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14 Books to Read this August

14 Books to Read this August

A Reading List to Get You Through the Dog Days of Summer

By Literary Hub | August 1, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics, Poets, and Performers

5 Books Making News This Week: Politics, Poets, and Performers

Joshua Green, Karin Roffman, Shawn Wen, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | August 1, 2017

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

The Most Anthologized Essays of the Last 25 Years

In Which Joan Didion Appears More than Once

By Emily Temple | July 31, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Mothers, Memoirs, and Military Women

5 Books Making News This Week: Mothers, Memoirs, and Military Women

Zinzi Clemmons, Tamara Shopsin, Svetlana Alexievich, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | July 25, 2017

The Most Anthologized Poems of the Last 25 Years

The Most Anthologized Poems of the Last 25 Years

A List of Lists Featuring a Lot of Poets

By Emily Temple | July 24, 2017

9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

From Dolly Parton to Doestoevsky

By Sarah Creech | July 21, 2017

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5 Great Books You May Have Missed in June

By Bethanne Patrick | July 19, 2017

10 Essential Road Trip Books That Aren't On the Road

By Emily Temple | July 17, 2017

11 Very Short Stories You Must Read Immediately

By Emily Temple | July 13, 2017

10 Celebrities Who Should Definitely Have Book Clubs

10 Celebrities Who Should Definitely Have Book Clubs

From Beyoncé to David Lynch to St. Vincent...

By Emily Temple | July 3, 2017

10 Books On Ecstatically Mad Women

10 Books On Ecstatically Mad Women

Jessie Chaffee Reads Deeply into Emptiness, Fear, Desire, and Elation

By Jessie Chaffee | July 3, 2017

In Praise of the Lost and Wandering Girls of Literature

In Praise of the Lost and Wandering Girls of Literature

Kimberley Tait on the Value of Uncertainty and Emotional Exile

By Kimberley Tait | June 30, 2017

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

22 of Your Favorite Writers on What to Read This Summer

Celeste Ng, Rumaan Alam, Lauren Groff, Catherine Lacey and More

By Emily Temple | June 21, 2017

5 Books Making News This Week: Widows, War, and Weight

5 Books Making News This Week: Widows, War, and Weight

Sarah Perry, Mark Bowden, Roxane Gay, and More

By Jane Ciabattari | June 20, 2017

10 Books That Will Help You Understand Hawaii

10 Books That Will Help You Understand Hawaii

From Poetry to Photography, History, and Ethnography

By Mike Dillon | June 19, 2017

10 Literary Gifts for 10 Literary Dads

10 Literary Gifts for 10 Literary Dads

Or, a Book for Atticus

By Emily Temple | June 16, 2017

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