News of note for readers: June 5, 2026

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!  

• Edith Wharton's unfinished and unpublished short story “The Men Who Saved the World" — drawing from her firsthand experiences of World War I — is now out in the new issue of The Strand Magazine (The Associated Press). 

• We're not really to the true halfway point of the year, but Goodreads has several most-read-so-far-in-2026 lists out.

• Read an excerpt from Little Wonder by Sophie Chen Keller; the book comes out June 16 (Literary Hub).

• This week's collection of book ban and challenge news opens with a reminder that these restrictions can be — successfully — fought (Book Riot).

• Everand, a reading subscription service that acquired book club app Fable last year, is now offering a combination subscription that gives you access to audiobooks, ebooks, and online book clubs (TechCrunch).