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What Does Joyce Carol Oates Really Think of Our Addiction to Social Media?

Harry Stecopolous on the Queen of Literary X and Her Latest Story Collection, The Frenzy
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Is Moby-Dick the Greatest American Novel?

Michael Dirda on the Alluring Ambiguity of Melville’s Quintessentially American Masterpiece
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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026, Part Two

258 Books We're Looking Forward to Before the End of the Year
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The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in July

From Lucky to Little House on the Prairie

Can ChatGPT Produce a Version of Proust Worth Reading?

By Bryan Alistair Charles

An Imaginary Throuple Saved My Writing Career

By Kendra Allen

Getting to Know Santa Cruz County, Street by Street, Path by Path

By Angelica Glass

“Scary, Stunning and Sublime.” Kathleen Rooney Recommends Nine Great Books About Survival at Sea

By Kathleen Rooney

Jim Jones and Me: On Growing Up Guyanese-American in the Shadow of Jonestown

By Afsheen Farhadi

A Poet’s Account of the Power of the Yodel

By Valerie Hsiung

Plato’s Symposium Is Actually About Love

By Cat Fitzpatrick

This Week in Literary History: Ernest Hemingway is Wounded on the Italian Front

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How Etel Adnan Shaped a Generation of Poets

By Joshua Thermidor

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Writing As Spiritual Practice: Inside the World of Medieval Scribes

By Joel Halldorf

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

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Am I the Asshole For Refusing an Invitation to Submit Work?

By Kristen Arnett

Ten Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in July

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Here’s the Frederick Douglass Speech to Revisit This July 4th

By Robert S. Levine

Demon Sacrifices and Sailing the Fae Seas: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter

Crime Reads

Crime Reads

July 6, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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What Has Gabino Iglesias Been Reading in 2026?

By Gabino Iglesias

The Best Crime Novels, Mysteries and Thrillers of July 2026

By Molly Odintz

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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Book Marks

Book Marks

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Unexpected Joys of a Geriatric Debut

By Donovan McAbee

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in July 2026

By Caroline Carlson

A Constitutional Question: Do American Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?

By Jill Lepore

What to Do When Your Activism Leads to Threats From the Powerful

By Julia Angwin and Ami Fields-Meyer

Natalie Adler Talks to Sarah Schulman About AIDS History and Dykes Around Town

By Sarah Schulman

Will “American” Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?

By Ed Simon

Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores is a Unicorn in the Practice of Translation

By Sara Abadía Alvarado

Inside the Wild World of Roman Romance Novels

By Emma Southon