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The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 List

Reading All the Lists So You Don’t Have To Since 2017

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

“Yes, it’s her world and after reading her book I just wish I could move off-planet.”

By Book Marks | December 23, 2023

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

At Least 2023 is Over Now

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

Lit Hub Staffers on the Year’s Best Reading Experiences

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

Blake Butler on (Not) Finding Your Voice

“Your only job is to find a way to secure enough time to keep throwing yourself into the void.”

By Blake Butler | December 22, 2023

Colm Tóibín! Geraldine Brooks! A guide to killing time! 19 books out in paperback this January.

Colm Tóibín! Geraldine Brooks! A guide to killing time! 19 books out in paperback this January.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 22, 2023

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By Diana Arterian | December 21, 2023

Lydia Kiesling on Making the Lists—or Not

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 21, 2023

Tyriek White on Juxtaposing Brooklyn's History With Lived Experience

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The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

The Complicated Experience of Reading a Late Friend’s Novel

“I learned later that he had left a piece of paper with four stark words on it: ’Suicide notes are tacky.‘”

By Matthew Hays | December 20, 2023

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

Andrew Pettegree on Books and War

From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | December 20, 2023

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

Jane Smiley on What It’s Like to Have Your Book Banned

In Conversation with Tai Caputo From Iowa City’s City High School Student Paper

By Tai Caputo | December 19, 2023

The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

Jonathan Russell Clark on Poor Things and Its Adaptation

By Jonathan Russell Clark | December 19, 2023

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By Jane Ciabattari | December 19, 2023

5 new books out today!

5 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 19, 2023

The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of the Year

The 10 Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of the Year

On Wednesdays We Read Lit Hub

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2023

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