Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize.

Here's the shortlist for the Center for Fiction's 2025 First Novel Prize.

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2025

Yusuf / Cat Stevens' book tour has been postponed due to unspecified visa issues.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens' book tour has been postponed due to unspecified visa issues.

By James Folta | September 30, 2025

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

By Literary Hub | September 30, 2025

Ron DeSantis is about to “gift” Donald Trump a $200 million plot of land for his “library.”

Ron DeSantis is about to “gift” Donald Trump a $200 million plot of land for his “library.”

By Jonny Diamond | September 30, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in October

Starring Keira Knightley, Tessa Thompson, Emma Thompson, and Colin Farrell

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2025

The 14 Best Book Covers of September

The 14 Best Book Covers of September

Texture, Text, and Turntables

By Emily Temple | September 30, 2025

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Who Was the Real, Historical Mary, Mother of Jesus?

By James D. Tabor | September 30, 2025

What Our Relationship With Cats Reveals About Ourselves

By Rebecca van Laer | September 30, 2025

The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

By Catherine Habgood | September 29, 2025

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2025

When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

Christopher C. Gorham on Art Theft and Artistic Solidarity in Occupied France

By Christopher C. Gorham | September 29, 2025

How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography

How to Build a Dictionary: On the Hard Art of Popular Lexicography

Ilan Stavans and Peter Gilliver Discuss the Philosophical and Pragmatic Aspects of the Oxford English Dictionary

By Ilan Stavans | September 29, 2025

What a 19th-Century Photograph Reveals About Power, Privilege and Violence in the American West

What a 19th-Century Photograph Reveals About Power, Privilege and Violence in the American West

Martha A. Sandweiss Unearths the Hidden History Behind a Moment of Westward Expansion Preserved for Posterity

By Martha A. Sandweiss | September 29, 2025

Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine

Ten Titles in Translation That Celebrate Ukraine

Nelly Klos Recommends Books, Plays, and Memoirs That Uplift Ukrainian Voices

By Nelly Klos | September 29, 2025

What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

What Are We Getting Out of Mythology?

Seamus Sullivan on Honesty and Mercy in Reading Myths

By Seamus Sullivan | September 29, 2025

A New <em>Autobiography</em>: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

A New Autobiography: On Re-Envisioning Gertrude Stein’s Classic Cover

Lana Lin Asks Us to Reconsider Our Expectations of Memoir, Art and the Creative Process

By Lana Lin | September 29, 2025

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