Lydia Millet Explains the Double Structure Behind ‘Fair Ones’
Lydia Millet discusses her dual-narrative novel Fair Ones, grief, friendship, and the Jon Hamm cameo.
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Collider’s List of 10 Underrated Thrillers Deserves More Attention
A list of ten thrilling novels, from a debut mystery to a classic whodunit, that deserve far more attention than they get.
Lit Hub’s Weekly Digest Goes From McGuane’s Trump-Era Literature to the Spine Collector Scam
A strange and wonderful beast of a digest: McGuane's stubborn literature, a secret WWII mission, and AI skeptics asking 'what is this activity for?'
The Greatest Jane Austen Quote Comes From Her Most Underappreciated Book
A letter of confession and passion proves that love endures: 'You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.'
New Nonfiction Arrivals Worth Reading This Month
A strange and wonderful October mix of nonfiction: a memoir, a critique of innovation, a study of body hair, and more.
Three literary journals worth reading during the first-ever #LitMagWeek
A week of literary magazines celebrates their origins and new issues, from N+1 to Protean to Toronto Review.
Diaz’s New Novel Tracks How Power Works Through Everyday Life, Not Through a Dystopian World
A novel of ruin, where the state has fallen yet crime is low and punk bands still play — the author fights the dystopia label.
Rose George’s New Book Takes Readers Below Deck to Expose the Hidden Costs of Seafood
Journalist Rose George dives deep into the troubled global fishing industry, revealing fish as sentient beings in peril.
Paul Thek Built Shrines Out of Garbage — and a New Book Shows How
A little book about Paul Thek, whose shrines of scavenged crates and letters turn garbage into relics of worship.
Lit Hub’s Book Review Roundup This Week, Headlined by Anahid Nersessian on Dad Had a Bad Day
A review of a novel wherein a father seeks perfection through relentless self-optimization, praised for its satire and tenderness.
Two Great Works of Art That Ease the Seasonal Shift
A quiet bar contest and a tale of train-station romance ease the soul into autumn's sobering season.
How Scribes Invented the Letter W to Spell Barbarian Names
How the letter W was born of scribes who could not spell their king's name, a tale of Rome's fall and the Germanic sound that survived.