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

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

By Brittany Allen | September 5, 2025

If Brigitte Giraud Wasn’t a Writer, She Would’ve Been a Pop Star

If Brigitte Giraud Wasn’t a Writer, She Would’ve Been a Pop Star

The Author of “Live Fast” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Literary Hub | February 12, 2025

15 new books emitting a siren call to you today.

15 new books emitting a siren call to you today.

By Katie Yee | September 20, 2022

Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan on What Drives Religious Searching

Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan on What Drives Religious Searching

Discussing Doubt, Wonder, and a Lifetime of Questions

By Literary Hub | September 20, 2022

There are ballads, spiritual quests, and other treasures in Nick Cave's favorite books.

There are ballads, spiritual quests, and other treasures in Nick Cave's favorite books.

By Aaron Robertson | June 15, 2020

Lit Hub Recommends: <em>Frankenstein</em>, <em>The Witch</em>, and Nick Cave

Lit Hub Recommends: Frankenstein, The Witch, and Nick Cave

Another Week, Another Staffer Gets Sad with BoJack

By Literary Hub | November 2, 2018

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
  • Bad Bad Girl
  • The Ten Year Affair
  • Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
  • Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
  • Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution

Lit Hub Recommends

By Literary Hub | September 21, 2018

The Greatest Goths in Literary History

By Emily Temple | August 30, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Lolita

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2017

The Sick Bag Song

The Sick Bag Song

Nick Cave

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 17, 2016

    • 7 Novels That Explore Motherhood's ComplexitiesNovember 4, 2025 by Donna Freitas
    • To Break Up with Friends, or to Murder Them: 5 Novels Featuring Fatal Friendship FailingsNovember 4, 2025 by Jenna Satterthwaite
    • The Trauma Behind the "Good Old Days": Christina Henry on the Dark Trap of Nostalgia in FictionNovember 4, 2025 by Christina Henry
    • Big Kiss, Bye-Bye
    • The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    • "Not much happens In fact there is much in the text that is not made…"
  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member