Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

Booksellers Recommend: The Best Under-the-Radar Books of 2020

When You Need Something Good to Read, Head to Your Indie Bookstore

By Literary Hub | December 30, 2020

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

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

Lessons From Shakespeare: How to Survive a Pandemic with Humor

By Allie Esiri | December 23, 2020

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

Poet Moez Surani on the Language of War

In Conversation with Eivind Hofstad Evjemo on
the How to Proceed Podcast

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

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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