If you like your beach reads with a dose of truth, pack these PEOPLE-approved nonfiction summer books for your next vacation.

The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of ...

Forget AI oopsies; here are some of the best books to kick off your summer reading, from the steamy to the spine-chilling—and each hand-selected by the staff of VF.

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The author of the Patrick Melrose novels has written a follow-up to “Double Blind” that’s just as intellectually roving. Lucas Schaefer’s debut has that essential quality of all great ...

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.