• Reading Lists

    Philosophy

    The Books of Susan Sontag, Ranked

    By Lisa Levy  October 4, 2019
    University Presses

    The Best of the University Press: Recommendations for Smarter Reading

    By Literary Hub  October 3, 2019
    What to Read

    12 Books You Should Read
    This October

    By Literary Hub  October 2, 2019
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  October 2, 2019
    Influences

    Ocean Vuong: The 10 Books
    I Needed to Write My Novel

    By Ocean Vuong  October 1, 2019
    Shakespeare

    5 Great Island Books That Reimagine The Tempest

    By Johanna Stoberock  September 30, 2019
    What to Read

    Lit Hub Staff Picks: Our Favorite Stories This Month

    By Literary Hub  September 27, 2019
    Pop Music

    So You Think You’re Cool? On Referencing Pop Music in Fiction

    By Robert Haller  September 26, 2019
    The Hub

    10 brand new books you should pick up this week.

    By Emily Temple  September 24, 2019
    The Best of the Decade

    Best of the Decade: What Books Will We Still Be Reading in 10 Years?

    By Emily Temple  September 24, 2019
    True and Correct Rankings

    The 20 Best Campus Novels, Ranked

    By Emily Temple  September 19, 2019
    Forgotten Classics

    11 Forgotten Books of the 1920s Worth Reading Now

    By Bob Batchelor  September 13, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Lit Hub Recommends: Nell Zink, Jia Tolentino, and Jane the Virgin

    By Literary Hub  September 13, 2019
    The Hub

    New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  September 10, 2019
    What to Read

    5 Books You May Have Missed This August

    By Bethanne Patrick  September 10, 2019
    The Hub

    Very good boo(k) recommendations from Laura van den Berg’s ghost class.

    By Katie Yee  September 9, 2019
    Love

    The Editor of Modern Love on the Books That Taught Him About Love

    By Daniel Jones  September 6, 2019
    Reading Lists

    14 Writers Choose One Book That Gives Them Hope in a Dark Time

    By Hay Festival  September 6, 2019
    What to Read

    The Ultimate Fall 2019 Books Preview

    By Emily Temple  September 5, 2019
    Cookbooks

    From Gutting Fish to Making Pastry, 12 of the Fall’s Biggest Cookbooks

    By Bethanne Patrick  September 4, 2019
    Literary History

    The Many Literary Landscapes of Tokyo

    By Anna Sherman  September 4, 2019
    The Hub

    New Books Tuesday: Your weekly guide to what’s publishing today, fiction and nonfiction.

    By Emily Temple  September 3, 2019
    What to Read

    11 Books You Should Read
    This September

    By Literary Hub  September 3, 2019
    Drugs

    Understanding the American Drug Crisis: A Reading List

    By Ben Westhoff  September 3, 2019
    Astrology or Whatever

    The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

    By Emily Temple  August 30, 2019
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