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Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2023

218 Books We’re Looking Forward to Reading This Year

By Literary Hub | January 12, 2023

Surrounded by Wonders: Pico Iyer in Kashmir

Surrounded by Wonders: Pico Iyer in Kashmir

"Kashmir became a shorthand for the contention that festers between neighbors whom Empire has cynically divided."

By Pico Iyer | January 11, 2023

After Freedom, Then What? What Those Escaping Slavery Found in Boston

After Freedom, Then What? What Those Escaping Slavery Found in Boston

Jacqueline Jones on the Economic Struggles of the Formerly Enslaved

By Jacqueline Jones | January 11, 2023

What Does the Plight of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era Tell Us About Contemporary American Struggles?

What Does the Plight of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era Tell Us About Contemporary American Struggles?

Jacqueline Jones in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 10, 2023

Who Is the “Noted Writer” Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery?

Who Is the “Noted Writer” Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery?

Nicky Beer Searches For a Long-Lost Writer in the Family

By Nicky Beer | January 9, 2023

The Original <em>Pinocchio</em> Is a Radical Anti-Work Story

The Original Pinocchio Is a Radical Anti-Work Story

Alessandro Delfanti on Late-19th-Century Italy and the Strings That Pull Us

By Alessandro Delfanti | January 6, 2023

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We Can’t Do It: How Women’s Contributions to Fighting Fascism Were Forgotten

By Natasha Lester | January 6, 2023

How Mussolini's Legacy Lives on in Both the Public and Private Spheres

By Andrea Bajani | January 5, 2023

On Transforming Oral History Into Historical Fiction

By Aanchal Malhotra | January 4, 2023

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

By V.V. Ganeshananthan | January 4, 2023

Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

Remembering a London of 1946 in which Fearsome Female Gangsters Ran the Show

Beezy Marsh in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 4, 2023

What to Read Before and After Seeing <em>James Baldwin Abroad</em>

What to Read Before and After Seeing James Baldwin Abroad

Readings on the Life, Works, and Preoccupations of an American Icon

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2023

How to Escape the Culture-War Paranoia That Has Infected American Politics Since the Sixties

How to Escape the Culture-War Paranoia That Has Infected American Politics Since the Sixties

Kevin Boyle in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 31, 2022

Why Watergate Will Never Die: The Moral Lessons of One of Nixon's White House Plumbers

Why Watergate Will Never Die: The Moral Lessons of One of Nixon's White House Plumbers

Matthew Krogh in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | December 28, 2022

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

From Florentine Orphan to French Princess: The Early Years of Catherine de Medici

Estelle Paranque on a Tumultuous Childhood and a High-Stakes Betrothal

By Estelle Paranque | December 22, 2022

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

Daniel Akst on the Unconventional Origins of the Modern Antiwar Movement

By Daniel Akst | December 21, 2022

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