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Good Company: Depictions of Older Women in Literature

Good Company: Depictions of Older Women in Literature

Jane Campbell Recommends Leonora Carrington, Vivian Gornick, and More

By Jane Campbell | August 16, 2022

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at White Whale Bookstore

Staff Favorites From Pittsburgh’s White Whale

By Literary Hub | August 15, 2022

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 Michael Mann’s Heat Sequel, Biographies of Jim Thorpe and Kiki de Montparnasse, and More

By Book Marks | August 12, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“The author achieves a sustained, operatic balance of comedy, grief and despair that is worth the wait.”

By Book Marks | August 11, 2022

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Kendra Allen is Reading Now and Next

A New (at Lit Hub) Series by Diana Arterian

By Diana Arterian | August 11, 2022

18 new books to look out for this week.

18 new books to look out for this week.

By Katie Yee | August 9, 2022

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  • The Pelican Child: Stories
  • Languages of Home: Essays on Writing, Hoop, and American Lives 1975-2025
  • On the Calculation of Volume (Book III)
  • The Ferryman and His Wife
  • Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult
  • Mexico: A 500-Year History

Good books for bad moods.

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2022

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

By Book Marks | August 5, 2022

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

By Dan Sheehan | August 4, 2022

10 New SF and Fantasy Books </br>to Augment Your August

10 New SF and Fantasy Books
to Augment Your August

Featuring Megan Giddings, Tasha Suri, R.F. Kuang, and Many More

By Book Marks | August 3, 2022

21 new books to take home and love today.

21 new books to take home and love today.

By Katie Yee | August 2, 2022

AudioFile’s Best </br>Audiobooks of July

AudioFile’s Best
Audiobooks of July

The Month in Literary Listening

By Book Marks | August 2, 2022

Tomorrow is Paperback Book Day, so here are 21 new ones to celebrate.

Tomorrow is Paperback Book Day, so here are 21 new ones to celebrate.

By Katie Yee | July 29, 2022

Smarter Than We Think: A Reading List on Animal Intelligence

Smarter Than We Think: A Reading List on Animal Intelligence

Ned Beauman Recommends Thom van Dooren, Temple Grandin, And More

By Ned Beauman | July 29, 2022

Shelf Talkers: What Booksellers Are Reading at Third Place Books

Shelf Talkers: What Booksellers Are Reading at Third Place Books

Bookstore Favorites From Lake Forest Park, Washington

By Corinne Segal | July 29, 2022

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

When Journalists Turn to Fiction: A Reading List

Katie Hafner Recommends Anna Quindlen, Geraldine Brooks, and More

By Katie Hafner | July 28, 2022

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