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The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List

Even English Majors Can Add Without AI

By Emily Temple | June 15, 2026

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

50 of the Greatest Summer Novels of All Time

This Year and Every Year

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

19 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

Had Me a Blast

By Emily Temple | May 26, 2026

Books to drive the groupchat wild. (Summer edition!)

Books to drive the groupchat wild. (Summer edition!)

By Brittany Allen | July 31, 2025

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

5 Great Literary Mysteries Set in Coastal Massachusetts

Plus a Few More Where the Only Mystery is Who’s Sleeping With Whom

By Dwyer Murphy | June 24, 2025

The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

The Ultimate Summer 2025 Reading List

Sun, Fun, Math, and Counting

By Emily Temple | June 12, 2025

Best Reviewed
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New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here's a sneak preview.)

By Brittany Allen | June 5, 2025

Seven books to scratch that Pride and Prejudice itch.

By Brittany Allen | June 4, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Fighting Words and Magical Romance

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 30, 2025

22 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

22 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

For humans, by humans

By Emily Temple | May 27, 2025

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Summer Reading and Writing Buddies

Featuring Molly Odintz, Calvin Kasulke, Isaac Fellman, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | May 23, 2025

Looks like <em>The Chicago Sun-Times</em> used AI to write a reading list—and wound up with slop.

Looks like The Chicago Sun-Times used AI to write a reading list—and wound up with slop.

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2025

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

18 New Novels You Need to Read This Summer

More Light, More Books

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2024

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Hot Reads for the Heat Wave

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Hot Reads for the Heat Wave

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 1, 2023

25 Nonfiction Books You Need to Read This Summer

25 Nonfiction Books You Need to Read This Summer

Because Novels Are Just Made-Up

By Literary Hub | May 25, 2023

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Recommends Books for Beaches, Benches, Backyards, and BBQs

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

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