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5 Audiobook Story Collections Offering Quick Literary Escape

5 Audiobook Story Collections Offering Quick Literary Escape

From Rural Australia to Urban Fairytales, Short Stories Can Be a Break From the News

By James Tate Hill | June 2, 2020

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

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

Welp, It's June

By Emily Temple | June 1, 2020

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Forgotten Civil Rights Pioneers: A Reading List

Jill Watts Recommends Ten Life Stories from a Lost Generation

By Jill Watts | June 1, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 10

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 10

“Beware of the person of one book.”

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2020

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

C.W. Gortner on Fearless Figures from History

By C.W. Gortner | May 27, 2020

12 new books to keep the quarantine blues at bay.

12 new books to keep the quarantine blues at bay.

By Katie Yee | May 26, 2020

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The Best New Books to Read This Summer

By Literary Hub | May 26, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 9

By Emily Temple | May 22, 2020

With the Olympics Canceled, There's Plenty of Time to Read Up on Heroic Moments in Sports

By Elise Hooper | May 22, 2020

Rural Queer Fiction: A Reading List

Rural Queer Fiction: A Reading List

Carter Sickels' Favorites, from Ocean Vuong to Dorothy Allison

By Carter Sickels | May 21, 2020

Curtis Sittenfeld on Folk Music, Gossip, and Politics

Curtis Sittenfeld on Folk Music, Gossip, and Politics

The Author of Rodham Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Curtis Sittenfeld | May 20, 2020

20 new books to look forward to this week.

20 new books to look forward to this week.

By Katie Yee | May 19, 2020

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 8

Our Personalized Quarantine Book Recommendations, Round 8

Wheels Within Wheels

By Emily Temple | May 15, 2020

5 Books You May Have Missed in April

5 Books You May Have Missed in April

From the Dissolution of the Soviet Union to Unchecked Internet Fame

By Bethanne Patrick | May 15, 2020

Lit Hub Recommends: Sebald, Nina Simone, and <em>Top Chef</em>

Lit Hub Recommends: Sebald, Nina Simone, and Top Chef

Also, you should definitely bake a cake if you haven't already.

By Literary Hub | May 15, 2020

How to Read Surreally in a Surreal Time

How to Read Surreally in a Surreal Time

Maria Reva on Books By Samanta Schweblin, Selja Ahava, and More

By Maria Reva | May 14, 2020

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