Literary Hub
Craft and Criticism
Literary Criticism
Craft and Advice
In Conversation
On Translation
Fiction and Poetry
Short Story
From the Novel
Poem
News and Culture
History
Science
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Food
Technology
Bookstores and Libraries
Film and TV
Travel
Music
Art and Photography
The Hub
Style
Design
Sports
Lit Hub Radio
The Lit Hub Podcast
Awakeners
Fiction/Non/Fiction
The Critic and Her Publics
Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Memoir Nation
Beyond the Page
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Thresholds
The Cosmic Library
Culture Schlock
Reading Lists
The Best of the Decade
Book Marks
Best Reviewed Books
CrimeReads
True Crime
The Daily Thrill
Log In
Craft and Criticism
Literary Criticism
Craft and Advice
In Conversation
On Translation
Fiction and Poetry
Short Story
From the Novel
Poem
News and Culture
History
Science
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Food
Technology
Bookstores and Libraries
Film and TV
Travel
Music
Art and Photography
The Hub
Style
Design
Sports
Lit Hub Radio
The Lit Hub Podcast
Awakeners
Fiction/Non/Fiction
The Critic and Her Publics
Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast
Memoir Nation
Beyond the Page
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
Thresholds
The Cosmic Library
Culture Schlock
Reading Lists
The Best of the Decade
Book Marks
Best Reviewed Books
CrimeReads
True Crime
The Daily Thrill
Log In
Atria
What Chickens Know: On Bonding with Birds and the Language of Hens
Sy Montgomery Explores the Complex World of Breeding and Studying the Famous Fowl
By
Sy Montgomery
| November 7, 2024
Stephanie Land on the Routine That Helped Her Write Her New Book in a Month
The Author of Class Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire
By
Stephanie Land
| November 7, 2023
Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley's debut novel,
The Nude
.
By
Literary Hub
| October 3, 2023
Writing Characters in a World After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade
Ashley Wurzbacher on the Complexities of Creating a Pro-Choice Novel Today
By
Ashley Wurzbacher
| August 9, 2023
It turns out that people don't want a coloring book based on a novel about domestic abuse.
By
Jessie Gaynor
| January 12, 2023
Wait, Colleen Hoover's new book sold
how many
copies by the end of its release day?
By
Jessie Gaynor
| October 21, 2022
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Heroes or Traitors? Writing the Story of the Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the Mexican-American War
By
Reyna Grande
| September 12, 2022
Shmutz
By
Lit Hub Excerpts
| July 20, 2022
Here are this year’s winners of the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards.
By
Walker Caplan
| March 22, 2022
The Shifting Unreliability of Memory: A Reading List
Jo Harkin Recommends Anne Tyler, Meredith Westgate, and More
By
Jo Harkin
| March 2, 2022
The Power of Music in Fiction: A Reading List
Emme Lund Recommends Books Kristen Arnett, C.R. Foster, Andrew Sean Greer, and More
By
Emme Lund
| February 18, 2022
The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking
On the Revelatory Scandals of Elizabeth Chudleigh, aka the Duchess Countess
By
Catherine Ostler
| February 17, 2022
The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women
Jen Winston on the True Love Industrial Complex and the Rejuvenating Power of Queerness
By
Jen Winston
| October 8, 2021
A Spooky, Witchy Reading List to Kick off Scary Season
Fire Lyte Recommends the Classics in Magic and Covens and Spells
By
Fire Lyte
| October 1, 2021
One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?
Kathy Iandoli on the Impact of Generational Celebrity Deaths
By
Kathy Iandoli
| August 17, 2021
Danny Trejo on Doing Time with Charles Manson and Finding Freedom in the Boxing Room
One of America’s Great Character Actors Looks Back at His Time in Prison
By
Danny Trejo with Donal Logue
| July 9, 2021
1
2
Next ›
Page 1 of 2
7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's Complexities
November 4, 2025
by
Donna Freitas
To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship Failings
November 4, 2025
by
Jenna Satterthwaite
The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in Fiction
November 4, 2025
by
Christina Henry
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
"Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"