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Here, you'll find fresh, introspective reviews that summarize and reflect the crux of each narrative, from thought-provoking literary gems to pulse-pounding thrillers. Lit Hub is a central place for writers, publishers, books, bookstores, librarians, and readers to congregate and celebrate books and literary culture.
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The New York Times recently released a list of the “100 Best Books of the 21st Century.” As is typical for the Times, the list quickly went viral and was widely debated and celebrated on social media. However, 61 of the writers on this list are American. The two African books on the list are ..read more
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12h ago
Lauren Markham on why she almost quit journalism (and what made her come back). | Lit Hub Memoir “I fear the obvious so much that my evasions of it have sometimes made me ridiculous.” Phil Christman considers the poetics of place. | Lit Hub Craft Sarah Manguso’s Liars, Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc., and Shalom Auslander’s Feh: A ..read more
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12h ago
Sarah Manguso’s Liars, Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc., and Shalom Auslander’s Feh: A Memoir all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Fiction 1. Liars by Sarah Manguso (Hogarth) 6 Rave • 1 Positive Read an excerpt from Liars here “Seethes with rage ..read more
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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I think nothing has shadowed my development as a writer more than my failure to have an interesting childhood. Most of it I spent watching TV. My family was kind of poor, but our poverty was more of a chronic than acute condition. It was ..read more
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16h ago
“I feel that I am much more complete when I don’t understand. Not understanding, to my way of thinking, is a gift. It’s an odd blessing, like being insane without being crazy.” –Clarice Lispector (tr. MJ Costa) * It took me a decade to figure out my first novel. When asked what I was working ..read more
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16h ago
I’m a journalist, and, like many people watching as a genocide is simultaneously livestreamed by the people of Gaza and whitewashed by much of US media, I’ve become both furious and bereft about contemporary journalism’s failures. But my disillusionment with my profession stretches further back. A few years ago, I started to think of calling ..read more
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16h ago
The athletes are ready, the teams are set, and the Seine is (maybe) swimmable: the Summer Olympics are upon us at last! As we enjoy this quadrennial banquet of sporting prowess, we’ll have ample opportunity to marvel at the collective magnificence of all those athletes who have pushed themselves far beyond the bounds of what ..read more
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I. At some time in the far distant future there was a very popular game—a total waste of time—that young people loved to play, much to the chagrin and occasional outrage of their parents. It was called Game of the Worlds and was played on a TR (Total Reality) System. The game, the kids said ..read more
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Last week, shortly after the announcement that JD Vance would be joining the Republican ticket, I was working my bookstore gig at The Golden Notebook when a woman came in and asked me if we had any copies of Hillbilly Elegy. I took a glance at the inventory, told her we did not, and started to ..read more
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19h ago
If you’ve been following political news, you’ve likely heard about Project 2025, the massive conservative “wish list for a Trump presidency.” The 900-page document is a blueprint for an authoritarian, Christian nationalist America, created by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank that has influenced many of America’s most regressive and conservative policies since the ..read more