The Best Books of 2020 You Might Have Missed

The Best Books of 2020 You Might Have Missed

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Some Under-the-Radar Must-Reads

By Bethanne Patrick | December 29, 2020

Where <em>Blues for Mister Charlie</em> Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

Where Blues for Mister Charlie Fits into James Baldwin's Oeuvre

Isaac Butler Talks to Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols
on Lit Century

By Lit Century | December 29, 2020

The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

John Domini Considers the Work of Viet Than Nguyen, Teju Cole, Dubravka Ugresic, and More

By John Domini | December 29, 2020

How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in <em>Uncle Vanya</em>

How Chekhov Cuts to the Heart in Uncle Vanya

This Week on the History of Literature Podcast

By History of Literature | December 28, 2020

On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired <em>A Christmas Story</em>

On the Weird Little Essays That Inspired A Christmas Story

The Literary Disco Crew Discusses Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust

By Literary Disco | December 28, 2020

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

Allie Esiri on Taking Daily Doses of the Bard

By Allie Esiri | December 23, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Awake Awake
  • Etna
  • Triage
  • The Amateur
  • The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn
  • The Story of Your Life: How Social Media Shapes the Way We Experience Everything
  • The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
  • The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence
  • The Blue Flame

Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2020

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2020

How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market

By Sarah Lonsdale | December 23, 2020

Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

By How to Proceed | December 23, 2020

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

What Happened in the 80s? On the Rise of Literary Theory in American Academia

Jane Gallop in Conversation with H. Aram Veeser

By H. Aram Veeser and Jane Gallop | December 23, 2020

Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

Nick Offerman on the Essential Wisdom of Wendell Berry

In Conversation With Gary Lovely

By Gary Lovely | December 22, 2020

What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy's <em>The Group</em>

What Elites Got Wrong About Mary McCarthy's The Group

They Dismissed It As a "Lady-Writer’s Novel"

By Apoorva Tadepalli | December 22, 2020

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2020

"There are no pleasures to be had here, only a reminder of things that once produced pleasure."

By Book Marks | December 22, 2020

On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin's <em>Blues for Mister Charlie</em>

On Religion and Nonviolent Protest in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie

Isaac Butler Guests on Lit Century, with Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols

By Lit Century | December 22, 2020

Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

Why Does Goodreads Have a Problem with Fiction by Women, About Women?

Introducing the Madievsky Rule

By Ruth Madievsky | December 21, 2020

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

What 2020 Children’s Book Roundups Are Missing

Sara B. Franklin on the Best Family Reads of a Very Hard Year

By Sara B. Franklin | December 21, 2020

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