The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Daniyal Mueenuddin Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring James Joyce, Susan Orlean, Lauren Groff, and More

By Diana Arterian | January 15, 2026

Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan on When AI Tries to Sound Like Us

Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan on When AI Tries to Sound Like Us

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 15, 2026

Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

Is Artistic Ego a Faustian Bargain? Karl Ove Knausgaard on Plot, Narcissism, and His New Novel

Eric Olson Profiles the Author of The School of Night

By Eric Olson | January 14, 2026

A Reading List of Ersatz Mothers: Three Novels Featuring Powerful Aunts

A Reading List of Ersatz Mothers: Three Novels Featuring Powerful Aunts

Sara Levine Recommends Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse and Elena Ferrante

By Sara Levine | January 14, 2026

Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

Letters on Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian

A Conversation Between Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman on God, Poetry, Joyce, Pound, and More

By Miroslav Volf and Christian Wiman | January 13, 2026

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Stefan Merrill Block, Nina McConigley, Ben Markovits and More

By Teddy Wayne | January 13, 2026

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  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
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  • The Hitch
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Madeline Cash on Writing an Absurdist Systems Novel

By Jane Ciabattari | January 13, 2026

Karl Ove Knausgaard, Niall Williams, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and more: 21 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | January 13, 2026

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | January 9, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A propulsive, witty takedown of insufferable hand-wringers who’ve managed to ruin even sex.”

By Book Marks | January 8, 2026

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | January 8, 2026

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

SI SI SI SI SI: On Fascist Passions in Mussolini’s Italy

Tia Glista Considers Mussolini: Son of the Century and The Silver Book

By Tia Glista | January 7, 2026

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?

Brad Bigelow on the Collaborative Process That Produced Polly Adler’s A House is Not a Home

By Brad Bigelow | January 7, 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

Eric Lichtblau, Alice Jolly, Laura Dave, and more: 17 new books out today!

Eric Lichtblau, Alice Jolly, Laura Dave, and more: 17 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | January 6, 2026

The Unexpected Benefits of Reading at Random

The Unexpected Benefits of Reading at Random

Elspeth Wilson on Becoming a Literary Omnivore

By Elspeth Wilson | January 5, 2026

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