Weekend reads: Week of July 19, 2025

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

• Is summer actually the season for reading big, thick books? (Literary Hub) 

• Why Gen Z goes mad for Dostoyevsky (UnHerd)

• Is your dream home an old library? This place is for you (Book Riot) 

• It's hard to read. Here's why (NPR)