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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“There is not a banal sentence or purple patch to be found in this book, which only a poet could have written.”

By Book Marks | January 11, 2024

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

The Element That Defines America: Ten Great American Poems (and a Whole Book of Poetry) About Fire

Katie Peterson Recommends Work by Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Douglas Kearney, and More

By Katie Peterson | January 11, 2024

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

The Shadow Self of Domestic Stories: A Reading List of Novels Set in Hotels

Maria Hummel Recommends Karen Tei Yamashita, Cristina García, Bohumil Hrabal, and More

By Maria Hummel | January 10, 2024

22 new books out today!

22 new books out today!

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 9, 2024

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

All the Books to Read While You’re Not Drinking During Dry January

Christiana Spens Recommends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jesmyn Ward, and More

By Christiana Spens | January 8, 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 New Titles by Mike McCormack, Vanessa Chan, Erika Howsare, and More

By Book Marks | January 5, 2024

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  • A Good Person

Here Are the Poetry Books to Read in 2024

By Rebecca Morgan Frank and David Woo | January 4, 2024

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024

By Literary Hub | January 3, 2024

24 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward to in 2024

By Natalie Zutter | January 2, 2024

New York cults! Lawrence of Arabia! 18 new books out today.

New York cults! Lawrence of Arabia! 18 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | January 2, 2024

The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2023 List

Reading All the Lists So You Don’t Have To Since 2017

By Emily Temple | December 23, 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023

“Yes, it’s her world and after reading her book I just wish I could move off-planet.”

By Book Marks | December 23, 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

The 38 Best Books We Read in 2023

Lit Hub Staffers on the Year’s Best Reading Experiences

By Literary Hub | December 23, 2023

Colm Tóibín! Geraldine Brooks! A guide to killing time! 19 books out in paperback this January.

Colm Tóibín! Geraldine Brooks! A guide to killing time! 19 books out in paperback this January.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 22, 2023

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sabrina Orah Mark Is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Sabrina Orah Mark Is Reading Now and Next

Featuring Daisy Hildyard, Maxine Hong Kingston, Nina McLaughlin and More

By Diana Arterian | December 21, 2023

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Louise Kennedy on Discovering Fiction’s Complex Emotional Truths

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of The End of the World is a Cul de Sac

By Jane Ciabattari | December 19, 2023

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