Critics’ Summer Book Picks!

This week – our critics tell us what they are excited to read this summer, the International Booker prize, API reads and Kennedy Ryan [View this email online]( [NPR Books]( May 27, 2023 by [Meghan Collins Sullivan]( Critics’ Summer Book Picks! Islenia Mil for NPR Memorial Day is often considered the unofficial start to summer. Many kids are entering the last weeks of school, pools start to open, and vacations from work are on the horizon. It's a time of the year that many associate with a somewhat slower pace affording, maybe, a little more free time to read. We asked some of our regular book critics what soon-to-be-published titles they are most looking forward to reading this summer. [Here's what they said.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR May is also Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. NPR’s Malaka Gharib has some [great new books by Filipino authors for you to check out]( -- ranging from a noir graphic novel to the latest from Gina Apostol. Earlier this week, the International Booker Prize was awarded to Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel for the novel Time Shelter, which imagines the "first clinic of the past," in which Alzheimer's patients can visit different time periods of their lives on different floors. [You can read more about it here.]( David Parry/The Booker Prizes Hachette Book Group Romance books all have one thing in common: A "Happily Ever After." With a mainstream publisher reissuing five of Kennedy Ryan’s previously self-published titles starting this month, and a TV series based on another one of her books in development through Peacock, Ryan's high-emotional-stakes romances are poised to reach a wider audience. [NPR’s Chloe Veltman has more here.]( Don’t forget to take a listen to NPR’s authors interviews on our Book of the Day podcast, too! This week we’ll be talking with Keith Ellison, Emma Cline, Maggie Smith, Kwame Alexander and Brooke Kroeger. [You can find us here](. Enjoy the long weekend! Meghan --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Listen Live]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [books@npr.org](mailto:books@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! [They can sign up here.]( Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Pop Culture, Code Switch and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Books emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]