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20 Books That Deserved More Attention in 2017

20 Books That Deserved More Attention in 2017

Freeman's Contributors on their Favorite Undersung Titles

By John Freeman | December 27, 2017

10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

10 Dark Short Stories You Can Read Online to Escape Holiday Cheer

Under the table on your phone, if necessary

By Emily Temple | December 27, 2017

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

The Most-Rejected Books of All Time

(Of the Ones That Were Eventually Published)

By Emily Temple | December 22, 2017

What the Lit Hub Staff is Reading, Watching, and Listening to This Holiday Season

What the Lit Hub Staff is Reading, Watching, and Listening to This Holiday Season

From Muppets to Middlemarch, RuPaul to David Attenborough, we've got the season covered

By Literary Hub | December 22, 2017

5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

5 Poems to Appease the Infamous Welsh Christmas Horse Skeleton

Here's What to Do if Mari Lwyd Shows Up at Your Door

By Blair Beusman and Jess Bergman | December 19, 2017

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2017 List

Or: Clarity in Consensus

By Emily Temple | December 18, 2017

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • This Is Where the Serpent Lives
  • Lost Lambs
  • Winter: The Story of a Season
  • The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
  • The Hitch
  • Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China

East Bay Booksellers: 10 Small Press Books You Should Read

By Literary Hub | December 15, 2017

8 Russian Poets Who Taught Me How to Write a Novel About Russia

By Janet Fitch | December 8, 2017

8 Books That Move Disability From the Margins to the Center

By Kenny Fries | December 7, 2017

9 Books You Should Read This December

9 Books You Should Read This December

Anne Carson, Jenny Diski, Daniel Ellsberg, and More

By Literary Hub | December 7, 2017

10 Small Press Books You Don't Want to Miss

10 Small Press Books You Don't Want to Miss

Indies Recommend: Unnameable Books

By Literary Hub | December 5, 2017

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

11 Books to Read If You Want to Understand Caste in India

A Reading List Anchored by Dalit Voices

By S. Shankar | December 4, 2017

10 Larry Davids of Literature

10 Larry Davids of Literature

To fill the Curb-shaped hole in your heart

By Emily Temple | December 1, 2017

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

Some Baffling Omissions From the NY Times' 100 Notable Books List

What, Exactly, Counts as Notable?

By Literary Hub | November 30, 2017

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Exactly is This Book Obscene? (Skip to the Dirty Bits)

Why Famous Works of Literature Were Challenged in Court

By Emily Temple | November 22, 2017

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

30 Dystopian Novels By and About Women

Our Future Bodies, Our Future Selves

By Emily Temple | November 16, 2017

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