Literary Hub
Literary Hub
  • Craft and Criticism
    • Literary Criticism
    • Craft and Advice
    • In Conversation
    • On Translation
  • Fiction and Poetry
    • Short Story
    • From the Novel
    • Poem
  • News and Culture
    • History
    • Science
    • Politics
    • Biography
    • Memoir
    • Food
    • Technology
    • Bookstores and Libraries
    • Film and TV
    • Travel
    • Music
    • Art and Photography
    • The Hub
    • Style
    • Design
    • Sports
  • BUY A HAT
  • Lit Hub Radio
    • The Lit Hub Podcast
    • Awakeners
    • Fiction/Non/Fiction
    • The Critic and Her Publics
    • Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
    • Memoir Nation
    • Beyond the Page
    • First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
    • Thresholds
    • The Cosmic Library
    • Culture Schlock
  • Reading Lists
    • The Best of the Decade
  • Book Marks
    • Best Reviewed Books
  • CrimeReads
    • True Crime
    • The Daily Thrill
  • Log In
  • Craft and Criticism
  • Fiction and Poetry
  • News and Culture
  • Lit Hub Radio
  • Reading Lists
  • Book Marks
  • CrimeReads
  • Log In
Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

Here are the best reviewed books of the week.

By Book Marks | April 30, 2021

"Write as if you were dying." Read Annie Dillard’s greatest writing advice.

By Walker Caplan | April 30, 2021

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2021

These writers have come together to raise money for Indian COVID relief.

These writers have come together to raise money for Indian COVID relief.

By Dan Sheehan | April 30, 2021

Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich

Eula Biss on How Motherhood Radicalized Adrienne Rich

“Women are workers and workers are women.”

By Eula Biss | April 30, 2021

The Violent Haunting That Rattled an English Suburb

The Violent Haunting That Rattled an English Suburb

Kate Summerscale on Ghost Hunter Nandor Fodor

By Kate Summerscale | April 30, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • On Morrison
  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour
  • So Old, So Young
  • Rebel English Academy
  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
  • Evil Genius

Objectophilia: On the People Who Fall in Love with Inanimate Things

By Genki Ferguson | April 30, 2021

Elizabeth McCracken on Savoring the Mystery of Writing

By Elizabeth McCracken | April 30, 2021

“A House is Just a Pile of Stuff with a Cover on It.” When Less Really is More

By Leidy Klotz | April 30, 2021

We’ll Always Have the Best Day of Our Lives: Remembering Giancarlo DiTrapano

We’ll Always Have the Best Day of Our Lives: Remembering Giancarlo DiTrapano

Lauren Cerand on Time Spent With a Dear Friend

By Lauren Cerand | April 30, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Seven Stories Press

Interview with an Indie Press: Seven Stories Press

On Trusting Readers to Handle Complex Projects

By Corinne Segal | April 30, 2021

Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

Excavating the Life of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Author of an American Classic

The Writer of The Yearling Gets a Long-Deserved Biography

By Ann McCutchan | April 30, 2021

Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

Luke Menand on George Orwell’s Vision of Freedom

In Conversation with Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source

By Open Source | April 30, 2021

Excerpts from <em>A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing</em>

Excerpts from A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing

Kimberly Grey on Chronic Pain and the Loss of the Mother

By Kimberly Grey | April 30, 2021

Tosh Berman on the Sexism of the Muse Myth

Tosh Berman on the Sexism of the Muse Myth

Introducing the Big Table Podcast

By Big Table | April 30, 2021

What you never knew you've always wanted: a speaker shaped like a book.

What you never knew you've always wanted: a speaker shaped like a book.

By Walker Caplan | April 29, 2021

« First‹ Previous707708709710711712713714715Next ›Last »
Page 711 of 1306
    • 10 New Books Coming Out This WeekMarch 2, 2026 by CrimeReads
    • Crime and the City: ZagrebMarch 2, 2026 by Paul French
    • 2026: The Year of CorvidaeFebruary 27, 2026 by Molly Odintz
    • On Morrison
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "This is informed accessible literary analysis that demonstrates that Morrison s true genius was as…"
  • 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.