Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Why Joan Didion Hated the Police

Scott Saul on a Little-Known Essay by California’s Famed Chronicler of the Counterculture

By Scott Saul | December 9, 2025

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Elizabeth McCracken, Nadia Davids, Tarpley Hitt and More

By Teddy Wayne | December 9, 2025

The Far Side of Disaster: <br>On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

The Far Side of Disaster:
On Virginia Woolf’s Unacknowledged Plague Novel To the Lighthouse

Colin Dickey: “It reminds me that others have struggled with how to write through the end of the world.”

By Colin Dickey | December 9, 2025

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

Adam Morgan, John Berryman, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and more: 11 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | December 9, 2025

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Beyond Winnie-the-Pooh: On A.A. Milne’s Romance Novels

Gyles Brandreth Explores the Adult Side of an Iconic Children’s Author

By Gyles Brandreth | December 8, 2025

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Am I a Better Ceramicist Than Novelist?

Brendan Mac Evilly on Figuring Out How To Be an Artist

By Brendan Mac Evilly | December 8, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
  • Under Water
  • Paradiso 17
  • The Plans I Have for You
  • In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment
  • Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn't Easy

#ReadingAfrica: Three Literary Artists Celebrate African Visual Storytelling

By Literary Hub | December 8, 2025

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

By Book Marks | December 5, 2025

What Writers in the Diaspora Miss About the Plurality of African Literature

By Itoro Bassey | December 5, 2025

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is a sense, in this biography, of him tending his own flame while attempting to urinate upon it at the same time.”

By Book Marks | December 4, 2025

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

My Friends Won’t Let Me Into Their Writers’ Group: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | December 4, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Marci Vogel is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Joy Harjo, Myriam Gurba, Hua Hsu, and More

By Diana Arterian | December 4, 2025

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia

Rinaldo Walcott Explores the Concepts of Power, Connection and Promise in Black Music

By Rinaldo Walcott | December 4, 2025

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism

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

By Fiction Non Fiction | December 4, 2025

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

3 Ways to Become a Better Reader

Hwang Bo-Reum on Little Ways to Cultivate Your Reading (and Writing) Life

By Hwang Bo-Reum | December 3, 2025

Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025

Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025

New Stuff We Read This Year

By Literary Hub | December 2, 2025

Page 16 of 449

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.