Posted on June 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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June means we're due for the best-books-so-far lists; S. Zainab Williams highlights — and critiques — a number of them including those of The New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, the BBC, and Vogue (Book Riot).
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Here’s a first look at the graphic novel adaptation of the 2020 novel Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (People).
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This week marks the 86th anniversary of the publication of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers's debut novel (Literary Hub).
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Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife has won the 2026 Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2025 (Literary Hub).
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