• Reading Lists

    Film

    The Ubiquity of Little Women: 11 Books Inspired by the March Family

    By Elise Hooper  December 20, 2019
    In Memoriam

    Notable Literary Deaths in 2019

    By Emily Temple  December 20, 2019
    The Best of 2019

    Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

    By Freeman's   December 20, 2019
    News and Culture

    Rabih Alameddine: The Oddest Books I Read This Year

    By Rabih Alameddine  December 19, 2019
    Audiobooks

    Audiobooks Are Very Easy to Gift-Wrap: Your Last-Minute Holiday Recs

    By James Tate Hill  December 18, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Lit Hub Recommends: Downton Abbey and Metamorphoses

    By Literary Hub  December 13, 2019
    The Best of 2019

    The Ultimate Best Books
    of 2019 List

    By Emily Temple  December 11, 2019
    5 Books You May Have Missed

    Five Books You May Have Missed in November (That Will Make Good Gifts!)

    By Bethanne Patrick  December 6, 2019
    Best of the Year

    Our 50 Favorite Books of the Year

    By Emily Temple  December 5, 2019
    The Best of the Decade

    26 Books From the Last Decade that More People Should Read

    By Emily Temple  December 3, 2019
    Debut Novels

    What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

    By Literary Hub  December 2, 2019
    Astrology or Whatever

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

    By Emily Temple  December 2, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Six Novels That Capture Detroit, Past and Present

    By Jodie Adams Kirshner  November 27, 2019
    Reading Women

    Maaza Mengiste on Women Pushing to the Front Lines of Conflict

    By Reading Women  November 27, 2019
    The Hub

    Here’s the 100 Best Books of the Year list you should care about.

    By Jonny Diamond  November 26, 2019
    Audiobooks

    5 Small Press Audiobooks To Give As Gifts This Year

    By James Tate Hill  November 25, 2019
    Reading Women

    Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women’s Fiction Award

    By Reading Women  November 20, 2019
    Reading Lists

    Lit Hub Recommends: Schitt’s Creek, Stumptown, and Motherless Brooklyn

    By Literary Hub  November 15, 2019
    Reading Women

    Mira Jacob: ‘What Do You Do When Your Disbelief is No Longer the Center of the Story?’

    By Reading Women  November 13, 2019
    The Hub

    The 5 new books you should be reading this week.

    By Emily Temple  November 12, 2019
    The Best of the Decade

    The 10 Best Translated Novels
    of the Decade

    By Emily Temple  November 12, 2019
    Berlin Wall

    Reading Beyond the Wall: 7 Acclaimed Books About and From East Germany

    By Olivia Giovetti  November 8, 2019
    Reading Lists

    All of Our Good—and All of Our Evil—Lies in Wait in the Archives

    By Sara Sligar  November 7, 2019
    Reading Women

    Announcing the Shortlist for Reading Women’s Nonfiction Award

    By Reading Women  November 6, 2019
    The Hub

    Here are the 10 new books you should read this week.

    By Emily Temple  November 5, 2019
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