EW book critics David Canfield and Leah Greenblatt break down the best of the year so far.
American literature has lost a giant, and this book cements that.
The Recovering, by Leslie Jamison
For years, she struggled to think of anything but booze.
Illustration by Alex Citrin for EW
The result, much like its subject(s), is brilliant, messy, and profound.
Simon + Schuster
Lee Boudreaux Books
Grove Atlantic
Harper
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Random House
Scribner
Little, Brown and Company
Ecco
Random House
