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15 Books You Should Read This January

15 Books You Should Read This January

Denis Johnson, Jamie Quatro, Leila Slimani, and more

By Literary Hub | January 5, 2018

Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Fake News, Truth-Telling, and What Fiction Can Do

Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Fake News, Truth-Telling, and What Fiction Can Do

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Listen to Ursula K. Le Guin on Celebrity Culture and Fiction vs. Fact

Listen to Ursula K. Le Guin on Celebrity Culture and Fiction vs. Fact

The Iconic Author Takes a Phone Call From Paul Holdengraber

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40 Overlooked Books from 2017, as Chosen By Booksellers

A Year-End Reading List from America's Great Readers

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Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories from 2017

Our Favorite Literary Hub Stories from 2017

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Yan Lianke and Xiaolu Guo on Writing Through Rural Poverty in China

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Counting Down the Top Literary News Stories of 2017: 40 to 31

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What the Lit Hub Staff is Reading, Watching, and Listening to This Holiday Season

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From Muppets to Middlemarch, RuPaul to David Attenborough, we've got the season covered

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Counting Down the Top Literary News Stories of 2017: 50 to 41

From White Nationalist Kid Lit to the Magic of Books

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Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Trump, the Internet, and Our Dark Future

Margaret Atwood and Andrew O'Hagan on Trump, the Internet, and Our Dark Future

Part One of Their Conversation with John Freeman

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Maggie Nelson on Proust, Guilt, and the Disillusionment of Youth

Maggie Nelson on Proust, Guilt, and the Disillusionment of Youth

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