November 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewJeff Kinney celebrates Partypooper, the 20th book in his megapopular Wimpy Kid series, by throwing a party for Greg Heffley—and inviting readers along for the ride.
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October 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewCelebrated crime fiction author Laura Lippman tries her hand at a cozy mystery with Murder Takes a Vacation.
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October 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor looks back to her childhood—and forward to her legacy—in her new picture book, Just Shine!
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September 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewHistorian Jill Lepore considers the complicated history of the U.S. Constitution in We the People.
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September 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewMusician, restaurateur, and author of When Alexander Graced the Table Alexander Smalls graces the cover of our special Food Issue.
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August 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewOur annual Fall Preview highlights 150 of the season’s most outstanding titles, plus author interviews and much more.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEOur annual Fall Preview highlights 150 of the season’s most outstanding titles, plus author interviews and much more.
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August 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewBestselling romance author Kennedy Ryan promises joy for all in her latest novel, Can’t Get Enough.
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July 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewGary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEGary Shteyngart reflects on his new novel, Vera, or Faith, and his long writing career.
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July 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewWith her new novel, Spent, graphic literature legend Alison Bechdel probes the importance of making art in hard times.
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June 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewMeg Medina keeps it real with young readers in her latest middle-grade novel, Graciela in the Abyss.
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June 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewWith Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia.
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May 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewSarah MacLean’s These Summer Storms, the historical romance author’s first foray into contemporary fiction, is the perfect summer read.
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May 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewNewbery Medalist Rebecca Stead talks about her moving picture-book debut, Anything.
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April 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewDavid Washington, author of Black Defender, headlines a special issue devoted to the innovative world of indie publishing.
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April 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewOur editors share their picks—500 titles total—of the best books, for adults and young readers, published in the last 25 years.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEOur editors share their picks—500 titles total—of the best books, for adults and young readers, published in the last 25 years.
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March 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewNobel Prize–winning novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah headlines a special issue showcasing international literature.
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March 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewBestselling author Jojo Moyes goes for laughter—and tears—in her newest novel, We All Live Here.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEBestselling author Jojo Moyes goes for laughter—and tears—in her newest novel, We All Live Here.
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February 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewRob Franklin, author of the “captivating” first novel Great Black Hope, headlines our issue dedicated to debut books.
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February 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewIn his new novel, Beartooth, Callan Wink delivers a gripping literary heist thriller set in Yellowstone.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEIn his new novel, Beartooth, Callan Wink delivers a gripping literary heist thriller set in Yellowstone.
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January 15, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewAward-winning author Imani Perry traces the color blue through Black history in her latest, Black in Blues.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEAward-winning author Imani Perry traces the color blue through Black history in her latest, Black in Blues.
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January 01, 2025
View digital issue QuickviewBestselling crime novelist Alafair Burke shows readers a good time in The Note.
VIEW DIGITAL ISSUEBestselling crime novelist Alafair Burke shows readers a good time in The Note.
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