20 Best Books To Read in May

by Kaliane Bradley

This rip-roaring romp pivots between past and present and posits the future-altering power of love, hope, and forgiveness. Full review >

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by Mauro Javier Cárdenas

A dark, original work. Full review >

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by Daniel Chandler

A resounding endorsement of Rawls’ philosophy and a complex recipe for something better than what we have now. Full review >

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by Wendy Chen

A poignant, impressive debut. Full review >

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by Myriam Lacroix

As kaleidoscopic as the queer experience, this is an introduction to a writer of great imagination. Full review >

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by Illia Ponomarenko

A revelatory portrait of the horror and absurdity of the conflict spiked with much-needed threads of humanity and hope. Full review >

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by Julian Randall

A brilliant essay collection tracing the lives of an Afro-Latino queer poet and his ancestors. Full review >

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by Sathnam Sanghera

A worthy, thought-provoking follow-up. Full review >

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by Zoë Schlanger

A delightful work of popular science. You may never look at your houseplants or garden in quite the same way again. Full review >

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by Nina St. Pierre

An exhilarating, heart-rending familial portrait. Full review >

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by Colm Tóibín

A moving portrait of rueful middle age and the failure to connect. Full review >

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by Ghostface Killah

An engaging, revealing look at the wild world of the Wu-Tang Clan and beyond. Full review >

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by Hari Kunzru

A dark, smart, provocative tale of the perils of art making. Full review >

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by Claire Messud

Brilliant and heart-wrenching; Messud is one of contemporary literature’s best. Full review >

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by Daniel Handler

A fully captivating memoir rich with insights on reading, writing, and life itself. Full review >

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by Stephen King

The disturbing stories in King’s latest collection will seep into your psyche and haunt you. Full review >

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by Kevin Kwan

Still more brilliant escapism among Kwan’s 1 percenters. Too much is never enough. Full review >

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by Alan Taylor

A richly detailed, compulsively readable history of perhaps the most dramatic period in the history of North America. Full review >

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by Emma Copley Eisenberg

Emotionally rich and quietly thought-provoking, this is simply a stunning fiction debut. Full review >

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by Kevin Fedarko

Vivid armchair travel through a haunting and forbidding landscape. Full review >

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