May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Claire Messud, Colm Tóibín, Miranda July, and More

By Book Marks | May 31, 2024

Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

Jhumpa Lahiri! Colson Whitehead! Sex cults! 25 new books out in paperback this June.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 31, 2024

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Things We Never Say
  • John of John
  • Ghost Stories: A Memoir
  • The Hill
  • Look What You Made Me Do
  • Backtalker: An American Memoir
  • Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music, 1969-2000
  • Glyph
  • The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving in Ceausescu's Romania
  • Dog Days

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.

By Gabrielle Bellot | May 28, 2024

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

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

Ed Simon Recommends Langston Hughes, Dorothy Baker, Geoff Dyer, and More

By Ed Simon | May 24, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Great American Novel is a long-dead cultural aspiration.”

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

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