A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

“When you're disgustingly wealthy, your days don’t have to be touched by banal oppressors, like the office or public transportation.”

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A book about the destruction of bohemia and the nightmare of trying to live—let alone make art—with very little money.”

By Book Marks | July 10, 2025

Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

Raina Lipsitz on Mamdani, DSA, and the Rise of a New Left

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 10, 2025

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Cushty, Prat, Cowson... and Other British Terms I Can No Longer Say in America

Christopher J. Yates on Language Nostalgia

By Christopher J. Yates | July 9, 2025

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

Cruising the Holy Highway: Mary Jo Bang Journeys Through Dante’s “Paradiso”

From the Introduction to a New Translation of the Heavenly Portion of "The Divine Comedy"

By Mary Jo Bang | July 9, 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

Our 33 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2025

In Case You Need More Books to Read...

By Drew Broussard | July 8, 2025

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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Did Shakespeare Write Hamlet While He Was Stoned?

By Sam Kelly | July 8, 2025

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

By Teddy Wayne | July 8, 2025

Dante! Secret societies! America’s Next Top Model! 20 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 8, 2025

No Translation, No Problem: <br>The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

No Translation, No Problem:
The Joys of Reading a Book Containing Multiple Languages

Rachel Ashcroft on the Benefits of Letting the Words Wash Over You

By Rachel Ashcroft | July 7, 2025

Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

Five Experimental Anti-Novels That Break the Form (Beautifully)

Dan Leach Recommends Michael Bible, Maggie Nelson, Haruki Murakami, and More

By Dan Leach | July 3, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It’s a total, self-encapsulating project—about a total, self-encapsulating doom.”

By Book Marks | July 3, 2025

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 Kathy Wang, the CIA, Nell Stevens, and More

By Book Marks | July 3, 2025

Have You Considered an Anarchist Approach to Plot?

Have You Considered an Anarchist Approach to Plot?

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante on Throwing Bombs, Emotional Movement, and Other Plot Devices

By Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante | July 3, 2025

Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

Dina Nayeri on Iranian Life Under Attack

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | July 3, 2025

Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

Is Summer Actually the Season for Reading Big, Thick Books?

In Which James Folta Wonders If Bigger Really is Better

By James Folta | July 2, 2025

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