28 New Books to Read in June: Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell, Daniel Kraus and More
Novels by Ann Patchett, Maggie O’Farrell and Dave Eggers; memoirs by Jill Biden and Laverne Cox; sci-fi adventures by a Pulitzer Prize winner; and more.…
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Book Review: ‘1873,’ by Liaquat Ahamed
In “1873,” the historian and financier Liaquat Ahamed traces the political consequences of booming markets that left a…
9 Comic Books and Graphic Novels to Celebrate Pride Month
Historical chronicles and flights of fancy, all with L.G.B.T.Q. protagonists, arrive starting in June.…
Lit Hub Daily: June 1, 2026
“It felt as if Eileen had found a box of pencils they wrote with in the 1970s and…
Book Review: ‘The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom’
A collection of Harold Bloom’s letters details the working life of one of America’s most influential intellects.…
Joana Avillez Revisits Her Waterfront Childhood
Joana Avillez took six years to illustrate a new edition of Joseph Mitchell’s “The Bottom of the Harbor,”…
Unicorn Diversions, Robot Valets, and More: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
In just a few weeks, the summer solstice marks the longest day of the year on June 21.…
This Week in Literary History: Carson McCullers’s The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is Published
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. On June 4, 1940, the day her debut novel…
Alone on a Mountain in Wyoming Far From Home and Looking for Answers
I’m standing in a rocky clearing by an observatory 9600 feet above sea level. My chest feels tight…
10 Great New Children’s Books Out in June 2026
In the world of children’s literature, there’s been some recent debate about whether children’s books are mostly any…