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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“A timely, distinctive description of the haunted lives of refugees.”

By Book Marks | October 24, 2024

Simple Yet Profound: On the Timelessness of Aesop’s Fables

Simple Yet Profound: On the Timelessness of Aesop’s Fables

Robin Waterfield Explores Some Little-Known Aspects of These Ancient Bite-Sized Tales

By Robin Waterfield | October 24, 2024

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 Jeff VanderMeer, André Aciman, John le Carré, and More

By Book Marks | October 24, 2024

Stephen Markley on The Deluge to Come

Stephen Markley on The Deluge to Come

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 24, 2024

“America’s Literary Giant.” On the Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe in Vietnam

“America’s Literary Giant.” On the Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe in Vietnam

Nguyễn Bình Explores the Author’s Influence on Vietnamese Literature

By Nguyễn Bình | October 23, 2024

Maggie Smith’s Greatest Literary Role is Also Her Most Complex: Miss Jean Brodie

Maggie Smith’s Greatest Literary Role is Also Her Most Complex: Miss Jean Brodie

Vanessa Braganza on the 1969 Adaptation of Muriel Spark’s Novel

By Vanessa Braganza | October 23, 2024

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Finding Your Way Back to Wonder: On the Power of Poetry to Sustain Our Spirits

By Molly McCully Brown | October 23, 2024

The False Radicalism of Corporate Disability Literature

By Liz Jackson | October 22, 2024

Joshua Mohr on Writing a Genre-Blending Post-Modern Punk Rock Saga

By Jane Ciabattari | October 22, 2024

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

The Poetry of the World’s First Cookbook: What Cooking Can Teach Writers and Translators

Aditi Machado on the Literary Power of Food Descriptions

By Aditi Machado | October 21, 2024

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 Al Pacino, Mark Haddon, Bob Woodward, and More

By Book Marks | October 18, 2024

Read Weird Books! This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

Read Weird Books! This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast

A Spooky Season Spectacular

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 18, 2024

Decorating Houses With Edith Wharton: On Interior Design as Art and Literary Practice

Decorating Houses With Edith Wharton: On Interior Design as Art and Literary Practice

Emily J. Orlando Considers Another Creative Side of the Chronicler of the Gilded Age

By Emily J. Orlando | October 18, 2024

The 10 Best Books for Understanding the Opioid Crisis

The 10 Best Books for Understanding the Opioid Crisis

Patrick Radden Keefe, Denis Johnson, Beth Macy, and More

By Literary Hub | October 18, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One of the flattest, most abstract, and least revealing accounts of a life that I’ve probably ever read.”

By Book Marks | October 17, 2024

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

It Bugs Me That My Friend Claims to Be a Writer But Never Writes: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | October 17, 2024

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