• Literary Criticism

    Best of the Year

    The Ultimate Best Books
    of 2021 List

    By Emily Temple  December 27, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 23, 2021
    Book Covers

    The 8 Best Book Covers of December

    By Emily Temple  December 23, 2021
    The Maris Review

    Jen Spyra on the Art of Comedic Escalation

    By The Maris Review  December 23, 2021
    Jane Austen

    How Jane Austen Created a Shakespearean World in Pride and Prejudice

    By Harold Bloom  December 23, 2021
    Literary Tourism

    Delving Into New Dreams: Finding Morocco in Books and Films

    By Helen Ranger  December 23, 2021
    Pandemics

    Piercing the Veil of Silence: How the Outbreak of COVID-19 Impacted the Writing of My Book

    By Wallis Wilde-Menozzi  December 23, 2021
    Otherppl

    Stacy D. Flood on Why He’ll Never Write a Novel

    By Otherppl with Brad Listi  December 22, 2021
    Fan Culture

    Seressia Glass on Her Favorite Fictional Nerds

    By Seressia Glass  December 22, 2021
    Craft and Criticism

    The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 21, 2021
    Criticism

    The Weaponization of Quiet: On the Subtle Horror of Ayşegül Savaş’s White on White

    By Francesca Giacco  December 21, 2021
    So Many Damn Books

    What Does It Mean for an AI to Write a Novel?

    By So Many Damn Books  December 21, 2021
    Freeman's

    Linda Coverdale on Reading Stories of Survival in 2021

    By Linda Coverdale  December 21, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2021

    By Adam Morgan  December 20, 2021
    Historical Fiction

    Why You Shouldn’t Read Historical Fiction to Learn History

    By Juhea Kim  December 20, 2021
    The History of Literature

    Phil Klay on Evelyn Waugh’s Catholic, Conservative, and Curmudgeonly Ways

    By History of Literature  December 20, 2021
    Adaptations

    On the Most Adapted Ghost Story of All Time

    By Adam Scovell  December 20, 2021
    Freeman's

    Zahia Rahmani on Discovering Ursula K. Le Guin in 2021

    By Zahia Rahmani  December 20, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 17, 2021
    Freeman's

    Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for Their Favorite Novels of the Year

    By Rabih Alameddine  December 17, 2021
    Interview with an Indie Press

    Interview with an Indie Press: Transit Books

    By Corinne Segal  December 17, 2021
    Classics

    On the Enduring Appeal of Xenophon’s Anabasis

    By Shane Brennan  December 17, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 17, 2021
    Reading Lists

    The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 16, 2021
    Climate Fiction

    Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

    By Matthew Schneider-Mayerson  December 16, 2021
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