This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 19, 2025

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on <em>Parable of the Sower</em>, and Her Love of Sci-Fi

Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi

“There’s so much book in that book.”

By James Folta | December 19, 2025

Kat Abughazaleh Swears by Octavia Butler on <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

Kat Abughazaleh Swears by Octavia Butler on The Lit Hub Podcast

Plus, Jonny Diamond reading “A Visit from St. Nicholas”!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | December 19, 2025

Meet the cool new magazine that’s taking the globe by storm.

Meet the cool new magazine that’s taking the globe by storm.

By Brittany Allen | December 17, 2025

It’s Harder and Harder to Be a Magazine on the Internet—Please Help

It’s Harder and Harder to Be a Magazine on the Internet—Please Help

Lit Hub Editor in Chief Jonny Diamond Would
Like You to Become a Member

By Jonny Diamond | December 16, 2025

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

These are the books New Yorkers checked out from the library the most this year.

By James Folta | December 16, 2025

Best Reviewed
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  • House of Day, House of Night
  • The Award
  • Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World
  • Casanova 20: Or, Hot World
  • Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic
  • The Six Loves of James I

Can Bibliotherapy Heal the Pain of the World? 

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | December 16, 2025

The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

By Emily Temple | December 15, 2025

Here’s hoping that Johnny Depp doesn’t ruin The Master And Margarita.

By James Folta | December 12, 2025

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | December 12, 2025

It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast

It’s Best-of Season on The Lit Hub Podcast

Featuring members of the Lit Hub staff on favorite reads of 2025!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | December 12, 2025

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

Did Bob Cratchit really make more than an American on minimum wage?

By James Folta | December 11, 2025

Three books to read if you too are rewatching <em> Mad Men. </em>

Three books to read if you too are rewatching Mad Men.

By Brittany Allen | December 10, 2025

What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

What Happens When Gen Z Encounters Catullus’s Filthiest Poem?

“Reading wakes us up to love, culture, grief, war, a range of possibilities too vast to name, and also to great discomfort.”

By Rachel DeWoskin | December 10, 2025

The year’s best literary podcasts.

The year’s best literary podcasts.

By Brittany Allen | December 9, 2025

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2025

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