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10 Books You Should Read This May

10 Books You Should Read This May

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | May 5, 2020

The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Writers Vincent van Gogh Loved, From Charles Dickens to Harriet Beecher Stowe

6 Books Essential to Our Understanding of the Artist

By Mariella Guzzoni | May 4, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, <br>Round 6

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations,
Round 6

We're Back, Baby.

By Emily Temple | May 1, 2020

The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape<br> the News

The Best of the University Presses: 100 Books to Escape
the News

As Recommended by the UP Community

By Literary Hub | May 1, 2020

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

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

Keep Staying Home, Keep Reading

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2020

Rufi Thorpe on the Narrative Role of the Bystander

Rufi Thorpe on the Narrative Role of the Bystander

Writing Ordinary People Who Witness the Extraordinary

By Rufi Thorpe | April 29, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • The Rest of Our Lives
  • Call Me Ishmaelle
  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • Departure(s)
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China
  • The Flower Bearers
  • Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood

The Memoir in Essays:
A Reading List

By Elizabeth Kadetsky | April 29, 2020

20 brand-new books hitting shelves today.

By Katie Yee | April 28, 2020

5 Debut Novels to Listen To
in Quarantine

By James Tate Hill | April 28, 2020

Living Through a Plague: <br>A Reading List

Living Through a Plague:
A Reading List

Rishi Reddi Recommends Fiction From the Past to Understand
Our Current Times

By Rishi Reddi | April 27, 2020

How to Unpack a Messy World: A Reading List

How to Unpack a Messy World: A Reading List

Bethany Saltman Recommends Memoirs With Passion

By Bethany Saltman | April 24, 2020

See the World Through Books: A Reading List from Bookselling Without Borders

See the World Through Books: A Reading List from Bookselling Without Borders

From the Hillsides of a Greek Island to the Cat Lovers of 19th-Century New York

By Bookselling Without Borders | April 23, 2020

20 brand-new books hitting shelves today.

20 brand-new books hitting shelves today.

By Katie Yee | April 21, 2020

Eight Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation: <br>A Reading List

Eight Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation:
A Reading List

Frances Cha Shares Her Favorite First-Person Narratives

By Frances Cha | April 21, 2020

Five Recent Story Collections For Your Pandemic Reading

Five Recent Story Collections For Your Pandemic Reading

Titles You Might Have Missed From March

By Bethanne Patrick | April 21, 2020

How to shop all of our book recommendations in one place.

How to shop all of our book recommendations in one place.

By Literary Hub | April 20, 2020

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