• Reading Lists

    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    Featuring Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and More

     
    By Book Marks  June 20, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Catherine Lacey is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  June 20, 2025
    Queer Literature

    Hot, Moist, Hydrofeminist: Seven Sapphic Books with Themes of Water and Fludity

    By Siouxzi Connor  June 20, 2025
    Reading

    Why Read: Seven Books About Our Passion and Need for Reading

    By Donna Seaman  June 18, 2025
    Queer Books

    “I Feed on Queer Literature.” Michelle Tea on Her Ten Favorite Gay Books

    By Michelle Tea  June 18, 2025
    The Hub

    A Beach Boys-inspired reading list: 11 books to fuel a weird, beautiful summer.

    By James Folta  June 17, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Florida

    Five Essential Books About Florida (If You’re a Canadian Writing a Novel About Orlando)

    By Grace Flahive  June 17, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Toni Morrison! Joyce Carol Oates! Britney and Beyoncé! 27 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 17, 2025
    Queer Literature

    Visionary Ways of Caring: Five Books That Capture the Expansiveness of Queer Love

    By Dylin Hardcastle  June 16, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    “While reading ‘Next to Heaven,’ I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die.”

    By Book Marks  June 20, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 12, 2025
    Summer reading

    The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

    By Emily Temple  June 12, 2025
    Literary Parties

    Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

    By Jonathan Parks-Ramage  June 10, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Black Gatsby! Britney Spears! Geoff Dyer! Queer chaos! 25 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 10, 2025
    Teenagers

    Beyond Teen Fiction: Six High School Novels for Adult Readers

    By Miriam Gershow  June 9, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  June 6, 2025
    Family Stories

    Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

    By Susan Walter  June 6, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    “Here’s a novel so pumped up and shredded it can’t possibly sit still on a shelf.”

    By Book Marks  June 5, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  June 5, 2025
    The Hub

    Seven books to scratch that Pride and Prejudice itch.

    By Brittany Allen  June 4, 2025
    Climate Crisis

    What Does a Million Years Mean to You? Five Books That Explore Deep Time

    By Tim Weed  June 4, 2025
    Reading Lists

    Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

    S.L. Price Recommends Frederick Exley, Mark Harris, Buzz Bissinger and More

    By S. L. Price  June 3, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 3, 2025
    The Hub

    All the fake books in Wes Anderson’s multiverse, ranked.

    By Brittany Allen  June 2, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  June 13, 2025
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