• Reading Lists

    Faith

    Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

    By Jaye Viner  August 26, 2021
    Reading Lists

    10 Short Stories with Great Dialogue That Aren’t “Hills Like White Elephants”

    By Emily Temple  August 25, 2021
    The Hub

    14 new books to look forward to this week.

    By Katie Yee  August 24, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

    By Emily Temple  August 24, 2021
    Trees

    The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature

    By Christopher Cox  August 23, 2021
    The Hub

    Every book featured in HBO’s hit satire The White Lotus.

    By Vanessa Willoughby  August 20, 2021
    The Hub

    What to read next based on your quarantine hobby.

    By Katie Yee  August 19, 2021
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    When You’re Craving Oddities: 5 Books You May Have
    Missed in July

    By Bethanne Patrick  August 18, 2021
    new books tuesday

    21 new books to add to your TBR pile this week.

    By Katie Yee  August 17, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Enduring Appeal of Fictional Sisters: A Reading List

    By Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb  August 13, 2021
    The Hub

    Booksellers from 6 indies rave about their favorite reads.

    By Book Marks  August 11, 2021
    Illness

    Women’s Memoirs at the Intersection of Chronic Illness, Mental Illness, Addiction, and Trauma

    By Eleanor Henderson  August 11, 2021
    The Hub

    These are the best short stories to read around a campfire.

    By Katie Yee  August 10, 2021
    The Hub

    Every book Audrey Hope reads in the Gossip Girl reboot (so far).

    By Vanessa Willoughby  August 10, 2021
    The Hub

    20 new books to look out for this week.

    By Katie Yee  August 10, 2021
    Medicine

    The Medicine Memoirs That Every Aspiring Doctor Should Read

    By Robert Meyer, MD, and Dan Koeppel  August 9, 2021
    Indie Booksellers Recommend

    Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This August

    By Literary Hub  August 6, 2021
    Reading Lists

    7 Music Novels to Shape Your Summer Soundtrack

    By Allison Larkin  August 6, 2021
    Marriage

    Inside the Mind—and Heart—of the Other Woman: On Thought-Provoking Infidelity Narratives

    By Katherine Ashenburg  August 5, 2021
    Family Stories

    The DNA of Storytelling: Making the Case for Messy Family Books

    By Tracey Lange  August 4, 2021
    new books tuesday

    21 new books coming out this week; or, 21 reasons to visit your local indie.

    By Katie Yee  August 3, 2021
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  August 2, 2021
    Language

    The Syntax of Belonging: On the Profound Connection Between Identity and Language

    By Pardis Mahdavi  July 30, 2021
    Reading Lists

    Being Seen: 5 Great Books That Capture the Essence of Coming of Age

    By Laura Silverman  July 29, 2021
    Creativity

    Shaping Hunger Into Practice: On the Creative Relationship Between Writers and Visual Artists

    By Sally Cabot Gunning  July 29, 2021
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