Francesca Wade has won the Plutarch Award for Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.
Francesca Wade has won the Plutarch Award for Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife. Today, the Biographers International Organization announced the winner...
Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books.
Hudson Williams has pretty good taste in books. (And the internet is losing its mind about it.) Hudson Williams, the Canadian sweetheart behind the...
The Best Books of 2026 So Far Lists Out Now
Explore even more 2026 Best Books So Far lists and add a bunch of books to your summer reads stacks with novels chosen by the NYT and a selection of...
Submissions open for 4thWrite short story prize
The 4thWrite prize, an annual short story competition for Black, Asian and minority ethnic writers run by publisher 4th Estate and the Guardian, has...
Lit Hub Daily: May 29, 2026
Lit Hub Daily: May 29, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1892, Argentinian poet Alfonsina Storni is born. Sara Youngblood Gregory...
What It Means to Be the Librarian I Never Had as a Kid
Having a strong religious foundation was my parents’ top priority when I was growing up. They were college-educated and supplemented my academic...
The Most Read Books on Goodreads in May 2026
How many of the most read books on Goodreads this month can you name? I’ll give you the genres, if you need a hint. In the top five, we have two...
Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point
I’ve noticed a trend in the news stories coming out about queer books and authors: it’s clear that five years of unrelenting and escalating...
5 New Asian American Horror Books to Die For
Horror books have been experiencing a boom for the past several years, and Asian American horror reads are no exception.Like all good horror, Asian...
Fighting Oppression: 5 Graphic Novels About Book Banning
In the past five years, book bans in the United States have been rampant, wreaking havoc on libraries and schools and impacting authors and readers....
Can’t-Miss Thrillers for Fans of Black Mirror
Blackstone Publishing and Marc-Uwe KingSixteen-year-old Lena Palmer has gone missing when a violent video of her assault by masked men goes viral....
Virginia Evans: ‘I loved books about things that can’t exist’
My earliest reading memory I’m not sure what we were reading – The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams or the poems in Where the Sidewalk Ends by...
Tending the Fire: Exploring AIDS Writing of the Last Ten Years
There are countless testimonies, books, poetry collections, plays, visual works and films from queer people amid the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and...
The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June
The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in June From Cape Fear to In the Hand of Dante Every month, all the major streaming services add a host of...
The 13 Best Book Covers of May
The 13 Best Book Covers of May A Pretty Dark Spring Another month of books, another month of book covers. This month, despite the spring of it all,...
May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction
May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction Featuring Herta Müller, Siri Hustvedt, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, and More Herta Müller’s The Village on the Edge of...
Jump Into the Ball Pit: Emily Rapp Black on the Creative Power of Play
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.Article continues after advertisement One summer in Brooklyn I made an...
May’s Best Reviewed Fiction
May’s Best Reviewed Fiction Featuring Elizabeth Strout, Douglas Stuart, Ali Smith, and More Elizabeth Strout’s The Things We Never Say, Douglas...
Language Play(s): Ensemble, Chorus, and the Redistributed Lyric
When Parag invited me to the American Poetry Museum in Washington D.C. to read, he had imagined a site-specific activation of The Daughter Industry...
“Parallel Lives,” a Poem by Eman Abdelhadi
“Parallel Lives,” a Poem by Eman Abdelhadi From Homosexual Intifada: A Queer Palestinian Anthology On one screen, bulbous bones push to escape skin...
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I nearly didn’t make it to Paris.Article continues after advertisement We were about to board the plane in Berlin when the airline personnel...
Melissa Febos, Geoff Dyer, Beyoncé… Here are 25 books out in paperback this June.
Summer is officially here, and as the weather warms and our dreams of escapes to elsewhere begin seeming a bit more possible, I’m here to suggest...
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
=Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Laurel Taylor and Hitomi Yoshio (Picador, £16.99) Kawakami’s latest opens with a bang, as...
Prestige Drama by Séamas O’Reilly review – brilliant wry comedy of Derry and the shadow of the past
The premise of Séamas O’Reilly’s brilliant debut novel is that a Hollywood actor has flown into Derry to star in a new TV series about the Troubles...
The Book of Jupiter
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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency
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The Best Books of 2026 So Far, According to THE NEW YORKER
Explore The New Yorker‘s Best Books of 2026 so far, grow your nonfiction stacks with the NYT‘s summer picks, and find out why public libraries are...
I Am Frankelda Trailer Takes Us to a Stop-Animated Underworld
It’s hard to be a writer, especially if you’re a woman in the nineteenth century. Frances, who lives in Mexico, is one of those writers when she...
‘True trailblazer’: British author and activist Maureen Duffy dies aged 92
Maureen Duffy, author of more than 60 works and a pioneering activist for gay rights and writers’ rights, has died at the age of 92.Duffy was...
'American Rambler' traces the path, and truth-squads the tale, of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald is in a sorry state. He's been drinking a lot and praying a lot. He's about to turn 40, he's not married, he's had a bad break up,...
Why the internet is re-litigating Belle Burden’s divorce.
Why the internet is re-litigating Belle Burden’s divorce. Belle Burden’s memoir Strangers might be the most talked about book of the year. Since its...
The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris audiobook review – a love letter to our feathered friends
The Book of Birds delivers a stark warning in its introduction about the “great thinning of the skies … Dawns and springs are quieter; the air...
Here are the new covers and guest editors for the 2026 Best American Series.
For decades, Mariner Books has stewarded The The Best American Series®, a literary institution that began in 1915 with Best American Short Stories,...
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While
Margo’s Got Money Troubles is One of the Best Literary Adaptations in a Long While Maris Kreizman is Happy to Recommend the Screen Version of Rufi...
Lit Hub Daily: May 28, 2026
Lit Hub Daily: May 28, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1849, Anne Brontë dies. Spend your summer reading with Lit Hub! Welcome to...
The Best New Books Out in June, According to Indie Booksellers
June is a big month for new releases in every genre. If you’re looking for the top titles, what better source than independent booksellers? Indie...
15 New Latine Books to Take You Into Summer
Here’s a champagne problem for you, in case you need a break from the real kind: there are so many great Latine books coming out this year! I was...
The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists
ElevenReader: An award-winning audio app with 100,000+ premium titles, plus any PDF, article or doc you bring.A new award-winning audiobook app —...
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson to Be a TV Series and More SFF News
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson to Be Adapted for Television The first novel in bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s young adult quartet, Skyward,...
Through The Decades: 10 Great Intergenerational Stories
Brought to you by Sourcebooks LandmarkFor centuries, the Hua women held sway over the courts of emperors and the boardrooms of billionaires…and in...
Strange and Unusual: The Oddest Workplace Romances
Welcome to the oddest workplace romances. This is a list of coworkers who do not work in offices. Instead, you can find them working together on...
Nuanced Narrations: The Best Audiobook Fantasy Series for Kids
The first time I encountered audiobooks as a kid was in my parents’ minivan, squashed in the back seats amongst my three brothers, as my parents...
On 20 Years of THE BOOK THIEF: An Interview with Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak: Oh, the old pitch. It’s like when you finish a book, and people say, oh, what’s it about? Every author or every writer just freezes in...
50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages
Very short novels have a special magic—not least because, not to be morbid, you can simply read more of them before the inevitable heat death of the...
📚 A major win in a high-stakes space
Sharon Blackie is the author of Ripening: Why Women Need Fairy Tales Now, out June 2nd from September Publishing. Below, she discusses three pieces...
On the Literary Afterlife of Japan’s First Working Woman Writer
In February 1894, Higuchi Ichiyō was desperate. Aged only twenty-one and poverty-stricken, she visited a celebrated fortune-teller, hoping that he...
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Our feast of fabulous reviews this week includes Jessica Bennett on MJ Corey’s Dekonstructing the Kardashians, Lily Meyer on Karen Tei Yamashita’s...
The Digital Economy is Destroying Our Lives and Our Planet—and AI is Only Going to Make It Worse
Our world has been flooded by a deluge of digital platforms, their ceaseless flow submerging our daily lives. From the planetary infrastructures of...
“A Snowy Day”
As snowflakes flutter gently in the air like the dancing wings of butterflies, dusting the earth as far as the eye can see in a powder of argent,...
“Do Indians Still Exist?” On Intergenerational Trauma and Indigenous Resilience
“Do Indians Still Exist?” On Intergenerational Trauma and Indigenous Resilience Blair Palmer Yoxall Remembers the Family History That Inspired His...
Namwali Serpell and Dionne Custer Edwards on Toni Morrison’s Sula
Continuing our tour of Ohio, Namwali Serpell joins writer and educator Dionne Custer Edwards to discuss On Morrison at the Bexley Public Library....
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction For the week ending May 24, 2026 Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for...
Barry Walters on LGBTQ Music 1969-2000
Music critic Barry Walters joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and Christian Barter to discuss his new book, Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music...
Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly review – lust at first sight
Rozie Kelly’s frank and feisty debut novel, which has been shortlisted for this year’s Women’s prize for fiction, begins with a case of lust at...
Escaping Babylon by Jesse Bernard review – an intimate history of Black British music
The year 1989 was a landmark in Black British music: Soul II Soul were on their way to conquering America and Sade had already become a global...
Novel about ‘Disneyfication’ of nature wins climate fiction prize
A novel featuring a protagonist whose job is taken by AI has won the Climate fiction prize.Hum by Helen Phillips, the American writer’s third novel,...
Spotify’s Audiobooks Play is Working
Spotify dropped major lore during its annual Investor Day presentations May 21 indicating that the big bets the platform placed on books are paying...
The Best Beach Reads of Summer 2026, According to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Find out which books The Times selected as their best beach reads of summer 2026, consider the ragebait lit trend, and help rebuild a Black-owned...
Lit Hub Daily: May 27, 2026
Lit Hub Daily: May 27, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1894, Dashiell Hammett is born. Why Michael Crichton’s best novel flopped...
Historical Korean Romance, Ghostly Scammers, and More New YA Books for May 27, 2026
There are a couple of heavy-hitting YA releases out this week. One is by June Hur, the queen of historical YA fiction set in Korea/Joseon. It’s got...
Pacific Island Historical Fiction Books
As a follow-up to my recent post about Asian American historical fiction for AAPI Heritage Month in the U.S., I now want to focus on Pacific Island...
5 Must-Listen Nonfiction Audiobooks
Audiobook month is almost here! Every June, audiobook fans around the world celebrate the joy that is listening to our favorite stories. Some of my...
Reading About History While Living Through History
There’s an old curse that goes, “May you live in interesting times.” But the more interesting something is, the more likely it is to become the...
Time For Summer Mystery Books!
Let’s welcome summer with a look at what’s been happening in the mystery genre. As always, we’ve got adaptation news, as well as three podcast...
8 Spooky Queer Folk Horror Books
Poisoned Pen PressIn Bone of my Bone, when Sister Ursula, a young nun fleeing the ruins of her convent, and Elsebeth, a sharp-witted orphan, escape...
Announcing the First Zero to Well-Read Guided Read-Along
Grab your sword and strap on your sandals. It’s time for Hot Greek Summer! For our first Zero to Well-Read Guided Read-Along, we’ll be throwing it...
How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death
Many physicians sought to treat patients struck down by the Black Death. These doctors typically turned to the extant body of medical knowledge,...
Why Michael Crichton’s Best Novel is the Worst Movie Based on One of His Books
Somebody occasionally points out that vastly more words have been published about Kafka than Kafka himself wrote in his lifetime. Somebody’s...
How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape
Over the past 150 years, honey bees have become the cornerstone of US agriculture. Beekeepers now crisscross the country in semi-trucks to pollinate...
“Your dangerous shoe.” A Poem by Lila Matsumoto
“Your dangerous shoe.” A Poem by Lila Matsumoto From the Collection Talk a Blue Streak When I woke up I discovered that Dorothy’s flatmate had taped...
Who Are You When You Lose Your Job? And Other Questions You Can Answer by Making Art
After I was laid off, I found myself haunted by the line “Had a dream I was Bartleby.” It had come to me very much like a dream, not thought so much...
How World War I Foretold Our Current Age of Competing Nationalisms
Close to Thiepval, a small French village in Picardy with about a hundred inhabitants, stands one of the most poignant memorials to the millions...
What Happens When You Show Your Parents Your Debut Novel?
I gave my book to my partner before I gave it to my parents, figuring it was better to conquer one gut-churning fear at a time. I refused to watch...
“Expatriate’s Pantoum.” A Poem by Maria Nazos
“Expatriate’s Pantoum.” A Poem by Maria Nazos From the Collection Pulse Today, we’ll wake again and drink pineapple juice spiked with Bacardi, then...
“Boring Tree”
I feel like I’m being followed by a woman. She has the kind of gait where her feet point a bit outwards, and she kicks them with a little huff to...
What We Ask Google by Simon Rogers review – the secrets of our search history
As anyone who has procreated this century knows, childrearing involves daily rounds of online searching. The most common parenting-related queries...
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