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This week's news in Venn diagrams.

This week's news in Venn diagrams.

By James Folta | October 31, 2025

Lyndal Roper’s <em>Summer of Fire and Blood</em> has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

Lyndal Roper’s Summer of Fire and Blood has won the 2025 Cundill History Prize.

By James Folta | October 31, 2025

Here's what's making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here's what's making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | October 31, 2025

Happy Halloween from <em>The Lit Hub Podcast</em>

Happy Halloween from The Lit Hub Podcast

trick or treat!

By The Lit Hub Podcast | October 31, 2025

Who is the Real Wednesday Addams?

Who is the Real Wednesday Addams?

What the 80-Year Evolution of an Iconic Character Tells
Us About Women in America

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | October 31, 2025

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Corporeal Punishment: On Body Horror, That Most Human of Stories

Tyler Malone Explores the Uncanny Valley Between the Body and the Self

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

By John Blair | October 31, 2025

The Ancient Burial Rituals That Have Shaped How We Treat Our Dead

By Roger Luckhurst | October 31, 2025

“We Call Them Vampires.” Studying Bats in the Jungles of Belize

By Yossi Yovel | October 31, 2025

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jack the Ripper and the Fact and Fiction of Criminal Profiling

Rachel Corbett on the Efforts to Find One of History’s Most Gruesome Serial Killers

By Rachel Corbett | October 31, 2025

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

On Zombie Ants, Parasitic Fungus, and the Violent Legacy of Anti-Blackness

Maria Pinto Considers the Striking Parallels Between the Human and the Natural Worlds

By Maria Pinto | October 31, 2025

Feeding Our Ghosts: How Food Invokes Memories of Ones Loved and Lost

Feeding Our Ghosts: How Food Invokes Memories of Ones Loved and Lost

Daria Lavelle on the Bond Between Taste and the Departed

By Daria Lavelle | October 31, 2025

Libraries are reeling after a major distributor shutdown.

Libraries are reeling after a major distributor shutdown.

By Brittany Allen | October 30, 2025

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

The 11 Best Book Covers of October

Plus a Couple Extra

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

What’s With All the Sheep on Book Covers?

Celia Mattison on How the Lamb Became The Newest Literary It Girl

By Celia Mattison | October 30, 2025

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

The Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in November

Death by Lightning, Train Dreams, and Come See Me in the Good Light

By Emily Temple | October 30, 2025

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