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10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October That Celebrate All Types of Emotions

10 Great New Children’s Books Out in October That Celebrate All Types of Emotions

Caroline Carlson Shares What Your Kids Should Read This Fall

By Caroline Carlson | October 1, 2025

What Our Relationship With Cats Reveals About Ourselves

What Our Relationship With Cats Reveals About Ourselves

Rebecca van Laer: “If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.”

By Rebecca van Laer | September 30, 2025

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Here are the bookies’ odds for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.

By Emily Temple | September 29, 2025

Here's a handy guide to help you spot AI writing.

Here's a handy guide to help you spot AI writing.

By James Folta | September 26, 2025

“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

“I now lack the juice to fuel the bluster to conceal that I am a simpleton.” Padgett Powell, Legend

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Talks to the Author of “Edisto”

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | January 30, 2024

"The molecular weight of loneliness": On Writing Fiction Influenced by Neuroscience

Temi Oh on Identity, Consciousness, and Free-Will in Science Fiction

By Temi Oh | August 18, 2023

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

By Book Marks | August 18, 2023

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Book Marks | August 17, 2023

26 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | August 15, 2023

13 Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

13 Adaptations Better Than the Books They’re Based On

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By Emily Temple | March 23, 2023

Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Little House of Propaganda: Homesteading Myths and the Sentimentality of Self-Reliance

Alissa Quart on the Bootstrap Narratives of Laura Ingalls Wilder

By Alissa Quart | March 20, 2023

The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

The 23 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2022

Timeless Reading Recommendations from the Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | November 29, 2022

A Brief History of Calling Women Witches

A Brief History of Calling Women Witches

Eleanor Herman on the Patriarchy’s Timeless Demonization of Powerful Women

By Eleanor Herman | September 19, 2022

A Shakespearean Study Guide for <em>The Northman</em>

A Shakespearean Study Guide for The Northman

Saxo and Shakespeare, Masculine Fantasies, and Racist Fictions in Robert Eggers’s New Blockbuster

By The Why Shakespeare? Course | May 3, 2022

The Untold and Very True Story of <em>The Devil Wears Prada</em>

The Untold and Very True Story of The Devil Wears Prada

On Anna Wintour, a Former Assistant, and the Role That Made an Editor a Celebrity

By Amy Odell | May 3, 2022

Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

Lessons Learned from a Year Listening to the Fictional Octopus in My Head

Shelby Van Pelt on an Unlikely Friend and Saying What You Mean

By Shelby Van Pelt | May 3, 2022

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