One great short story to read today: </br>Kevin Barry's

One great short story to read today:
Kevin Barry's "Finistère"

By Drew Broussard | May 22, 2024

The Grub Street Diets of your favorite fictional characters.

The Grub Street Diets of your favorite fictional characters.

By Brittany Allen | May 22, 2024

See the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel.

See the cover for Sally Rooney's next novel.

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2024

What the NFT Phenomenon Tells Us About the Monetary and Creative Value of Art

What the NFT Phenomenon Tells Us About the Monetary and Creative Value of Art

Zachary Small Explores the Intersection of New Technologies, Financial Speculation and Artistic Creation

By Zachary Small | May 22, 2024

The Worst Town Names in America—And Other Useless Maps

The Worst Town Names in America—And Other Useless Maps

Featuring Five of Michael Howe’s Most Terrible Maps

By HarperCollins | May 22, 2024

Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Snapshots of Life: Storytelling and Outlaw Culture in Eastern Kentucky

Bobi Conn Explores Her Appalachian Family’s Long Tradition of Unreliable Narrators and Morally Gray Characters

By Bobi Conn | May 22, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Ghost-Eye
  • Trash!: A Garbageman's Story
  • As If
  • Good Company
  • Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat-And the American Revolution-Transformed Britain
  • Monster of a Land: On the Road in Search of Modern America

Ersin Han Ersin on Making the Invisible Visible

By Emergence Magazine | May 22, 2024

Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos has won the 2024 International Booker Prize.

By Drew Broussard | May 21, 2024

Over 100 Kundiman fellows have called for the board's resignation.

By Dan Sheehan | May 21, 2024

One great short story to read today: Raymond Carver's

One great short story to read today: Raymond Carver's "Popular Mechanics"

By McKayla Coyle | May 21, 2024

Read a poem written by America's best young poets.

Read a poem written by America's best young poets.

By Literary Hub | May 21, 2024

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Oprah’s Book Club and... Dying? How Do Writers Get Famous

Cass R. Sunstein Considers the Factors and Trends That Lead to Literary Recognition

By Cass R. Sunstein | May 21, 2024

A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

A More Imperfect Union: How Differing National Visions Divided the North and the South

Alan Taylor on the Fragile Facade of Republicanism in 19th Century America

By Alan Taylor | May 21, 2024

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Drifters, Searchers and Observers: In Praise of Quietly Unlikable Women

Mesha Maren on the Sisters of Longing Who Inspire Her Work

By Mesha Maren | May 21, 2024

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading <em>The Corrections</em> While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

Jessie Gaynor on Rereading The Corrections While Navigating Her Mother’s Parkinson’s

“The book is the same every time, but I am different, so what it offers me is different.”

By Jessie Gaynor | May 21, 2024

One great short story to read today: </br>Ray Bradbury's

One great short story to read today:
Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt"

By Emily Temple | May 20, 2024

Page 211 of 1342

  • 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.