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AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of May

The Month in Listening Literarily

By Audiofile Magazine | May 31, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The novel draws on a long tradition of mystical writing that confuses sacred and secular desire.”

By Book Marks | May 30, 2024

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

More Light, More Books

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2024

The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

The Narrative Pleasures of Social Discomfort: A Reading List of School Reunion Stories

Elise Juska Recommends Mary McCarthy, Sam Lipsyte, Philip Roth, and More

By Elise Juska | May 29, 2024

What to read after watching <em>I Saw the TV Glow</em>.

What to read after watching I Saw the TV Glow.

By Drew Broussard | May 28, 2024

Sally Wen Mao! Emma Copley Eisenberg! A critical history of swole-ness (yes)! 19 new books out today.

Sally Wen Mao! Emma Copley Eisenberg! A critical history of swole-ness (yes)! 19 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 28, 2024

Best Reviewed
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  • American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
  • The Foursome
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Coyoteland
  • Nerve Damage
  • Lady C: The Long, Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley's Lover

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

By Book Marks | May 24, 2024

In Honor of Duke Ellington: Here Are 15 Great Books About Jazz

By Ed Simon | May 24, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | May 23, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Zoë Bossiere Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Katya Apekina, Zoë Schlanger, and Others

By Diana Arterian | May 23, 2024

R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

R. O. Kwon! Kent Wascom! Joyce Carol Oates! 25 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 21, 2024

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

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

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Adam Higginbotham, Miranda July, Hari Kunzru, and More

By Book Marks | May 17, 2024

Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

Signs, Symbols, and Omens: A Reading List of Books Featuring Superstitions

Jessie Rosen Recommends Jennifer Weiner, Yangsze Choo, Morgan Jerkins, and More

By Jessie Rosen | May 17, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Ms. Munro has created tales that limn entire lifetimes in a handful of pages.”

By Book Marks | May 16, 2024

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

We’re Not in Winesburg Anymore: On the Literature of the Small Town

Carolyn Kuebler Recommends Kathryn Davis, Linda Legarde Grover, Jon McGregor, and More

By Carolyn Kuebler | May 16, 2024

Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

Sisterhood of the Traveling Stories: On the Literature of Fictional Sisters

Kimberly King Parsons Recommends Ruth Madievsky, Cecily Wong, Vauhini Vara, and More

By Kimberly King Parsons | May 15, 2024

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