A Reader’s Dozen for July
From parasites to romance, Harlem history to thrillers, hot reads are on their way for summer
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literary fiction
Thrilling, Funny, and Sad Tales of Modern Manhood
Danny McBride wonders: Are the men OK?
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Let ‘Swell’ Expand Your Reality
A new collection of Son Bo-Mi’s stories arrives in English
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Amitav Ghosh Writes a Covid Novel Like No one Else
Follow-up to ‘Gun Island,’ ‘Ghost-Eye’ takes us from Brooklyn to Calcutta and back in time
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Every Book You Need To Read This Summer Is Out in June
15 new releases you need: from Maggie O’Farrell to Deb Haaland, from Travis Kelce to Marilyn Monroe
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The Unforgettable Women of ‘Men Like Ours’
The Cut’s Bindu Bansinath pens a suburban thriller about solidarity
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In ‘Transcription,’ Ben Lerner Breaks the Spell of His Mother’s Voice
Anyone lucky enough to have read Ben Lerner’s explosive trilogy of first-person novels that straddle the border between fiction and memoir might get the sense that Lerner, though 47, is still a bit of a mama’s boy. These three novels, Leaving the Atocha Station (2011), 10:04 (2014) and The Topeka School (2019) all have male protagonists that are Lerner and yet are not. They love art, language, and poetry, but
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April Showers You With Great Books!
Here are 11 new releases for spring
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Paul Theroux Is ‘Crazy for You’ in Graphic Detail
Steve Lafler’s art dramatically alters the presentation of the story
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A Devotion That Devours
Wayne Koestenbaum’s ‘My Lover, the Rabbi’ captures the agonizing beauty of obsessive love — and the man who can’t stop chasing it.
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Eighteen January 2026 Book Releases You Need to Know About
Jennette McCurdy, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Laura Dave, Chuck Klosterman, Lee Bollinger and more!
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Nobel-Winner’s New Novel Finds Freedom in Isolation — and the Lie Beneath It
Peter Handke turns inward again with his late career ‘The Ballad of the Last Guest’
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December 2025 Book Releases To Know About
From Nobel winners to YA hauntings and social-media thrillers, close out 2025 with memory, myth, and a surprising number of missing people.
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Louis C.K. Writes the Great American Trash Epic
‘Ingram’ is a Southern-Gothic fever dream — part Twain, part crawl-back
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A Dozen Books You Need to Know About for November 2025
In November’s big holiday bonanza: Atwood, Obama, Rushdie, and McCartney lead the charge
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