A New York Moment: Harry Bliss on His Close Encounters With Sy Hersh

A New York Moment: Harry Bliss on His Close Encounters With Sy Hersh

“Every now and again when I receive one of his emails, I’m always amazed at how brilliant and hilarious he is.”

By Harry Bliss | April 28, 2025

A Deeply Globalized Ancient World: On William Dalrymple’s <em>The Golden Road</em>

A Deeply Globalized Ancient World: On William Dalrymple’s The Golden Road

Alok A. Khorana Explores the Millenia-Long Cultural Connections Between India and Eurasia

By Alok A. Khorana | April 28, 2025

Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Uncovering the Forgotten: The Struggle For Trans History, From Nazi Germany to Today

Milo Todd on Writing Historical Fiction in an Era of Alternative Facts

By Milo Todd | April 28, 2025

What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

What Can a 17th-Century English Doctor Teach Us About Embracing Uncertainty?

Cutter Wood on Thomas Browne and the Joys of Exploring What We Don't Know

By Cutter Wood | April 28, 2025

Here's everything that got us through <em> this </em> week.

Here's everything that got us through this week.

By Brittany Allen | April 25, 2025

For this Indie Bookstore Day, here are odes to ten of our favorite bookstores.

For this Indie Bookstore Day, here are odes to ten of our favorite bookstores.

By Literary Hub | April 25, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

Science in America is Going Dark:
On Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 25, 2025

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day!

By Drew Broussard | April 25, 2025

New on the Lit Hub Podcast: Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | April 25, 2025

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and Autocracy

Don Gillmor Explores the Economic, Political and Environmental Impact of Our Addiction to Oil

By Don Gillmor | April 25, 2025

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Nanny As Nuisance: How Caregivers Disrupt the Fiction of the Nuclear Family

Hannah Zeavin Explores the Class, Racial and Gender Dynamics of Childcare in the United States

By Hannah Zeavin | April 25, 2025

In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

In Praise of “Toxic” Female Friendships

Ginny Hogan on the Intersection of Beauty and Disappointment, on the Page and the Screen

By Ginny Hogan | April 25, 2025

What Community Means as a Queer Black Writer

What Community Means as a Queer Black Writer

Doug Jones Explores Acting Up in an Age of Tribalism

By Doug Jones | April 25, 2025

Time to re-read <em>The Masses</em>, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

Time to re-read The Masses, the 1910s literary magazine crushed by government censorship.

By James Folta | April 24, 2025

Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.

Five incredible books edited by Toni Morrison.

By Brittany Allen | April 24, 2025

Tommy Orange has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize for <em>Wandering Stars</em>.

Tommy Orange has won the Aspen Words Literary Prize for Wandering Stars.

By Literary Hub | April 24, 2025

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