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The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: The Final 5

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: The Final 5

COUNTING DOWN 2016 IN LITERARY NEWS

By Literary Hub | December 30, 2016

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

Notable Literary Deaths in 2016

A Last Goodbye to Authors We've Lost This Year

By Emily Temple | December 30, 2016

The Best Literary Adaptations of the Year (And the 2016 Books That Should Be Movies)

The Best Literary Adaptations of the Year (And the 2016 Books That Should Be Movies)

The Handmaiden and Arrival Are Bright Spots of 2016

By Emily Temple | December 30, 2016

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 15 to 6

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 15 to 6

COUNTING DOWN 2016 IN LITERARY NEWS

By Literary Hub | December 29, 2016

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 16

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 16

Counting Down 2016 in Literary News

By Literary Hub | December 28, 2016

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

Counting Down 2016 in Literary News

By Literary Hub | December 27, 2016

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

By Lit Hub Excerpts | December 27, 2016

Where is the Power in Mass Protest?

By Sophie Pinkham | December 27, 2016

Kurt Vonnegut's Atheist Marvels, Just in Time For Christmas

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 23, 2016

Making Christmas Custard with Kathy Acker

Making Christmas Custard with Kathy Acker

Jeanette Winterson on Sharing Traditions with a Very Nontraditional Friend

By Jeanette Winterson | December 23, 2016

Literary Hub's 10 Most Read Stories of the Year

Literary Hub's 10 Most Read Stories of the Year

Our Greatest Hits from 2016: Bookstores, Blackness, and Writing Advice

By Literary Hub | December 22, 2016

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

On the Pantsuit Nation Book and the KKK TV Show

Against the instant commodification of culture

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2016

Against Nature Writing

Against Nature Writing

Blair Braverman Has Had Enough of Your Contemplative Forest Thoughts

By Blair Braverman | December 22, 2016

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

The 60 Best Book Covers of 2016, As Chosen By Designers

As chosen by the best book cover designers in the business

By Emily Temple | December 21, 2016

Fiction Inspired by Edward Hopper

Fiction Inspired by Edward Hopper

Read Lawrence Block's 'Autumn in the Automat'

By Lawrence Block | December 21, 2016

18 Non-Book Gifts for Literary People

18 Non-Book Gifts for Literary People

What do you give someone who already has every book?

By Emily Temple | December 20, 2016

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