Amazon’s 10 Books That Defined 2024

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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. Amazon’s 10 Books That Defined 2024 Amazon editors made the impossible selection of just 10 books that defined […]


The It Books of 2024

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. What a year it’s been! Martyr! came out of the gate in January as the year’s hottest debut with major book award potential, and while it didn’t win the NBA, it made the shortlist and just about every […]


The Best (Old) Books We Read in 2024 ‹

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It’s December, and so the literary internet, such as it is, is awash in best-of book lists. I cannot say that this website is not complicit in this (are we the worst? we might be the worst), but it can also, admittedly, get a little tedious. After all, books are not only important during the […]


Goodreads’ Most Anticipated Books of 2025

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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 Bloom is Off Following a press tour that managed to be more fraught than the rollout of […]


My Least Favorite Queer Books of 2024

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I read a lot of queer books—that probably won’t come as a surprise to you. That means it’s inevitable that I’ll pick up some queer books I don’t like, but I usually keep that to myself. I’d rather […]


The Most Borrowed Books in New York City Libraries in 2024

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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Most Borrowed Books in New York City Libraries in 2024 It is one of the greater strangeness of New York City that it’s libraries are more a confederation that an an integrated system, but […]


How the NEW YORK TIMES Makes the Best Books of the Year List

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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. How the New York Times Picks the Best Books of the Year Ever wondered how the New York […]


17 of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024 ‹

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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 […]


The New York Times Picks Its 10 Best Books of 2024

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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 […]


11 Queer Books to Vote for in the Goodreads Choice Awards

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I shared a list of queer adult books to vote for in the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards with the intention of sharing the YA books to vote for this week…except now the opening round has […]