• Literary Criticism

    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    Featuring Susan Choi, Desi Arnaz, Melissa Febos, and More

     
    By Book Marks  June 6, 2025
    Nature Writing

    The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses

    By Daegan Miller  June 5, 2025
    Publishing

    There Are Too Many Books: What Happened to Publishing’s Summer Break?

    By Maris Kreizman  June 5, 2025
    Joan Didion

    Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? On Notes to John and the Selling of Didion’s Privacy

    By Evelyn McDonnell  June 5, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  June 5, 2025
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Kate Briggs Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  June 5, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Susan Choi on Korea

    By Fiction Non Fiction  June 5, 2025
    In Conversation

    Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

    By Sarah Viren  June 4, 2025
    On Reading

    What Do Americans Really Want to Read? We (Might) Have the Answer

    By Tom Comitta  June 4, 2025
    Family Stories

    Skeletons in the Literary Closet: Five Novels That Dangle Family Secrets Before the Reader

    Susan Walter Recommends Celest Ng, Lisa Jewell, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and More

    By Susan Walter  June 6, 2025
    Thresholds

    Lisa Ko on Destroying Her Diaries

    By Thresholds   June 4, 2025
    The Critic and Her Publics

    Yahdon Israel on The Critic and Her Publics

    By The Critic and Her Publics   June 3, 2025
    In Conversation

    Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 3, 2025
    Reading Lists

    Four Great Sports Books That Go Way Beyond the Game

    S.L. Price Recommends Frederick Exley, Mark Harris, Buzz Bissinger and More

    By S. L. Price  June 3, 2025
    New Books Tuesdays

    Melissa Febos! Mike Tyson! Taylor Jenkins Reid! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  June 3, 2025
    Bugs

    In Praise of Poetry About Bugs

    By Hannah Brooks-Motl  June 2, 2025
    Children's Literature

    Ten New Children’s Books That Promise Page-Turning Adventures

    By Caroline Carlson  June 2, 2025
    New Poetry

    Love Comes Back Like a Murderer: Seven Poetry Books to Read This June

    Christopher Spaide Recommends Benjamin Zephaniah, Taylor Portela, Ashley D. Escobar and More

    By Christopher Spaide  June 2, 2025
    Lit Hub Radio

    Laura Rossi and Jo Reed on Recent Earphones Award Winners

    By Behind the Mic   May 30, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    May’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  May 30, 2025
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    May’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    By Book Marks  May 30, 2025
    Fiction/Non/Fiction

    Paul Elie on Art, Faith, and Sex in 1980s America—and the New Pope

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

    By Fiction Non Fiction  May 29, 2025
    Writing Trauma

    On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

    By Darrow Farr  May 29, 2025
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  May 29, 2025
    Windham-Campbell Prizes

    Tongo Eisen-Martin on Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Healers

    By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast   June 4, 2025
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