Literature
Immerse yourself in the world of literature with updates on book releases, author interviews, literary awards, and literary events.
Undiscovered Country: The 100th Anniversary of Vir...
I was lying in my attic bedroom reading a book, wh...
The Ultimate Summer 2026 Reading List
It’s been an uneasy start to summer. Ticks are leg...
Lit Hub Daily: June 15, 2026
Emily Temple reads every summer reading list (so y...
Did You Know That Squids Have Queer Sex at 7,000 F...
The following is from Poking the Squid: What We Ca...
Working in Advertising Helped Me Write My Memoir
I am trying to resist the temptation to begin this...
Lit Hub Weekly: June 8 – 12, 2026
Round two of our Best of the Best Books Reading Ch...
Lit Hub Daily: June 12, 2026
If literacy is in decline, why are bookstores boom...
Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know...
The Mayflower Pilgrims believed that they were fre...
A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline
I was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my loca...
What Ancient Writers Understood About Bees
It’s spring in Prague and as I write my desk is co...
Reading Korean Poetry Through Music
Reading poetry in translation often heightens awar...
Between Verdict and Voice, From Judge to Writer
In 1989, a year into my judgeship in Denver County...
Claire Fuller on Taking Writing Lessons from Sculp...
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing ...
“Authority”
It’s been seven hours and thirty-five days since ...
Here are the winners of the 2026 Women’s Prizes in...
Today, the UK’s Women’s Prize Trust announced the ...
Lit Hub Daily: June 11, 2026
Round two of our Best of the Best Books Reading Ch...
Maris Kreizman’s Best of Books of 2026 So Far
I’m no fool. I know that lists are not the most in...
Has the Time Finally Come for Multispecies Maps?
Imagine, if you will, a college student returning ...
Andrea Wulf Considers the Rare Humanity of an Eigh...
A gunshot pierced the calm. Then there was silence...
How to Refute an Antivaxxer (And Why RFK Jr. is a ...
We don’t know their names. We almost certainly nev...

























