Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Mother for Dinner

Mother for Dinner

Shalom Auslander

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 7, 2020

Missionaries

Missionaries

Phil Klay

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 6, 2020

"Boys on a Veranda"

Rachel Swearingen

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 5, 2020

The Bell in the Lake

The Bell in the Lake

Lars Mytting

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 2, 2020

Ruthie Fear

Ruthie Fear

Maxim Loskutoff

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 1, 2020

Just Like You

Just Like You

Nick Hornby

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 30, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Go Gentle
  • The Palm House
  • Lázár
  • Rasputin: The Downfall of the Romanovs
  • Famesick: A Memoir
  • Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other--And the World

Jack

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 29, 2020

The End of the Day

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 28, 2020

Insomnia

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 25, 2020

Mannequin and Wife

Mannequin and Wife

Jen Fawkes

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 24, 2020

His Only Wife

His Only Wife

Peace Adzo Medie

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 23, 2020

"Haunted"

Walter Mosley

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 22, 2020

Homeland Elegies

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 21, 2020

Like a Bird

Like a Bird

Fariha Róisín

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 18, 2020

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Meryem Alaoui trans. by Emma Ramadan

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 17, 2020

"Igifu"

Scholastique Mukasonga, trans. by Jordan Stump

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 16, 2020

« First‹ Previous808182838485868788Next ›Last »
Page 84 of 172
    • Dane Bahr on Craft and Why Crime Fiction Is the Punk Complement to Literary FictionApril 21, 2026 by Dane Bahr
    • 5 Books That Inspired: Marcus KliewerApril 21, 2026 by Marcus Kliewer
    • Joseph Moldover on What Being a Psychologist Taught Him About Writing CrimeApril 21, 2026 by Joseph Moldover
    • Go Gentle
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "A social satire full of dopamine-releasing one-liners and sparkling writing But it can be frustratingly…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

  • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.