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The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

AKA the Nerdiest Popularity Contest of All Time

By Emily Temple | December 29, 2018

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

What We're Looking Forward to, the First Half and Then Some

By Emily Temple | December 28, 2018

Notable Literary Deaths in 2018

Notable Literary Deaths in 2018

A Last Goodbye to the Authors, Editors, and Book People We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2018

15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

Just in Case One of These People is on Your List

By Emily Temple | December 19, 2018

Your 2019 Literary Adaptation Preview

Your 2019 Literary Adaptation Preview

21 Book-Based Movies and TV Shows to Consume in the New Year

By Emily Temple | December 17, 2018

Here Are 21 Books to Give to Everyone You Know This Holiday Season

Here Are 21 Books to Give to Everyone You Know This Holiday Season

A Humble Literary Gift Guide

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2018

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

Who Wore It Best? US Book Covers vs. UK Book Covers for 2018

By Emily Temple | December 7, 2018

Here are the Biggest Nonfiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years

By Emily Temple | December 5, 2018

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple | December 5, 2018

A Close-Reading of <em>The Talented Mr. Ripley</em> as Coming of Age Story

A Close-Reading of The Talented Mr. Ripley as Coming of Age Story

Dickie Greenleaf! Is It Really You?

By Emily Temple | November 30, 2018

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation

"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2018

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years

Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years

(And What Everyone Read Instead)

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2018

The 15 Best Book Covers of November

The 15 Best Book Covers of November

In Which We Happily Judge Covers By Their Covers

By Emily Temple | November 26, 2018

32 Beautiful Early Dust Jackets for Iconic Books

32 Beautiful Early Dust Jackets for Iconic Books

They Just Don't Make Covers Like They Used To

By Emily Temple | November 21, 2018

Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas's Recipe for Hash Brownies

Here It Is! Alice B. Toklas's Recipe for Hash Brownies

If You Really Want to Help Out in the Kitchen This Week

By Emily Temple | November 20, 2018

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

The Good, The Bad, and The Delicious: 20 Unexpected Literary Cookbooks

A Confederacy of Dunces: The Cookbook?

By Emily Temple | November 19, 2018

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