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Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Vendettas, Gatekeepers, and Prima Donnas: (Very) Bad Mentors in Fiction

Jean Marc Ah-Sen Recommends Paige Cooper, Allegra Hyde, César Aira, and More

By Jean Marc Ah-Sen | July 25, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Cristina Beltrán, Judith Butler, John Capgrave, and Others

By Diana Arterian | July 25, 2024

What to read next based on your favorite reality show.

What to read next based on your favorite reality show.

By Brittany Allen | July 23, 2024

Keanu Reeves and China Mieville co-wrote a novel! Noam Chomsky! 19 new books out today.

Keanu Reeves and China Mieville co-wrote a novel! Noam Chomsky! 19 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | July 23, 2024

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

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

Featuring Lev Grossman, Halle Butler, Alexander the Great, and More

By Book Marks | July 19, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Is the sad millennial girl going to make it after all? No, of course not.”

By Book Marks | July 18, 2024

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  • The Six Loves of James I

The Annotated Nightstand: What Eugene Lim Is Reading Now, and Next

By Diana Arterian | July 18, 2024

What the New York Times Missed:
71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century

By Literary Hub | July 16, 2024

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

By Book Marks | July 12, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“Suicide: It’s a sin. Yet the M*A*S*H theme song, at certain moments, seems to drift from this book’s spine.”

By Book Marks | July 11, 2024

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Two

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024, Part Two

193 Books to Read in the Second Half of the Year

By Emily Temple | July 10, 2024

Expanding Words, Worlds, and Permissions to Be: Five Powerful Trans Books

Expanding Words, Worlds, and Permissions to Be: Five Powerful Trans Books

KB Brookins Recommends Leslie Feinberg, Akwaeke Emezi, C. Riley Snorton, and More

By KB Brookins | July 8, 2024

Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

Our 21 Most-Anticipated Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for the Rest of 2024

Books for the Witches, Spacefarers, and Ghouls Among Us

By Drew Broussard | July 3, 2024

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

10 Great New Children’s Books to Throw in Your Beach Bag

Caroline Carlson Recommends 10 New Titles Out in July

By Caroline Carlson | July 2, 2024

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Dragon Heists and Choose-Your-Own-Futures: July’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Summer stunners from Peng Shepherd, Aliette de Bodard, and China Miéville and Keanu Reeves

By Natalie Zutter | July 1, 2024

Bamboo Wives, Biddle City, Coachella, and Cyberspace: Six Poetry Collections to Read in July

Bamboo Wives, Biddle City, Coachella, and Cyberspace: Six Poetry Collections to Read in July

Rebecca Morgan Frank Recommends Marianne Chan, Nicole Cooley, Alan Felsenthal, and Others

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | July 1, 2024

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