The Best Books of 2021 You May Have Missed

The Best Books of 2021 You May Have Missed

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Some Under-the-Radar Must-Reads

By Bethanne Patrick | December 14, 2021

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Books of 2021

The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Books of 2021

Featuring John le Carré, Colson Whitehead, S.A. Cosby, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Stephen King, and more

By Book Marks | December 14, 2021

How “Dark Tourism” Warps Our Understanding of History

How “Dark Tourism” Warps Our Understanding of History

Hasanthika Sirisena on the Commodification of War

By Hasanthika Sirisena | December 14, 2021

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Michael A. Gonzales Remembers His Dear Friend and Mentor

By Michael A. Gonzales | December 14, 2021

On the Extremely Pleasurable Experience of Reading Eileen Chang’s <em>Love in a Fallen City</em>

On the Extremely Pleasurable Experience of Reading Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City

Adalena Kavanagh and Jaime Chu Guest on the Lit Century Podcast

By Lit Century | December 14, 2021

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s <em>How the García Girls Lost Their Accents</em>

Words with Fangs: Finding Myself in Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

Elizabeth Acevedo on the Lasting Legacy and Importance of a Transformative Novel

By Elizabeth Acevedo | December 14, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

Helen Hoang on Her—and Her Character’s—Diagnosis Process for Autism

By Reading Women | December 14, 2021

Why We Need New Vocabulary to Describe the Ending of the Grief That Comes After Loss

By Pauline Boss | December 14, 2021

Zac Efron and Grape Popsicles: Readings by Shawn Berman, Meg Pokrass, and Cathy Ulrich

By Micro Podcast | December 14, 2021

Tom Bissell Talks Hollywood, Adaptation, and Feeling Like an “Actual Writer”

Tom Bissell Talks Hollywood, Adaptation, and Feeling Like an “Actual Writer”

The Author of Creative Types Speaks With Jane Ciabattari

By Jane Ciabattari | December 14, 2021

Duncan Birmingham on the Creative Gratification of Short Stories

Duncan Birmingham on the Creative Gratification of Short Stories

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | December 14, 2021

<em>This Is Ear Hustle</em> by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, Read by a Full Cast

This Is Ear Hustle by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, Read by a Full Cast

Moving Stories of Life in Prison

By Behind the Mic | December 14, 2021

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

What Happens When I Don’t Understand My Own Novel?

Bonnie Friedman on Taking Clues From Your Own Manuscript

By Bonnie Friedman | December 13, 2021

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

The Lit Hub Staff Picks the Best Books of the Year

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2021

The Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2021

The Best Reviewed Poetry Collections of 2021

Featuring Amanda Gorman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kaveh Akbar, Rita Dove, Arthur Sze, and more

By Book Marks | December 13, 2021

On <em>New Yorker</em> Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

On New Yorker Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

Howard Norman Talks to His Friend of Many Years

By Howard Norman | December 13, 2021

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