Lit Hub Daily: December 1, 2025
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1887, Sherlock Holmes makes his first appearance in print in A Study in Scarlet.
- If you love a small press, check out these 100 notable small press books from 2025. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Laura Kraftowitz considers Bari Weiss, liberal Zionism, and viewpoints across generations: “So that even when my childhood congregation fails to apply its own values when it comes to genocide, I always will.” | Lit Hub Memoir
- Caroline Carlson shines a light on 10 great children’s books you might have missed in 2025. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “Sometimes the most difficult things to grasp are the most familiar.” Sven Beckert on the rise of capitalism as both an economic system and a way of life. | Lit Hub History
- Christopher Spaide recommends new poetry collections from D.M. Aderibigbe, Nadia Alexis, John Berryman and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- David Margolick explores the enduring legacy of comedian Sid Caesar. | Lit Hub Biography
- The best sci-fi and fantasy books coming in December include a dystopian literary crossover, a series-ender, and a collection of paired essays and stories. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “When the island taxi drops me off at the rickety gate of the driveway that heads to Cat’s cabin, the sun has set and the path through the woods into the cabin is dark.” Read from Sonora Jha’s new novel, Intemperance. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Carmel Raz chronicles the history of the 19th century women who pioneered educational game design. | JSTOR Daily
- Jianan Qian explores the recent boom in Chinese migrant worker literature. | Asymptote
- “We should not give our children, whose brains are vulnerable and malleable, books created by computers. We shouldn’t give them books created carelessly.” Lily Meyer considers the menace of AI children’s books. | Mother Jones
- Rebecca Cokley pays tribute to Alice Wong: “It was part of Alice’s ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.” | The Nation
- Alex Dueben looks back on Starman, a comic of “the old, weird America.” | The Comics Journal
- “I rewatched Bridesmaids for this interview.” Sheila Heti talks to Rose Byrne. | T Magazine
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