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Readers’ 14: October Books We’re Excited To Read

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Adam Grant, Annalee Newitz, Audrey Niffenegger, Barbara Kingsolver, Bonnie Garmus, Book Preview, books, Broadleaf Books, Chad Harbach, Custom House, Doubleday, Ecco, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Franny Choi, Hanover Square Press, Harper, James Marriott, Julie Orringer, Knopf, literary fiction, Little Brown, Matthew D. Taylor, Meghan O’Gieblyn, memoir, Michael Lewis, most anticipated books, Nonfiction, October Books, Sarah Perry, science fiction, Scribner, Tor Books, Viking, W.W. Norton, Yiyun Li

Barbara Kingsolver returns, Chad Harbach finally publishes his long-awaited second novel, Michael Lewis investigates DOGE, Bonnie Garmus heads to 1980s publishing, Adam Grant explores loneliness and more

Fifteen Books For a Spectacular September

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ayad Akhtar, book recommendations, books, China Miéville, Chloe Benjamin, Chris Bennett, Del Rey, Emily St. John Mandel, Fantasy, fiction, Forge Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hank Phillippi Ryan, HarperOne, history, Jack Stewart, James Islington, Jared Diamond, Ken Liu, Knopf, literary fiction, Lucy Worsley, Marlon James, most anticipated books, new books, new releases, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books, reading, Riverhead Books, Saga Press, science fiction, September books, Summit Books, Thrillers, Tom Clancy, W.W. Norton

From Emily St. John Mandel to Chloe Benjamin; Ayad Akhtar to Marlon Benjamin; Tom Clancy to Jared Diamond

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Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?

July 19, 2026July 24, 2026 Katie Smith 0 Comments anti-colonialism, Book Review, British colonialism, British Empire, Canada, Catholic Church, colonialism, family saga, Great Irish Famine, grief, grief literature, Hamnet, Hillary Kelly, historical fiction, Ireland, Irish history, Irish literature, Jessie Buckley, Joan Didion, Knopf, Land, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, mapmaking, resilience, The Atlantic, The Year of Magical Thinking

The ‘Hamnet’ author’s charts Ireland’s history

A Reader’s Dozen for July

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amy Bruni, Ben Reeves, Ben Wikler, book recommendations, Bookshop.org, Colson Whitehead, cookbooks, Crown, Daniel Silva, Dino Martins, Doubleday, Emily Giffin, fiction, Harper, history, July 2026 books, July book releases, Knopf, language, Lauren Collins, literary fiction, memoirs, Michael Cunningham, nature, new books, Nonfiction, Pamela Colloff, Penguin Press, politics, Publishing, Random House, Riverhead Books, science, short stories, Sigrid Nunez, Simon and Schuster, Sophia Smith Galer, summer reading, Thrillers, true crime, W.W. Norton

From parasites to romance, Harlem history to thrillers, hot reads are on their way for summer

BOOKS Featured Stories

Every Book You Need To Read This Summer Is Out in June

June 2, 2026June 6, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amitav Ghosh, Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Wilson, Ann Patchett, book recommendations, book roundup, books, Brandon Sanderson, Caroline Kepnes, Deb Haaland, Fantasy, fiction, Harper, historical fiction, horror novels, Isabel J Kim, Jason Kelce, June 2026 books, Knopf, Lisa See, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, Marilyn Monroe, Mary H.K. Choi, memoirs, new books, Paul Tremblay, Peter Orullian, romance novels, science fiction, Scribner, Son Bo mi, summer books, summer reading, Tor Books, Travis Kelce

15 new releases you need: from Maggie O’Farrell to Deb Haaland, from Travis Kelce to Marilyn Monroe

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Twelve New Books You Need To Know About for February 2026

February 1, 2026February 2, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Aging; Distance; Family Bonds; Departure I Give You My Silence, Algonquin Books, Allegra Goodman, Ambition; Family Secrets; Legacy; American Life Love Me Tomorrow, Ambition; Power; Public Image; Self-Mythology, B.A. Paris, Branding; Ambition; Art vs Commerce; Late Capitalism When I Kill You, Clutch, Crown, Daniel Poppick, Doubleday, Emiko Jean, Emily Nemens, Essays; Literary Criticism; Cultural Theory, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Fate; First Love; Emotional Risk; Alternate Futures Brawler: Stories, Friendship; Obligation; Reconnection; Personal Growth A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides, Gavin Newsom, Gisèle Pelicot, HarperTeen, Knopf, Language; Power; Freedom; Responsibility This Is Not About Us, Lauren Groff, Literary Fiction; Domestic Drama, Literary Fiction; Family Drama; Inheritance, Literary Fiction; Family Saga, Literary Fiction; Philosophical Novel, Literary Fiction; Relationship Drama, Literary Fiction; Satire; Workplace Culture, Mario Vargas Llosa, Mark Haddon, Marriage; Ambition; Moral Compromise; Identity Leaving Home, McSweeney's / Astra House, Memoir; Feminist Nonfiction; Social Justice, Obsession; Manipulation; Secrets; Domestic Tension Language as Liberation, Political Memoir; Nonfiction, Power; Violence; Desire; American Landscapes Kin, Psychological Thriller; Suspense, Riverhead, Scribner, Short Stories; Literary Fiction, Solitude; Interior Life; Freedom; Withdrawal Young Man in a Hurry, St. Martin’s Press, Tayari Jones, Testimony; Sexual Violence; Accountability; Liberation The Copywriter, The Dial Press, Toni Morrison, YA Fiction; Time Travel Romance; Contemporary

Gavin Newsom, Toni Morrison and Allegra Goodman are among this month’s offerings

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Hell: A Guided Tour

October 31, 2025November 3, 2025 Michael Washburn 0 Comments #metoo, abuse survivors, British monarchy, crime nonfiction, Donald Trump, Epstein case, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, Knopf, Mar a Lago, memoir, Nobody’s Girl, Peter Mandelson, Prince Andrew, royal scandal, sex trafficking, survivor stories, Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Virginia Roberts Guiffre’s harrowing memoir describes the sleazy, brutal underworld of sex trafficking and the vicious predators who reigned there

The Editor

Biography NON-FICTION

Book Review: ‘The Editor’

June 4, 2024June 6, 2024 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments Edna Lewis, John Hersey, Judith Jones, Julia Child, Knopf, Langston Hughes, Sara B. Franklin, Sylvia Plath, The Editor, William Maxwell

An outstanding new biography of Judith Jones, the legendary Knopf editor who helped shape modern American literature

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FICTION NON-FICTION Remembrance

Elegy for the Publishing Industry

July 25, 2023August 1, 2023 Rebecca Kurson 2 Comments Cormac McCarthy, Hachette, HarperCollins, Joyce Carol Oates, Knopf, Penguin Random House, Publishing, Tom Wolfe

Recent wave of editorial layoffs reminds us that the book world we loved is gone

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‘Primetime’ Is Ready for Prime Time, But Maybe That’s About All

September 28, 2026October 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0

Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s debut fiction feature

BOOKS Featured Stories Graphic novels

Will America Find Japan’s Bestselling Novelist Through ‘Stray Dogs’?

September 27, 2026October 1, 2026 J. Barnes 1

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Men or Snakes? Who Are the ‘Monsters of God’?

September 25, 2026September 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0

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Carla Baratta: The BFG Interview

September 24, 2026September 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0

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