Lit Hub
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A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
“A pulpy noir–telenovela mashup that would make James M. Cain jealous.” –Los Angeles Times. New from bestselling author Silvia Moreno-Garcia: THE INTRIGUE, out now. [Sponsored] www.enchantress-marketing.com/the-intrigue...
On July 9th, novelist Mary Adkins will lead a FREE workshop on her 3 new, favorite tools for knocking out a draft. They’re simple, unconventional, and more useful than an outline. Can’t make it live? A recording will be available (but only if you register). [Sponsored] lithub.thebookincubator.com
"Indeed, Dolores’ jet-black eyes and hair contrasted with her blushed complexion and her crimson lips.” Read from Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores, translated by Sara Abadía Alvarado. lithub.com/dolores/
Like a Cat Loves a Bird is a spiky and delicious new literary portrait of Muriel Spark, the great twentieth-century British author of beloved novels such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Girls of Slender Means. [Sponsored] hubs.ly/Q04jDrDn0
“Fanny has just told me that her most cherished lover, Lucia, told her a cat drowned yesterday in the Canal Saint-Martin.” Read from Deborah Levy’s new novel, My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein. buff.ly/ACN4725
Spend your summer reading with Lit Hub! Welcome to the Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge. Beginning on 5/28, we’ll pick the list, and you’ll pick the book. Learn more (and sign up for our reading challenge newsletter) at the link below. buff.ly/yItPKAf
In What's So Great About the Great Books? popular novelist and literary blogger Naomi Kanakia answers those who claim the classics are too difficult, too problematic, and too white—and explains what we gain by reading them. [Sponsored] hubs.ly/Q04gkhX30
Oogly, gluggaveður, hatsuyuki, and more words describing weather. buff.ly/nIOw1ho
Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives. [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/don-...
#HereBelowBooks champions books for readers whose journeys don’t map neatly onto well-worn paths. We curate beautiful, ambitious writing and foster good-faith conversations about the subversive work of being human. [Sponsored] herebelowbooks.com
Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction by Laura B. McGrath is a revealing account of how agents have shaped book publishing and the literary canon from the 1950s to today. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q04ck_GQ0 [Sponsored]
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Have you always wanted to write a book? The Novel and Memoir Writing Certificates at Stanford Continuing Studies are designed to help you make that goal a reality. Learn more and apply by June 5: stanford.io/4s7BMnq [Sponsored]
Troubled Lands is a landmark book, as it is the first complete publication of Langston Hughes’s translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen Mexican and Cuban writers. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q046-bT60 [Sponsored]
James Joyce: A Political Life by Frank Callanan is a major new biography that reveals how politics profoundly shaped Joyce’s life, thought and writings. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q046XZQT0 [Sponsored]
Book awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology help authors bridge the two cultures of science and the humanities for a wide audience. In 2025, 17 winners published their books. More on the program: bit.ly/2025SloanBoo... [Sponsored]
The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie da Cunha Lewin is a journey into the unique spaces where some of literature’s greatest writers created their most memorable works. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q042L4Dm0 [Sponsored]
Be part of an unforgettable long weekend dedicated to the power of story. Join us May 15-17 in Santa Fe as we bring together influential authors, thinkers, and passionate readers and celebrate our shared love of language and ideas. [Sponsored] www.sfinternationallitfest.org
@apdoubleyou.bsky.social on what you notice during a crisis. buff.ly/rjUeC2j
Read “On Living in the Hour of Cities Under Siege,” a new poem by @carolynforche.bsky.social. buff.ly/Jm7EA8p
E. Bok Lee on finding reverence in the face of brutality. buff.ly/CG0Y64f
Today, read Letters from Minnesota by Charles Baxter, Bao Phi, and @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social. buff.ly/BVbe5UL
Read more from our Letters from Minnesota series, featuring Kao Kalia Yang, Jim Moore, and Katherine Packert Burke. buff.ly/BVbe5UL
Two outsiders venture into a forbidden kingdom in this stunning historical novel set in nineteenth-century, [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Enjoy a free copy of Ariel Sullivan’s Conform poolside when you book a day pass through ResortPass. [Sponsored] new.resortpass.com/daywellread/
Twenty-fifth Poet Laureate of the United States & National Book Award winner Arthur Sze has partnered with the Museum of New Mexico Press in Santa Fe to release his first book on craft. The White Orchard is now available at mnmpress.org?p=allBooks&i... [Sponsored]
In a lighthouse off the coast of Norway, a book is found in a small boat. It contains pictures and stories, and tells the tale of an island lost a century before, and of the community that lived there—people, animals, and mythical beings. [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/time...
In a lighthouse off the coast of Norway, a book is found in a small boat. It contains pictures and stories, and tells the tale of an island lost a century before, and of the community that lived there—people, animals, and mythical beings. [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/time...
In a quiet Swedish town, two murders—decades apart—reopen wounds and uncover chilling truths. A gripping, emotional Nordic noir from “the finest crime writer we have in Sweden” (Frederik Backman). [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/the-...