Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

From Our Bedside Tables to Yours

By Emily Temple | December 3, 2024

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Reading With My Past Self: A Year of Revisiting Books

Angela Baggetta on What She’s Learned From Rereading Old Favorites

By Angela Baggetta | December 3, 2024

On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?

On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?

Jen Benka Considers Art in the Age of ChatGPT

By Jen Benka | December 3, 2024

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Why We Need More Queer Sex in Climate Fiction; Or, on Rereading Rachel Carson

Gabrielle Korn Explores Bodily Autonomy, Self-Censorship, and How Desire Shapes Our Writing

By Gabrielle Korn | December 3, 2024

Anita Felicelli on Crafting a Collection of Existential Speculative Short Stories

Anita Felicelli on Crafting a Collection of Existential Speculative Short Stories

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of "How We Know Our Time Travelers"

By Jane Ciabattari | December 3, 2024

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 3, 2024

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  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
  • End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

By Caroline Carlson | December 2, 2024

A Riveting, Timeless Journey Through the Afterlife: Inside the World of Dante’s Divine Comedy

By Michael Palma | December 2, 2024

Musical Mechas and the Dystopian Dust Bowl: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter | December 2, 2024

Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year

Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year

Plus Seven Poetry Collections to Read This December

By David Woo | December 2, 2024

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Fund Drives, Merve Emre, and... Do Awards Even Matter?

This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Fund Drives, Merve Emre, and... Do Awards Even Matter?

With Drew Broussard, Calvin Kasulke, Oliver Scialdone, McKayla Coyle, and Jonny Diamond

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 29, 2024

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Writing Advice, Book Recommendations, and More from the Newest Literary MacArthur Fellows

Jericho Brown, Ling Ma, Jason Reynolds, and Juan Felipe Herrera on the Writing Life

By Emily Temple | November 27, 2024

In Praise of the Literary and Social Subversions of George Gissing’s <em>The Odd Women</em>

In Praise of the Literary and Social Subversions of George Gissing’s The Odd Women

Merve Emre and Adam Dalva in Conversation About a New Edition of a Victorian Classic

By Literary Hub | November 27, 2024

Juhea Kim on Rendering the Beauty of Ballet in Fiction

Juhea Kim on Rendering the Beauty of Ballet in Fiction

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of “City of Night Birds”

By Jane Ciabattari | November 26, 2024

Orhan Pamuk! Birth control in America! A history of beer! 11 new books out today.

Orhan Pamuk! Birth control in America! A history of beer! 11 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | November 26, 2024

Werner Herzog on Memory, the Elusiveness of Truth, and Sleepwalking Into New Wars

Werner Herzog on Memory, the Elusiveness of Truth, and Sleepwalking Into New Wars

Ayşegül Sert Talks to the Iconic Director and the Author of “Every Man for Himself and God Against All”

By Aysegul Sert | November 25, 2024

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