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You’ve probably figured out by now that the Lit Hub staff reads a lot of literary fiction—but we also read a lot of weird shit. I’m talking odd novellas full of magical realism, I’m talking chunky sci-fi epics, I’m talking swords and sorcery and bloody monsters in the woods. So in addition to our big list of […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s a look back at the news stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. The New York Times Picks Its 10 Best Books of 2024 If there is a list you want to be […]
TODAY: In 43 BCE, Roman philosopher, orator, lawyer, and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero is executed by soldiers of The Second Triumvirate. Eliza Moss on what novelists can learn from actors about self-expression. | Lit Hub Craft Michael Palma on why Dante’s Divine Comedy is more relevant than ever: “It is no wonder that the Internet abounds […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Lists Keep Coming and They Don’t Stop Coming Gone are the days when a publication could release […]
TODAY: In 1933, U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce’s novel Ulysses is not obscene. Susan Abulhawa remembers Refaat Alareer a year after he was killed by Israeli forces: “I believe some part of him knew what was to come. Still, he was planning for things ‘after the genocide stops.’” | […]
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Taylor Swift’s Book is a Sales Smash Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour book is far and away the fast-selling book of the year according to Circana, and is the second fastest non-fiction title in their […]
December 4, 2024, 1:27pm The earliest known writing by Franz Kafka is about to be available for bidding at the auction house Bonhams. Kafka, who would go on to write surreal and absurd books later in his life, signed a short note in the friendship book of his friend Hugo Bergmann as a teen. The […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The New York Times Picks Its 10 Best Books of 2024 If there is a list you want […]
No question that the “story” of the day is that it is *groan* Cyber Monday (is this shopping day the last thing, along with the *double groan* Cyber Truck to use “cyber” as a descriptor?). Like I am sure is true with you, I have had dozens and dozens of emails this morning from companies […]
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Erica Ezeifedi, Associate Editor, is a transplant from Nashville, TN that has settled in the North East. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a victim advocate and in public libraries, where she has focused […]
