Summer Reads

Just in time for your next trip to the beach, our literary sister site the Millions handpicked more than 100 books out this summer that you’ll want to add to your TBR pile. Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing will soon become a purchasable work of art courtesy of Macmillan’s limited editions arm Fablelistik. China’s censorship agency is increasingly creating headaches for Western publishers drawn to the country’s high-quality, low-cost printing sector. And we spotlight a small press that’s made it its mission to preserve the memory of the Holocaust through memoir. The New York Times wonders if Gary Shteyngart is one of the last novelists to make good money from writing. The Conversation considers the risks and rewards of “fast books on big news” after two books about a high-profile murder trial were announced within 24 hours of its verdict. On Substack, literary agent Alia Hanna Habib talked with Random House senior marketing director Ayelet Durantt about all things book marketing. Open Road CEO and National Book Foundation chairman David Steinberger chatted with Little, Brown publisher Sally Kim on the latest episode of the Open Book podcast. And poet Fanny Howe has died at 84.