books to Check Out This Month

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 2, 2025

My Mean, Rich, Hot Ex-Friend is a Mediocre Literary Darling and I Hate It

My Mean, Rich, Hot Ex-Friend is a Mediocre Literary Darling and I Hate It

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Being a Literary Asshole

By Kristen Arnett | May 1, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“If Twain belongs to anyone now, it’s the writers making mischief in the structures he left behind.”

By Book Marks | May 1, 2025

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

Portraits of Power: Inside the Legacy Left by Ancient Rome’s Most Famous Emperors

By Tom Holland | May 1, 2025

Rešoketšwe Manenzhe on Trump’s South African Connection

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 1, 2025

Darkest Nights: On the Literal Dreams of German Jews During Hitler’s Rise to Power

By Zoe Roth | April 30, 2025

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Elon Musk Just Doesn’t Understand the Sci-Fi Visions of Iain M. Banks

Tobias Carroll on When Bad Fans Happen to Good Books

By Tobias Carroll | April 30, 2025

April’s Best Reviewed Fiction

April’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Katie Kitamura, David Szalay, Laurent Binet, and More

By Book Marks | April 30, 2025

April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

April’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Diarmaid MacCulloch, Robert Crumb, Elaine Pagels, and More

By Book Marks | April 30, 2025

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of May

The Most Anticipated Audiobooks of May

AudioFile Presents the Month to Come in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | April 30, 2025

Kevin Kwan! Questlove! Hungry ghosts! 25 books out in paperback this May.

Kevin Kwan! Questlove! Hungry ghosts! 25 books out in paperback this May.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 30, 2025

<em>The Cosmic Library</em> on the Philosophy of <em>The Brothers Karamazov</em>

The Cosmic Library on the Philosophy of The Brothers Karamazov

Featuring Andrew Martin, Katherine Bowers, and more

By The Cosmic Library | April 30, 2025

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Murray Kempton, Around Forever: Resurrecting a Forgotten American Journalist

Andrew Holter on Executorship, Archives, and Literary Labors

By Andrew Holter | April 29, 2025

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