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# Books


## Books


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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77e391a1e6820f41/6a4c0d0c1dd91a70b26b18be/Summer-Books-2026-Featured-Image.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2026  
## [The Best New Books to Read This Summer](https://time.com/article/2026/07/06/best-books-to-read-this-summer/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Hamilton Cain
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt119ce7d8661f7703/6a3d980ff0f300b9cf5d56fe/marabrockakil.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 29, 2026  
## [The Revelation of Mara Brock Akil](https://time.com/article/2026/06/25/mara-brock-akil-interview/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Judy Berman
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf83e26689a68f365/6a2afe1b5dd9311251852991/YOU_501_Unit_02247RC.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 11, 2026  
## [Why _You_'s Joe Goldberg Would Be 'Horrified' By the Manosphere](https://time.com/article/2026/06/10/you-first-joe-goldberg/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Scarlett Harris
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e65aa33f61c50/69efe06523c6b44c9fbcf92b/POPE-LEO.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 29, 2026  
## [What a New Biography Reveals About Pope Leo](https://time.com/article/2026/04/28/pope-leo-book-interview/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Belinda Luscombe
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt766bdf7830e034e4/69eac53c50e0cc7096ceaeec/Elizabeth-Strout_.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1%2Coffset-x0.00%2Coffset-y0.00)  
Apr 28, 2026  
## [How Elizabeth Strout Gets Inside People's Minds](https://time.com/article/2026/04/28/elizabeth-strout-the-things-we-never-say-interview/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Belinda Luscombe  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb30692f86ac67f84/69c6ee8c2145be91b0c1fe95/April-Books-Featured-Image.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 4, 2026  
## [The 12 New Books You Should Read in April](https://time.com/article/2026/03/27/best-books-april-2026/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Hamilton Cain
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b784c029163e41c/69b048896335625252baff7e/March-Books-2026.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 3, 2026  
## [10 New Books You Should Read in March](https://time.com/7381423/best-books-march-2026/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Hamilton Cain
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0626590b1304f6/6998cd2383ec37b5c3c7b497/February-Books-2026-Featured-Image.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 2, 2026  
## [The Best New Books to Read in February](https://time.com/7362790/best-books-february-2026/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Hamilton Cain
* ![Female friends reading book while lying down on grass at a hill.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a80bb89e0a0325e/6998ccb4a97fc007d2a74fba/GettyImages-2236758953.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 10, 2026  
## [The Case for Reading Two Books at a Time](https://time.com/7344842/reading-two-books-at-once-benefits/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Laura Dave
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f7ced4cd0ac2815/6998cc6c1500fb17f6aa6e03/Most-Anticipated-Books-2026.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2025  
## [The 36 Most Anticipated Books of 2026](https://time.com/7341767/most-anticipated-books-2026/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Hamilton Cain  
* ![Suzette Baker, former head librarian at the Kingsland Branch Library in the Llano County Library System, holds some banned books at the Edwards Law office on Monday, Mar. 4, 2024 in Austin.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6321aec45d38a177/6998cc5725f3eeebc7645400/book-bans.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 17, 2025  
## [The New Era of Book Bans](https://time.com/7341120/book-bans-supreme-court-first-amendment-reading/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Suzette Baker and Amanda Jones
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b989c9ffc30b13c/6998cc3e93610c55e2c303d8/BOC-memoirs.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2025  
## [The 10 Best Memoirs of 2025](https://time.com/7340943/the-10-best-memoirs-of-2025/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Nicole Chung
* ![The best books of 2025](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9ab1d86c2ac4db0/6998cc2ed32e9328a6cd7978/BOC-web-BOOKS.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 9, 2025  
## [The 10 Best Books of 2025](https://time.com/7333809/best-books-2025/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Lucy Feldman
* ![Commander Tom Stafford and pilot Gene Cernan preparing to board Gemini 9 shortly before launch](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt601c37ddee320059/6998cb5683ec3743f2c7b188/S66-34051orig.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 11, 2025  
## [The Forgotten Story of NASA's Most Life-Threatening Spacewalk](https://time.com/7330699/nasa-gemini-spacewalk-history-book-excerpt/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ae892ad2be77651/6998cad4f1b082e3856f1cb3/tim-and-demi-leigh-tebow.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 3, 2025  
## [The Reinvention of Tim and Demi-Leigh Tebow](https://time.com/7329687/tim-tebow-demi-leigh-book-interview/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Belinda Luscombe

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