Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

From Our Bedside Tables to Yours

By Emily Temple | December 3, 2024

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Jericho Brown, Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, and Juan Felipe Herrera on the Writing Life

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2024

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

The 10 Best Book Covers of November

Curiouser and Curiouser

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2024

We have a dangerous blur: Philip K. Dick's cult essay about false realities is as relevant as ever.

We have a dangerous blur: Philip K. Dick's cult essay about false realities is as relevant as ever.

By Emily Temple | November 15, 2024

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2024 Booker Prize.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2024 Booker Prize.

By Emily Temple | November 8, 2024

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

Hidden Faces, Earth Tones, and Other Seasonal Delights

By Emily Temple | November 4, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

By Emily Temple | October 31, 2024

Read the 1934 Zora Neale Hurston essay that inspired next year's Met Gala theme.

By Emily Temple | October 10, 2024

Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 10, 2024

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | October 8, 2024

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

Postmodern genius Robert Coover has died at age 92.

By Emily Temple | October 7, 2024

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

Spooky Action (and Comedy, and Drama) at a Distance

By Emily Temple | September 27, 2024

The 16 Best Book Covers of September

The 16 Best Book Covers of September

Yellowing Leaves

By Emily Temple | September 26, 2024

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

(A back-to-school themed flowchart)

By Emily Temple | September 23, 2024

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

78 Books the Critics Think You Should Read This Season

By Emily Temple | September 17, 2024

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | September 10, 2024

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