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10 Books You Should Read This July

10 Books You Should Read This July

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | July 2, 2019

The Life-Changing Magic of Mushroom Hunting in Central Park

The Life-Changing Magic of Mushroom Hunting in Central Park

Long Litt Woon on Finding a Little Bit of What She Was Looking For

By Long Litt Woon | July 2, 2019

The Art World Doesn't Want Us to Ask Where the Money Comes From

The Art World Doesn't Want Us to Ask Where the Money Comes From

Barbara Bourland on Value and Excess in the Art Market

By Barbara Bourland | July 2, 2019

On the Power of Ghostly Narrators

On the Power of Ghostly Narrators

Mamta Chaudhry Recommends Five Novels Recounted by the Dead

By Mamta Chaudhry | July 2, 2019

Celebrate Walt Whitman's Biennial with the Morgan Library & Museum

Celebrate Walt Whitman's Biennial with the Morgan Library & Museum

An Exhibit of His Life and Works is on Display through September

By Ted Widmer | July 2, 2019

'The Wolves' <br>A Poem by Paisley Rekdal

'The Wolves'
A Poem by Paisley Rekdal

From her Collection Nightingale

By Paisley Rekdal | July 2, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Ghost-Eye
  • Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

My White Whale Was a 50-Pound Fish in Martha's Vineyard

By Janet Messineo | July 2, 2019

The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

By Emily Temple | July 1, 2019

On Peter Matthiessen's Lifelong Fascination with Bigfoot

By Jeff Wheelwright | July 1, 2019

Nadifa Mohamed and Aleksandar Hemon: What It Means to Be Displaced

Nadifa Mohamed and Aleksandar Hemon: What It Means to Be Displaced

On Community, Violence, and Telling Stories of Trauma

By Literary Hub | July 1, 2019

In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

In Cairo, the Garbage Collector Knows Everything

Peter Hessler on the Lives of a Neighborhood, Seen Through the Trash

By Peter Hessler | July 1, 2019

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians

Gabriel Urza on the Literary Virtues of Defamiliarization

By Gabriel Urza | July 1, 2019

'Completion,' <br>A Prose Poem by Ron Padgett

'Completion,'
A Prose Poem by Ron Padgett

From His Collection Big Cabin

By Ron Padgett | July 1, 2019

Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter

Kummer on Picasso, van Gogh, Hopper, and the
Painterly Art of Observation

By Luke Jerod Kummer | July 1, 2019

What Your Favorite Beach Read Says About You

What Your Favorite Beach Read Says About You

As Determined by Our Crack Team of Book Psychologists

By Emily Temple | June 28, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in June

By Emily Firetog | June 28, 2019

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