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Summer
Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?
In Which James Folta Wonders If Bigger Really is Better
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James Folta
| July 2, 2025
A Place of Rugged, Simple Beauty: One Summer in Rural Newfoundland
Robert Finch Recalls the Challenging Yet Rewarding Days Spent on Canada’s Rugged Atlantic Coast
By
Robert Finch
| June 18, 2025
The first lines of 10 classic novels, updated for the hottest days of summer.
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James Folta
| August 14, 2024
The Worst Dads in All of Literature: An Incomplete List
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Garth Risk Hallberg
| June 13, 2024
Book recommendations for every kind of summer person.
By
James Folta
| June 3, 2024
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James Folta
| May 29, 2024
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Emily Temple
| May 29, 2024
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James Folta
| May 17, 2024
Calculating Losses: How to Close a High School Library for Summer Vacation
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Jess deCourcy Hinds
| July 8, 2022
Summer Vacations Are a 19th-Century Invention of the Rich
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| June 8, 2022
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Emily Temple
| June 7, 2022
On Loss, Time, and Hope: My Year of Reading Ali Smith’s
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Sara Batkie
| August 6, 2021
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The Ultimate Summer 2021 Reading List
All the Big Books From All the Big Lists
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| June 10, 2021
38 Novels You Need to Read This Summer
The Lit Hub Staff Has Spoken
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| May 25, 2021
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"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"