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Against Generative AI: Is Art the Last Refuge of Our Humanity?

Nick Ripatrazone on the Importance of the Creative Ego
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Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

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60 Adaptations, Documentaries, and Other Book Adjacent Fare to Watch This Year
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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Ben Markovits, Stefan Merrill Block, Xiaolu Guo, and More

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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The Church of David Bowie

By Peter Ormerod

Questions and Crimes: Golan Haji on Art and Letters in the New Syria

By Golan Haji

Am I the Asshole For Having a Huge Crush on My Editor?

By Kristen Arnett

How the Phoenicians Laid the Foundations For Modern Commerce and Civilization

By Eve MacDonald

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian

Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan on When AI Tries to Sound Like Us

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The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

By Ed Simon

To Hell and Back: The Weeknd’s Musical Odyssey Through Life and Death

By Judson Bergman

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Helping Incarcerated Writers Find Their Voices at Parchman Prison

By W. Ralph Eubanks

A Reading List of Ersatz Mothers: Three Novels Featuring Powerful Aunts

By Sara Levine

Six Sad Books by Funny Women

By Sydney Rende

“In Shadow, Who Made These Words,” a Poem by Bianca Stone

By Bianca Stone

Alexander the Great, Ancient Gay Icon

By Harry Tanner

“I Swear to Chairman Mao!” On Becoming a Red Guard

By Jung Chang

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Crime Reads

January 12, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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The Most Anticipated Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of 2026

By Molly Odintz

The Best Psychological Thrillers of January 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

By Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne

Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

By Jane Ciabattari

How the New York Times Failed Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya

By Max Weiss

Jose Antonio Vargas on Life in a Country That Says You Don’t Belong

By Memoir Nation

Dozens of writers are boycotting the Adelaide festival for booting Palestinian-Australian Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah.

By James Folta

Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of In Cold Blood

By Gayle Feldman

What Happens if Russia Wins the War it Started in Ukraine?

By Carlo Masala

Teenagers at War: On Fighting the British in New York, 1776

By Jack Kelly