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Literary Romance Books and Romantic Fiction If you are looking for lush, lyrical writing, deep thematic statements, or just something that feels literary, these are the romance books for you.

Literary Romance Books and Romantic Fiction: If you are looking for lush, lyrical writing, deep thematic statements, or just something that feels literary, these are the romance books for you.

The Best New Mystery & Thrillers Released in Paperback + More Mystery Happenings! Check out February's mystery/thriller paperback releases, plus adaptation news and more.

The Best New Mystery & Thrillers Released in Paperback + More Mystery Happenings!: Check out February's mystery/thriller paperback releases, plus adaptation news and more.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with These Picture Books About Female Athletes These picture books about female athletes introduce young readers to ping pong and rock climbing champions, Paralympic record setters, and more

Celebrate Women’s History Month with These Picture Books About Female Athletes: These picture books about female athletes introduce young readers to ping pong and rock climbing champions, Paralympic record setters, and more

Are Economists, in Fact, the Unacknowledged Poets of the World An anecdote in Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, if a single worker were tasked with manufacturing a pin, he could perhaps at best hope to produce ten in a day, but if the labor was divided across ten men

Are Economists, in Fact, the Unacknowledged Poets of the World: An anecdote in Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, if a single worker were tasked with manufacturing a pin, he could perhaps at best hope to produce ten in a day, but if the labor was divided across ten men #Features #History

A Life in Jazz: On Love, Loss and Self-Discovery to an Improvised Beat “wind and crying blue rain tearing me up” –Jimi Hendrix * I. Listen, the first time I saw Miles Davis play live was at the Chicago Coliseum in 1981. Miles had just come out of retirement after six years of

A Life in Jazz: On Love, Loss and Self-Discovery to an Improvised Beat: “wind and crying blue rain tearing me up” –Jimi Hendrix * I. Listen, the first time I saw Miles Davis play live was at the Chicago Coliseum in 1981. Miles had just come out of retirement after six years of #Features #Memoir

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching It is a truth universally acknowledged, that every generation must be in want of a fresh Jane Austen adaptation (or several). However differently the youth of each generation may be characterized, this truth is so well fixed in the minds

Why Jane Austen Adaptations Just Keep Coming—And We Keep Watching: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that every generation must be in want of a fresh Jane Austen adaptation (or several). However differently the youth of each generation may be characterized, this… #Biography #CraftandAdvice

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread: A Sweet Taste of Nostalgia Growing up, my mother used to blame my sweet tooth on the fact that she had a chocolate milkshake every day she was pregnant with me. But dessert was not a regular part of our diet, except for ice cream.

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread: A Sweet Taste of Nostalgia: Growing up, my mother used to blame my sweet tooth on the fact that she had a chocolate milkshake every day she was pregnant with me. But dessert was not a regular part of our diet, except for ice cream. #Features #Food

What Being a Professional Athlete Taught Me About Writing—and What It Didn’t It is not coincidental that in 21st-century America, athletic success has become synonymous with virtue. Ostensibly instilling values like hard work, diligence, and perseverance, competitive sports both mirror the hustle of American capitalism and train the young for a mindset

What Being a Professional Athlete Taught Me About Writing—and What It Didn’t: It is not coincidental that in 21st-century America, athletic success has become synonymous with virtue. Ostensibly instilling values like hard work, diligence, and perseverance,… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

Your Favorite Male Rapper’s Favorite Rapper When Missy Elliott’s debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, dropped in 1997, it was the summer before my eighth birthday. I wasn’t old enough to buy CDs without parental permission, but I thought I was grown enough to complain about the

Your Favorite Male Rapper’s Favorite Rapper: When Missy Elliott’s debut album, Supa Dupa Fly, dropped in 1997, it was the summer before my eighth birthday. I wasn’t old enough to buy CDs without parental permission, but I thought I was grown enough to complain about the #Biography #Features

Robert Morgan on Reading War and Peace For the First Time The fall of 1958 was the last time we grew sorghum cane and made our own molasses on our small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. After school, I worked long hours cutting and stripping the stalks, then feeding them

Robert Morgan on Reading War and Peace For the First Time: The fall of 1958 was the last time we grew sorghum cane and made our own molasses on our small farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. After school, I worked long hours cutting and stripping the stalks, then feeding… #CraftandCriticism #Features

Six Essential Books About Birds A few years ago, more or less on a whim, I started following a group of scientists who were studying a small seabird on an island off the coast of Washington State. The bird, called the rhinoceros auklet, was gray

Six Essential Books About Birds: A few years ago, more or less on a whim, I started following a group of scientists who were studying a small seabird on an island off the coast of Washington State. The bird, called the rhinoceros auklet, was gray #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

The Body Builders Ada was twelve when her mother killed the dog. She was relieved when it died. It made her realize that life wasn’t for everyone. It was a golden retriever with soft curly hair. Her mother bought it after Ada’s father

The Body Builders: Ada was twelve when her mother killed the dog. She was relieved when it died. It made her realize that life wasn’t for everyone. It was a golden retriever with soft curly hair. Her mother bought it after Ada’s father #DailyFiction #Excerpts

Tayari Jones on Speaking in Metaphor First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the literary arts. Hosted by Mitzi Rapkin,

Tayari Jones on Speaking in Metaphor: First Draft: A Dialogue of Writing is a weekly show featuring in-depth interviews with fiction, nonfiction, essay writers, and poets, highlighting the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft, and the… #CraftandAdvice #CraftandCriticism

The Book News We Covered This Week A history of discrimination in libraries, this year's Audie Awards winners, a new novel from THE GIVER author, and more.

The Book News We Covered This Week: A history of discrimination in libraries, this year's Audie Awards winners, a new novel from THE GIVER author, and more.

The 5 Best Books for Understanding Iran Today Reads that shed light on the origins of today’s conflict—and Tehran’s possible future.

The 5 Best Books for Understanding Iran Today

Pushing the Limits of Historical Fiction In a new book, Álvaro Enrigue uses absurdity to tell a fuller truth.

Pushing the Limits of Historical Fiction

The Fugitive Slave Who Wrote to the President What William Grimes wanted John Quincy Adams to know about freedom on the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding

The Fugitive Slave Who Wrote to the President

The Winning Audiobooks of 2025 The big winners of the Audie Awards honoring 2025 audiobooks, the NYT's highlights this month's new releases, and more.

The Winning Audiobooks of 2025: The big winners of the Audie Awards honoring 2025 audiobooks, the NYT's highlights this month's new releases, and more.

Lit Hub Weekly: March 2 – 6, 2026 If you’re done with the “men don’t read” discourse, try reading about Kristopher Jansma’s all-male book club instead. | Lit Hub Craft  On Ezra Pound, Mussolini’s biggest fan: “…Pound lauded Mussolini’s accomplishments—such as reducing crime and improving Italy’s road and

Lit Hub Weekly: March 2 – 6, 2026: If you’re done with the “men don’t read” discourse, try reading about Kristopher Jansma’s all-male book club instead. | Lit Hub Craft  On Ezra Pound, Mussolini’s biggest fan: “…Pound lauded Mussolini’s accomplishments—such as reducing crime and… #LitHubDaily

All the Queer Books I Read in February, and What’s On My March TBR Which queer books did you read in February, and what's on your TBR in March? Let's trade recommendations!

All the Queer Books I Read in February, and What’s On My March TBR: Which queer books did you read in February, and what's on your TBR in March? Let's trade recommendations!

This week’s news in Venn diagrams. It’s the AWP Conference and Bookfair this week, and most of the Lit Hub staff has been in Baltimore. With the editors out of town, those of us not at AWP have been taking good care of the place, and

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.: It’s the AWP Conference and Bookfair this week, and most of the Lit Hub staff has been in Baltimore. With the editors out of town, those of us not at AWP have been taking good care of the place, and #BookNews #BookstoresandLibraries

A mini reading list to understand what’s happening in Iran. Today marks the seventh day of the unlawful U.S-Israel war against Iran. Like many a citizen, I’ve been struggling to understand what’s animating this latest burst of imperial violence. It’s hard to argue with un-reason. And with legal, moral, and

A mini reading list to understand what’s happening in Iran.: Today marks the seventh day of the unlawful U.S-Israel war against Iran. Like many a citizen, I’ve been struggling to understand what’s animating this latest burst of imperial violence. It’s hard to argue with un-reason.… #Events #History

Here’s what’s making us happy this week. Hello, weekenders. It’s been a minute. We’ve been holding our joy a bit too close to the vest over here at the Hub, with editorial apologies. But the good Fridays are back! Molly Odintz, our resident curious George, enjoyed a

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.: Hello, weekenders. It’s been a minute. We’ve been holding our joy a bit too close to the vest over here at the Hub, with editorial apologies. But the good Fridays are back! Molly Odintz, our resident curious George, enjoyed a #BookNews #Food

The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading Exploring the decline in literacy as a design problem, the star of the upcoming TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW adaptation, and more.

The Surprising Culprit Behind the Death of Reading: Exploring the decline in literacy as a design problem, the star of the upcoming TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW adaptation, and more.

Life on the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis There was a time when Jade thought, We can handle this. She first met John over the phone. It was 1990, and she worked for a California nursing agency, where she processed payroll. At the time, Jade was twenty-­six years

Life on the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis: There was a time when Jade thought, We can handle this. She first met John over the phone. It was 1990, and she worked for a California nursing agency, where she processed payroll. At the time, Jade was twenty-­six years #Features #Health

Find your next read in this dataset of international bestsellers. In most situations when I say “I need the data,” I’m referring to gossip, and it’s less of a “need” than what some would call a “messy curiosity.” But recently, I came across a Substack post analyzing a set of

Find your next read in this dataset of international bestsellers.: In most situations when I say “I need the data,” I’m referring to gossip, and it’s less of a “need” than what some would call a “messy curiosity.” But recently, I came across a Substack post analyzing a… #BookNews #NewsandCulture

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature. One hundred Februarys back, the Irish justice minister Kevin O’Higgins took it upon himself to “stem the tide of filth” coming into his newly free state. O’Higgins assembled the Committee of Evil Literature, which is unfortunately just what it sounds

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.: One hundred Februarys back, the Irish justice minister Kevin O’Higgins took it upon himself to “stem the tide of filth” coming into his newly free state. O’Higgins assembled the Committee of Evil Literature,… #BookNews #Design

The Best Nonfiction Book of the 21st Century The epic oral history that reads like fiction, an A-Z guide to the language of romance, 2026 books in translation, and more.

The Best Nonfiction Book of the 21st Century: The epic oral history that reads like fiction, an A-Z guide to the language of romance, 2026 books in translation, and more.

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic Namwali Serpell is one of the most evocative, erudite, and original writers at work today. She mixes Gothic and Afrofuturist styles in The Old Drift, her first novel, a three-family saga that spans nearly two centuries of Zambian history. (My

Namwali Serpell on Approaching Toni Morrison’s Work As a Reader and a Critic: Namwali Serpell is one of the most evocative, erudite, and original writers at work today. She mixes Gothic and Afrofuturist styles in The Old Drift, her first novel, a three-family saga… #Biography #CraftandCriticism

Amidst Lawsuit, Utah Bans Its 23rd Book from All Public Schools On Friday the 13, Utah banned a Stephen King book from every school district in the state. That was Utah's 23rd state-sanctioned ban.

Amidst Lawsuit, Utah Bans Its 23rd Book from All Public Schools: On Friday the 13, Utah banned a Stephen King book from every school district in the state. That was Utah's 23rd state-sanctioned ban.