Summer Reads

One of Vanity Fair's Books That Will Get You Through This Winter.“One of the most uniquely fun and campily gory books in my recent memory... A Certain Hunger has the voice of a hard-boiled detective novel, as if metaphor-happy...

A novelization of the hit movie starring Robin Williams as Professor Keating, an inspiring, uplifting teacher who changes his students' lives.Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English...

E.M. Forster’s beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian society. Visiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr...

There are few modern writers more widely recognized for their brilliance than Cormac McCarthy, and this is him at his best, eviscerating the traditional Western novel and shining bright lights on the atrocities committed in America’s westward...

For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from...

The publication of Clarice Lispector's Complete Stories, eighty-five in all, is a major literary event. Now, for the first time in English, are all the stories that made her a Brazilian legend: from teenagers coming into awareness of their sexual and...

WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this...

“It was the start of spring. It was raining. That was the day that she brought me home.”This is the story of Miyu, a woman who lives alone with her cat, Chobi. As Miyu navigates the world of adulthood, she discovers both the freedom and loneliness...

A pioneering force for change in both racial prejudice and issues of gender and sexuality, Audre Lord was a maverick literary talent who ranged over poetry, prose and polemic with equal assuredness. Your Silence Will Not Protect You brings together some...

Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past.I’m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks.He’s thirty-five and all man, and I’m twenty-two and all… virgin.He’s also...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“If you’re looking for a book to take on holiday this summer, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has got all the glitz and glamour to make it a perfect beach read.” —BustleFrom the New...

“Georgi Gospodinov is unique in many ways. I’ve been reading him since the beginning and I know that no one can combine an intriguing concept, wonderful imagination, and perfect writing technique like he can.”—Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize–winning author...

From an award-winning writer whose work Roxane Gay calls “utterly unique and remarkable” comes a surreal novel about a woman in Silicon Valley who must decide how much she’s willing to give up for success—for fans of My Year of Rest and...

The Shadow of the Gods begins a brand new Norse-inspired epic fantasy series from bestselling author John Gwynne, packed with action, magic and monstersAfter the gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the...

A major work of American literature that powerfully portrays the anguish of being Black in a society that at times seems poised on the brink of total racial war.At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart...

Seven decades after its original publication, Clarice Lispector’s third novel—the story of a girl and the city her gaze reveals—is in English at last   Seven decades after its original publication, Clarice Lispector’s third novel—the story of a girl and...

Jason Rekulak lives to dream up stories. From publishing and editing to writing, there is not a single second where Rekulak isn’t thinking of ways to get YOU reading and imagining. Follow the story that he conjures up and you are guaranteed to...

Any romance involving the perfect student and the bad boy jock is sure to be a good read, but The Deal is truly great. Kennedy gives the meet-cute trope a cheeky twist by having timid Hannah ego-check the cocky Garrett. New York...

Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn't just running away...

Books, reading, book lovers and tsundoku are all words that send our hearts a flutter. Consider this your most swoon-worthy read of the summer! Mwah! “One of my favorite authors.”—Colleen HooverAn insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York...