Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Stacey Yu Recommends Books About Cats (and Their Owners)

Featuring Work by Mary Gaitskill, Colette, Marlen Haushofer and More

By Stacey Yu | June 15, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

Nine Fabulous Books by Drag Performers Who Were Never Featured on <em>RuPaul’s Drag Race</em>

Nine Fabulous Books by Drag Performers Who Were Never Featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race

Gabe Montesanti Recommends Dean Atta, Monique Jenkinson, Amrou Al-Kadhi and More

By Gabe Montesanti | June 4, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026

Caroline Carlson Showcases the Best New Kidlit For the Start of Summer

By Caroline Carlson | June 1, 2026

Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books.

Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books.

(And the internet is losing its mind about it.)

By Brittany Allen | May 29, 2026

50 Great Classic Novels <br>Under 200 Pages

50 Great Classic Novels
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19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2026

The Gays and Their Ghosts: Natalie Adler Recommends Queer Ghost Stories

By Natalie Adler | May 26, 2026

Strange, Mysterious and Beautiful: Rachel Mills Recommends Essential Novels of Sisterhood

By Rachel Mills | May 20, 2026

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Mysterious, Isolated and Seductive: The Map of Literary Islands That Inspired My Novel

Christiana Spens: “Even when you have left an island, it lingers on in your imagination as a half-real and half-made-up place.”

By Christiana Spens | May 11, 2026

We Need More Geriatric Heroines: Seven Books About Actually-Old Women

We Need More Geriatric Heroines: Seven Books About Actually-Old Women

Laurie Frankel Recommends Susie Boyt, Tove Jansson, Zadie Smith and More

By Laurie Frankel | May 7, 2026

Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature

Seven of the Greatest Farts in Western Literature

Elizabeth Zaleski Finds Famous Moments of Flatulence in Classic and Contemporary Works

By Elizabeth Zaleski | May 4, 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in May 2026

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in May 2026

Caroline Carlson Recommends Upcoming Releases From Christian Robinson, Stephen Barr, Lauren Wolk and More

By Caroline Carlson | May 1, 2026

7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

7 New Poetry Collections to Read This May

Rebecca Morgan Frank on New Work From Carolina Ebeid, Laura Kasischke, Luis Muñoz and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | May 1, 2026

BPL Chief Librarian Edwin B. Maxwell on his favorite books about libraries.

BPL Chief Librarian Edwin B. Maxwell on his favorite books about libraries.

By Edwin B. Maxwell | April 22, 2026

Authoring Fame: A Reading List of Celebrity Narratives

Authoring Fame: A Reading List of Celebrity Narratives

Candice Wuehle Recommends Edith Wharton, Joyce Carol Oates, Bret Easton Ellis and More

By Candice Wuehle | April 15, 2026

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