5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The Bidens seem stuck in a version of America that does not exist and perhaps never did.”

By Book Marks | June 11, 2026

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

I Thought I Had Nothing to Write About. Then I Got a Dog.

Camille Perri in Praise of Furry Friends and Furry Muses

By Camille Perri | June 11, 2026

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

Introducing Lost Kite Editions, the Indie Press Bringing “Insurgent” Work to Minneapolis.

“The people most often kept outside publishing’s institutions should help shape its future.”

By Brittany Allen | June 11, 2026

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s <em>Beloved</em>

Namwali Serpell and Vinson Cunningham on Toni Morrison’s Beloved

From the Podcast, PASSAGES: On Morrison

By Passages: On Morrison | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

For the week ending June 7, 2026

By Literary Hub | June 11, 2026

Best Reviewed
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  • 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

Ben Fountain on Rasputin and Trump’s Coming Third Term

By Fiction Non Fiction | June 11, 2026

Retracing the Steps of Sylvia Plath in Paris (and Rome, and Cape Cod, and Wellesley...)

By Helen Bain | June 10, 2026

Is This the Strangest Soccer Novel Ever Written?

By Tobias Carroll | June 10, 2026

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

Brodie Crellin Recommends Six Books With Actually Realistic Sex

With Work by Robert Gluck, Nicholson Baker, Sheila Heti and More

By Brodie Crellin | June 10, 2026

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

To Know a Person Entirely: Re-Discovering My Grandfather Through Fiction

Sofia Montrone: “Where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?”

By Sofia Montrone | June 10, 2026

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Why Do We Keep Murdering Our Darlings?

Sarah Braunstein on Killing Off Main Characters

By Sarah Braunstein | June 10, 2026

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Contrapposto

By Jane Ciabattari | June 9, 2026

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

An “Intellectual Monster...” Why Muriel Spark Never Remarried

James Bailey on the Writer’s Eternal Pursuit of the Literary Life

By James Bailey | June 9, 2026

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

Brook Wilensky-Lanford on the Long, Difficult (Yet Fun) Process of Titling Her New Book, A God-Shaped Nation

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford | June 9, 2026

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

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

Featuring Courtney Maum, Ben Fountain, Deb Olin Unferth and More

By Teddy Wayne | June 9, 2026

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