This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

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The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending January 25, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending January 25, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 29, 2026

On the Past and Present of Authoritarianism, War, and Literature in Europe

On the Past and Present of Authoritarianism, War, and Literature in Europe

A Conversation with Artem Chapeye, Peter Osnos, and Antonia Lloyd-Jones

By Literary Hub | January 29, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

By Literary Hub | January 22, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending January 18, 2026

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Here are this year’s National Book Critics Circle Award finalists.

By Literary Hub | January 20, 2026

Eugene Lim has won the 2025 John Dos Passos Prize.

By Literary Hub | January 15, 2026

Meet the 2026 United States Artists Writing Fellows.

By Literary Hub | January 14, 2026

Announcing the 2026 class of Periplus fellows!

Announcing the 2026 class of Periplus fellows!

By Literary Hub | January 8, 2026

Amit Chaudhuri Still Writes His Novels Longhand

Amit Chaudhuri Still Writes His Novels Longhand

The Author of A New World Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | January 6, 2026

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2026

314 Books To Read in the New Year

By Literary Hub | January 6, 2026

Notable Literary Deaths in 2025

Notable Literary Deaths in 2025

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

By Literary Hub | January 5, 2026

The Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2025

The Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2025

From Zohran to ChatGPT and Back Again

By Literary Hub | December 25, 2025

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2025

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2025

The Editors Pick the Best Writing at the Site This Year

By Literary Hub | December 25, 2025

Six Writers on the Most Surprising Parts of Their Writing Routines

Six Writers on the Most Surprising Parts of Their Writing Routines

How Shelby Van Pelt, Tracy K. Smith, and More Get Words on the Page

By Literary Hub | December 12, 2025

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