5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Anyone making the case for Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s annihilation then is making the case for our annihilation now.”

By Book Marks | September 11, 2025

Jessica Francis Kane on Penelope Fitzgerald in Mexico

Jessica Francis Kane on Penelope Fitzgerald in Mexico

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | September 11, 2025

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

On the Conservatism of Contemporary Literary Fiction

Nathaniel Moore Reads Patricia Lockwood, Rachel Yoder, and Charlotte Wood

By Nathaniel Moore | September 10, 2025

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

What Money Really Means in Jane Austen’s Work

“Talk of money in Austen is always dramatic, never just informative.”

By John Mullan | September 10, 2025

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Connecting the Dots: On Creating Fiction from Facts

Beth Kephart Considers the Craft of Bringing a Fiction Writer’s Eye to Real Lives

By Beth Kephart | September 10, 2025

Anne Enright on J.G. Farrell's <em>Troubles</em>

Anne Enright on J.G. Farrell's Troubles

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | September 10, 2025

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  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Rachel Kushner on the 10th Anniversary of Kim Gordon’s Girl in a Band

By Rachel Kushner | September 9, 2025

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

By Teddy Wayne | September 9, 2025

The Case for Polyamory: Alejandro Varela on Writing a Novel That Questions Everything

By Alejandro Varela | September 9, 2025

Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Taking Center Stage: Eight Novels That Celebrate Black Performance

Lauren Morrow Recommends Percival Everett, Zadie Smith, Nicole Cuffy, and More

By Lauren Morrow | September 9, 2025

Elizabeth Gilbert! Mick Herron! Sarah Moss! 24 new books out today.

Elizabeth Gilbert! Mick Herron! Sarah Moss! 24 new books out today.

By Julia Hass | September 9, 2025

15 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

15 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Recommendations from Your Friendly Lit Hub Editors

By Emily Temple | September 8, 2025

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

“Never Had a Dirty Book Done So Badly.” On Some Unlikely Books First Published with Viking

Paul Slovak Digs Into Titles by Leonard Cohen, John Williams, Alfred Doblin, and More

By Paul Slovak | September 8, 2025

Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Laughing in Hell: How We Tell the Stories of Other Peoples’ Suicides

Sarah Adler on Reading Blake Butler in the Wake of Loss

By Sarah Adler | September 8, 2025

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Breadcrumbs: Searching for Synchronicity, in Life and Literature

Tara Yazdan Panah on Eve Babitz, Carl Jung, and Divinely Oriented Surprise

By Tara Yazdan Panah | September 8, 2025

Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Thomas Swick Examines the Parallels Between Two Joyous (and Thankless) Vocations

By Thomas Swick | September 5, 2025

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