PSA: Jim Carrey is writing a novel.

PSA: Jim Carrey is writing a novel.

By Katie Yee | October 2, 2019

Lacy Johnson: Men in Power and the<br> Lies They Tell

Lacy Johnson: Men in Power and the
Lies They Tell

On Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the Malleability of Truth

By Lacy M. Johnson | October 2, 2019

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds

Lev Grossman on the History of Cartography in Sci Fi,
Fantasy, and More

By Lev Grossman | October 2, 2019

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

On One of the Great Unsung Heroes of the American Labor Movement

Emma Tenayuca and the San Antonio Pecan Shellers Strike of 1938

By Stephen Harrigan | October 2, 2019

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

Feeling Lucky? A Brief History of Gambling with Dice

On Our Obsession with Probability

By Ian Stewart | October 2, 2019

12 Books You Should Read<br> This October

12 Books You Should Read
This October

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | October 2, 2019

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • They
  • This Is Not About Us
  • Eradication: A Fable
  • The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of Belief
  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema
  • End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

Selling Books in London from a 100-Year-Old Dutch Barge

By Interview with a Bookstore | October 2, 2019

Welsh writer Jo Lloyd wins £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | October 1, 2019

Head over to The Believer for their new interactive comic feature by artist Matt Huynh.

By Jonny Diamond | October 1, 2019

8 brand new books you should pick up this week.

8 brand new books you should pick up this week.

By Emily Temple | October 1, 2019

Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

Jeanette Winterson and Mark O'Connell on the Future of Humanity in a Tech-Dominated World

"One day, maybe, a body will be like a costume, put it on, take it off."

By Literary Hub | October 1, 2019

Why Newspaper

Why Newspaper "Scoops" Don't Work in Narrative Nonfiction

Steve Luxenberg on Journalism Versus Storytelling

By Steve Luxenberg | October 1, 2019

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Are Civilization and Income Inequality Inextricably Intertwined?

Christopher Ryan on the Transition from Hunter-Gather Societies to So-Called Civilization

By Christopher Ryan | October 1, 2019

Why Give a Rapist a Voice?

Why Give a Rapist a Voice?

Jeannie Vanasco on Writing the Character of Her Abuser

By Jeannie Vanasco | October 1, 2019

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

Cornel West on the Revolutionary Politics of the Foundry Theatre

"To live in this hell of a world does not trump our capacity to leave a little heaven behind."

By Cornel West | October 1, 2019

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Here are the bookies' odds for the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

By Dan Sheehan | September 30, 2019

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