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10 Books You Should Read <br>This August

10 Books You Should Read
This August

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

By Literary Hub | August 1, 2019

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

The Best Writing at the Site in July

By Emily Firetog | July 31, 2019

8 Paranormal Books You Need to Read

8 Paranormal Books You Need to Read

Craig Davidson on Victor LaValle, Octavia Butler, Sara Gran, Muriel Spark, and More

By Craig Davidson | July 29, 2019

On Breaking Down the Barrier Between YA and Adult Fiction

On Breaking Down the Barrier Between YA and Adult Fiction

What Makes a Novel "For Grown-Ups" Anyway?

By Alexi Zentner | July 25, 2019

11 Books to Read if You're an Adult Who Loves <em>Veronica Mars</em>

11 Books to Read if You're an Adult Who Loves Veronica Mars

1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"">"Wow, a 1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"

By Emily Temple | July 22, 2019

40 Writer's Writers Whomst Readers Should Read

40 Writer's Writers Whomst Readers Should Read

(But what about all the writer's writer's writer's writer's?)

By Emily Temple | July 19, 2019

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

The Compelling Tales We Tell of Fictional Tigers

By Katy Yocom | July 18, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | July 16, 2019

Kevin Alexander on the Funny, Unflinching, Cooking Memoirs You Need to Read

By Kevin Alexander | July 16, 2019

In Which Colson Whitehead is Highly Concerned with the Exploration of Inner Space

In Which Colson Whitehead is Highly Concerned with the Exploration of Inner Space

And How Does Whitehead Defeat Writer's Block? Tackle the F*cker.

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2019

Lit Hub Recommends: <em>Midsommar</em>, Carmen Maria Machado, and Shirley Jackson

Lit Hub Recommends: Midsommar, Carmen Maria Machado, and Shirley Jackson

Also, a New Book from the Creator of BoJack Horseman.

By Literary Hub | July 12, 2019

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

Are there any actual guilty pleasures on this Politico reading list from DC “heavy hitters”?  

By Jonny Diamond | July 9, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2019

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Part 2

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2019, Part 2

What We're Looking Forward to, July through December

By Literary Hub | July 9, 2019

5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in June

5 Books You May Have
Missed in June

From Mauritian Family Sagas to the Norwegian Arctic

By Bethanne Patrick | July 8, 2019

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction

New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction

By Emily Temple | July 2, 2019

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