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

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

Featuring new titles by Javier Marías, Brandon Taylor, Rachel Louise Snyder, and More

By Book Marks | May 26, 2023

How Horror, As a Genre, Works

How Horror, As a Genre, Works

John Truby in Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 26, 2023

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Jane L. Rosen Recommends Steven Rowley, Tia Williams, and More

By Jane L. Rosen | May 26, 2023

A Room Without a View: How to Create Space (and Time) for Creativity (on the Toilet)

A Room Without a View: How to Create Space (and Time) for Creativity (on the Toilet)

Daniel Wallace on His Father’s Writing Space

By Daniel Wallace | May 26, 2023

To Understand a Country: 8 Immersive Novels About Sudan

To Understand a Country: 8 Immersive Novels About Sudan

Bhakti Shringarpure Recommends Writing by Hammour Ziada, Leila Aboulela, Amir Tag Elsir, and More

By Bhakti Shringarpure | May 25, 2023

One great short story to read today: Percival Everett's “The Appropriation of Cultures.”

One great short story to read today: Percival Everett's “The Appropriation of Cultures.”

By Jonny Diamond | May 25, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

Rita Chang-Eppig on Researching Pirates for Her Debut Novel

By The Maris Review | May 25, 2023

Ivy Pochoda on Writing About Violent Women (Without Making Excuses for Them)

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 25, 2023

A More Introspective End of the World: A Reading List of Quiet Apocalypse Books

By Jane Hennigan | May 25, 2023

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Rising from the Ashes: Felix Salmon on the Debt Ceiling Crisis and the Surprising Resilience of the COVID Economy

Felix Salmon in Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | May 25, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

"Why did a man who is probably our leading national pipsqueak decide that promoting manliness was his ticket to political power?"

By Book Marks | May 25, 2023

From Rarefied to Beloved: The Path from Molly Ivins to Joan Didion

From Rarefied to Beloved: The Path from Molly Ivins to Joan Didion

Brooke Kroeger Traces the Rise of Journalism's Star Female Reporters

By Brooke Kroeger | May 25, 2023

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

Jeff Biggers on the Centuries-Old Tradition of Poetry in Sardinia

By Jeff Biggers | May 25, 2023

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Why Eccentrics Find a Natural Home in Fiction

Carlos Fonseca Finds a New Language in the World of the Outcast

By Carlos Fonseca Suarez | May 25, 2023

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

Ross Simonini Speaks with the Author of In Many Ways

By Ross Simonini | May 25, 2023

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The 28 Novels You Need to Read This Summer

The Lit Hub Staff Recommends Books for Beaches, Benches, Backyards, and BBQs

By Emily Temple | May 24, 2023

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