Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025

Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025

New Stuff We Read This Year

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2025

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World

“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.”

By Matt Greene | December 2, 2025

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Al-Atlal, Now: On Language and Silence in Gaza’s Wake

Sarah Aziza on Genocide and the Graveyard of Meanings

By Sarah Aziza | December 2, 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2025

The Best Audiobooks of 2025

The Literature to Listen to This Year

By Audiofile Magazine | December 2, 2025

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025

An Addition and a Correction

By Miriam Gershow | December 1, 2025

Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

New Work by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older—plus a few 2025 books you might have missed!

By Natalie Zutter | December 1, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • 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

10 Great Children’s Books You Might Have Missed in 2025

By Caroline Carlson | December 1, 2025

Crony Henry, Daddy Henry, Lady Henry, Henry Incinerator: Seven Poetry Books to Read This December

By Christopher Spaide | December 1, 2025

Paula Saunders on Navigating the Teen Years

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | December 1, 2025

Chris Baty on the Magic of a Goal and a Deadline

Chris Baty on the Magic of a Goal and a Deadline

From the Memoir Nation Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | December 1, 2025

Fight Book Bans! Fight Fascists! Listen to The Lit Hub Podcast!

Fight Book Bans! Fight Fascists! Listen to The Lit Hub Podcast!

Featuring Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Jonny Diamond, and Drew Broussard

By The Lit Hub Podcast | November 28, 2025

“The Voice of a Free People is Full of Turbulence and Grace.” Marilynne Robinson Accepts the Lewis H. Lapham Award

“The Voice of a Free People is Full of Turbulence and Grace.” Marilynne Robinson Accepts the Lewis H. Lapham Award

As Introduced by Ayana Mathis at This Month’s Harper’s Magazine Gala

By Literary Hub | November 26, 2025

The 16 Best Book Covers of November

The 16 Best Book Covers of November

Closing out the year

By Emily Temple | November 26, 2025

November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

November’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring Sarah Hall, Joy Williams, Andrew Miller, and More

By Book Marks | November 26, 2025

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

November’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Margaret Atwood, Patti Smith, Anthony Hopkins, and More

By Book Marks | November 26, 2025

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

How Sex Workers Organize For Empowerment Across the Global South

T.D. Tso on the Ongoing Struggle Against Victimhood Narratives and For Recognition and Rights

By TD Tso | November 26, 2025

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