The Ten Biggest Literary Stories<br> of the Year

The Ten Biggest Literary Stories
of the Year

And Then We Came to the End

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2020

Barack Obama has created a playlist to accompany <em>A Promised Land</em>.

Barack Obama has created a playlist to accompany A Promised Land.

By Walker Caplan | December 21, 2020

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 21st to Dec. 27th

Your Week in Virtual Book Events, Dec. 21st to Dec. 27th

Including a Marathon Reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

By Kiki Nicole | December 21, 2020

Notable Literary Deaths in 2020

Notable Literary Deaths in 2020

An Incomplete List of the Writers, Editors, and Great
Literary Minds We Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2020

A Thank You to Outgoing Lit Hub Executive Editor<br> John Freeman

A Thank You to Outgoing Lit Hub Executive Editor
John Freeman

From Lit Hub Co-Founder Morgan Entrekin

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2020

How many of Obama's favorite books of 2020 have you read?

How many of Obama's favorite books of 2020 have you read?

By Dan Sheehan | December 17, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

A never-before-seen Shirley Jackson story has just been published.

By Walker Caplan | December 17, 2020

Move over, Arrival. Here's the latest Ted Chiang story headed to adaptation glory.

By Emily Temple | December 17, 2020

Christopher Hitchens's backlist is getting a cool new redesign.

By Emily Temple | December 17, 2020

The Biggest Literary Stories<br> of the Year: 30 to 11

The Biggest Literary Stories
of the Year: 30 to 11

From Obama's Memoir to Connell's Chain

By Emily Temple | December 17, 2020

Elizabeth Warren's memoir, entitled (you guessed it) <em>Persist</em>, will be published in April.

Elizabeth Warren's memoir, entitled (you guessed it) Persist, will be published in April.

By Walker Caplan | December 16, 2020

Wittgenstein’s children’s dictionary has been translated into English for the first time.

Wittgenstein’s children’s dictionary has been translated into English for the first time.

By Walker Caplan | December 16, 2020

Unemployed and Underemployed Booksellers Choose Their Favorite Books of the Year

Unemployed and Underemployed Booksellers Choose Their Favorite Books of the Year

Recommendations from The Bookstore at the End of the World

By The Bookstore at the End of the World | December 16, 2020

Moon Unit Zappa, writer and daughter of Frank Zappa, is publishing a memoir.

Moon Unit Zappa, writer and daughter of Frank Zappa, is publishing a memoir.

By Walker Caplan | December 15, 2020

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

Penguin Random House and Jay-Z's Roc Nation have launched a new imprint.

By Rasheeda Saka | December 15, 2020

We’re getting a Shirley Jackson tribute anthology in 2021.

We’re getting a Shirley Jackson tribute anthology in 2021.

By Walker Caplan | December 15, 2020

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