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25 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward To In 2026
Natalie Zutter Highlights New Releases From Cameron Reed, Ann Leckie, Melissa Albert, Isabel J. Kim, and Many More
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Natalie Zutter
| January 2, 2026
The Most Anticipated Children’s Books of 2026
Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read Next Year
By
Caroline Carlson
| January 2, 2026
The Most Popular Lit Hub Stories of 2025
From Zohran to ChatGPT and Back Again
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Literary Hub
| December 25, 2025
The Ultimate Best Books of 2025 List
Reading All the Lists So You Don’t Have to Since 2017
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Emily Temple
| December 25, 2025
Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2025
The Editors Pick the Best Writing at the Site This Year
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Literary Hub
| December 25, 2025
The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2025
“Historians will study how bad this book is.”
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Book Marks
| December 24, 2025
Best Reviewed
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Making Sense of Middle Earth: Exploring the World of J.R.R. Tolkien
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Michael D.C. Drout
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Why Has Criticism Always Been Such a Good Side Gig for Artists?
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David Berry
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A Timeless Portrait of Black Life: James Baldwin on Louise Meriwether’s
Daddy Was a Number Runner
“She has told everyone who can read or feel what it means to be a black man or woman in this country.”
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James Baldwin
| December 22, 2025
Why Clearing Stormfall
With a Chainsaw is a Lot Like Writing Prose
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of Writing (on a Good Day)
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Claire Thompson
| December 22, 2025
Here Are All the Award-Winning Novels of 2025!
The books that took home home this year’s biggest literary prizes
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Book Marks
| December 19, 2025
Sara Martin on Communal Living as a Writing Practice
Or: The Poetry of a Boarding House
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Sara Martin
| December 19, 2025
The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2025
“Everyone is enticed into this orgy of analysis, to feast and gorge on information, to go a little mad in the process.”
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Adam Morgan
| December 18, 2025
Am I the Asshole For Calling Out Romance Novelists Who Don’t Actually Care About Romance?
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Burn Harry Burn: Reckoning With My
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| December 18, 2025
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27 New and Upcoming Horror Novels To Look Out For In 2026
February 3, 2026
by
Molly Odintz
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by
Callie Kazumi
From Lagos to the American South: 5 Great Thrillers by Black Writers
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Leodora Darlington
The Best Reviewed Books of the Month
"Poignant Tender The final line of em The Rest of Our Lives em is by…"