Book Lists

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018

By popular demand: the 2018 Summer Reading Guide, with categories

Well here’s something I didn’t think I’d be doing today: readers, I’m happy to announce that there is a brand-new complement to the original 2018 Summer Reading Guide ready and ... Read more

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018

The 2018 Minimalist Summer Reading Guide

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May 16, 2018May 16, 2018

The 2018 Summer Reading Guide is here!

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If you’re anything like me, you think summer is made for reading. But nothing is more frustrating than picking up the latest (and much-hyped) new release to find that even ... Read more

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

20 books everyone will be talking about this summer

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Good news, readers: summer reading season is upon us—and the Summer Reading Guide will be here next week! (Sign up here and I’ll tell you the moment it’s released.) Today ... Read more

April 25, 2018April 27, 2018

21 (potentially) award-winning books you’ll want to add to your To Be Read list

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Readers, it’s only April, but the book nominations and awards are already rolling in. The next category for the 2018 Reading Challenge is “a book nominated for an award in ... Read more

April 19, 2018April 20, 2018

15 literary novels that will have you compulsively turning the pages

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Readers, today I’m sharing a long list of books in one of my favorite (and completely made-up) sub-genres: compulsively readable literary fiction. Genre distinctions are tricky (or downright odious, to ... Read more

April 12, 2018April 14, 2018

Expand your literary horizons with these 20 books in translation

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I’m always curious about what lands a book on readers’ “favorites” lists. What compels my fellow readers to name a book the best thing they read in a whole year? ... Read more

April 2, 2018March 30, 2018

Books that are better together: books that approach similar topics from completely different perspectives

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Some books are better together, and in recent weeks on the blog we’ve been purposefully pairing favorite books that benefit from being read as companions. So far in this series, ... Read more

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

Books that are better together: 16 favorite novels for book clubs

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Some books are better together, and this month we are sharing a whole bunch of purposeful pairings, or, as we call them around here, “book flights.” It’s the time of ... Read more

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018

9 much-anticipated new works from authors working outside their typical genres

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I’m constantly scanning the bookish horizons to see what’s coming my way, especially now that summer reading season is right around the corner. I’ve noticed something interesting about this year’s ... Read more

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Book Lists

By popular demand: the 2018 Summer Reading Guide, with categories

The 2018 Minimalist Summer Reading Guide

The 2018 Summer Reading Guide is here!

20 books everyone will be talking about this summer

21 (potentially) award-winning books you’ll want to add to your To Be Read list

15 literary novels that will have you compulsively turning the pages

Expand your literary horizons with these 20 books in translation

Books that are better together: books that approach similar topics from completely different perspectives

Books that are better together: 16 favorite novels for book clubs

9 much-anticipated new works from authors working outside their typical genres