Lit Hub Daily: September 30, 2025
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1207, Rumi is born.
- September’s best book covers are here to bring text and texture to your reading space. | Lit Hub Design
- From spooky classics like Bela Lugosi’s performance in Dracula to new releases, these are the pieces of literary film and television you need to stream in October. | Lit Hub Film
- Catherine Habgood compiles the 10 best books on permaculture, featuring recommendations from experts David Holmgren, Claudia Joseph, and Tony Rollison. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Who actually was Mary? James D. Tabor takes a historical lens to a central figure of the Christian faith. | Lit Hub Religion
- The 22 new books out today include titles by Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more! | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “I do not think love comes easily to me—love for people, that is. For cats, who have been accused of loving back too little or not at all, it is a different story.” Rebecca van Laer on what humans can learn from our relationships with cats. | Lit Hub Memoir
- Our friends at AudioFile Magazine share their most anticipated new audiobooks for October. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “I live in a world of Susans.” Read from Souvankham Thammavongsa’s new novel, Pick A Color. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Andrea Bartz details her lawsuit against A.I. company Anthropic, “an opening gambit in a critical battle that will be waged for years to come.” | The New York Times
- “We humans are imperfect and imperfectable, but sometimes it is those imperfections that are our greatest asset, particularly if we are capable of recognizing those imperfections.” John Warner on A.I. and “bullshit writing.” | The Biblioracle Recommends
- Ann Patchett meditates on death, loss, and glowworms. | The New Yorker
- Three newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories will be published for the first time next month. | The Guardian
- Charles Baxter examines the literature (and politics) of charisma: “The charismatic figure is best understood by observing not the figure, but the audience.” | Lapham’s Quarterly
- After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back, and hosted by the internet’s librarian, Mychal Threets. | Book Riot
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