• Reading Lists

    Best of the Year

    The Ultimate Best Books
    of 2021 List

    By Emily Temple  December 27, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Our Favorite Lit Hub Stories From 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 23, 2021
    Literary Tourism

    Delving Into New Dreams: Finding Morocco in Books and Films

    By Helen Ranger  December 23, 2021
    Fishing

    Deep Waters: The Ultimate Fishing Books Reading List

    By Conor Sullivan  December 22, 2021
    The Hub

    On the shortest day of the year, read one of these 100 excellent short novels.

    By Emily Temple  December 21, 2021
    Freeman's

    Linda Coverdale on Reading Stories of Survival in 2021

    By Linda Coverdale  December 21, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2021

    By Adam Morgan  December 20, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The 10 Biggest Literary Stories of the Year

    By Literary Hub  December 20, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Literature in Translation of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 17, 2021
    Freeman's

    Rabih Alameddine Asks His MFA Students for Their Favorite Novels of the Year

    By Rabih Alameddine  December 17, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    The Best Reviewed Graphic Literature of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 17, 2021
    The Hub

    How many of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2021 have you read?

    By Walker Caplan  December 16, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 16, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 30 to 11

    By Literary Hub  December 16, 2021
    The Hub

    What to read next, based on your favorite Christmas movie.

    By Katie Yee  December 15, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 15, 2021
    Film

    Five Medieval Tales That Should Immediately Be Made Into Movies

    By Matthew Gabriele and David Perry  December 15, 2021
    new books tuesday

    9 new books to look forward to today.

    By Katie Yee  December 14, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Books of 2021 You May Have Missed

    By Bethanne Patrick  December 14, 2021
    Literary Criticism

    The Best Reviewed Mystery and Crime Books of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 14, 2021
    Best of the Year

    Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021

    By Emily Temple  December 13, 2021
    The Hub

    Let it snow: 6 of the best descriptions of winter weather in literature.

    By Katie Yee  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Best Reviewed Essay Collections of 2021

    By Book Marks  December 10, 2021
    Cities

    Time Is Water: On the Past, Present, and Looming Future of Venice

    By Marco Magini, Paolo Nelli, Giorgia Tolfo, and Maddalena Vatti  December 10, 2021
    Best of the Year

    The Biggest Literary Stories of the Year: 50 to 31

    By Literary Hub  December 9, 2021
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