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The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2022

The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2022

On Wednesdays We Read Lit Hub

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2022

This year's very worst opening sentence is about salami and lingerie.

This year's very worst opening sentence is about salami and lingerie.

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2022

Notable Literary Deaths in 2022

Notable Literary Deaths in 2022

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 14, 2022

The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022

The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022

As Chosen by Our Favorite Book Cover Designers

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2022

The NBCC has announced the inaugural longlist for its new Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

The NBCC has announced the inaugural longlist for its new Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2022

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

The Lit Hub Staff Picks the Best Books of the Year

By Emily Temple | December 8, 2022

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On this day in literary history, Anthony Trollope died of the giggles. (For real.)

By Emily Temple | December 6, 2022

The Literary Film and TV You Need to Stream in December

By Emily Temple | December 2, 2022

The 11 Best Book Covers of November

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2022

The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

Timeless Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | November 29, 2022

Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year is . . . <em>gaslighting</em>.

Merriam-Webster's 2022 Word of the Year is . . . gaslighting.

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2022

I beg you, don't buy a novelty notebook for the book lover in your life this holiday season.*

I beg you, don't buy a novelty notebook for the book lover in your life this holiday season.*

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2022

Are these America’s

Are these America’s "most talented but underappreciated" writers?

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2022

Katherine Rundell has won the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

Katherine Rundell has won the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | November 17, 2022

People spent a whole lot of money on Joan Didion's stuff this week.

People spent a whole lot of money on Joan Didion's stuff this week.

By Emily Temple | November 17, 2022

You can finally take a selfie with a full-size statue of Virginia Woolf.

You can finally take a selfie with a full-size statue of Virginia Woolf.

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2022

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