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Daniel Miyares on How To Say Goodbye in Cuban
Acclaimed children’s picture book author and illustrator Daniel Miyares joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Christian Barter to discuss his first graphic novel, How to Say Goodbye in Cuban; immigra
An Ode to the Lost Generation: Adam Gopnik on The Sun Also Rises at 100
To encounter Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises as a first-time reader now is to wander into surprising areas of sometimes dubious prejudice and often dated bigotries. The first sentences, ab
The Russian Defector Who Plundered the Amazon For American Drug Companies
Boris Krukoff was whisper thin, with enormous eyes that erupted out of deep sockets. By the time he started working for the American pharmaceutical company Merck, he was fast becoming one of the premi
10 Great Debut Novels You Might Have Missed in 2026
If you published a debut novel in 2026 and it wasn’t called Yesteryear, I have no doubt that your work could use some more love. So I’ve compiled this list of my favorite debut novels of the year at a
Eight Books That Help Us Understand Multiracial America
My mother’s ancestors arrived in the US during the late 1700s from Germany and England. I’ve held an American passport since birth. My first language is English which I speak with an American accent.
The Annotated Nightstand: What Katrina Dodson is Reading Now, and Next
Small horn toot for the hundredth Annotated Nightstand! Thrilled to have this incredible guest for this milestone column. For years I have considered Katrina Dodson a high priestess of translation, qu
5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Our quintet of quality reviews this week includes Hillary Kelly on M. John Harrison’s The End of Everything, Merve Emre on Tom Overton’s John Berger, Ed Park on Cleo Birdwell’s Amazons, Ryan Ruby on E
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Com
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Com
The First House
When my husband comes into the bedroom we have shared for thirteen years and tells me he doesn’t want to be married anymore, I reach for my neck. My head is missing. My husband has cut it off surrepti
Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun review – horror in the TV static
The Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma writer-director’s first novel is a wry, hugely fun journey into the dark world behind our screens Public Access Afterworld is the first novel by Jane Schoenbru
Jacob Elordi will star in an adaptation of The Executioner’s Song.
Fresh off his Oscar-nominated turn as the Creature in Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi is set to star in and produce an adaptation of Norman Mailer’s Pulitzer prize-winning 1979 novel The Executioner’s Song
Does M John Harrison’s Booker win mean science fiction is finally accepted by a ‘snobby’ literary establishment?
Kazuo Ishiguro, Jeff VanderMeer, Olivia Laing and other writers weigh in on the publishing world’s genre wars As M John Harrison was announced as the Booker prize winner on Monday evening, the 81-year
Lit Hub Daily: November 11, 2026
Zachary Fletcher interviews former New York Times romance columnist Olivia Waite about being fired and the current state of romance criticism. | Lit Hub In Conversation Are we living in a simulation?
The Man With Many Names by Georgi Gospodinov review – playful and profound tales from Bulgaria
This collection of 40 short stories from the International Booker winner is full of invention and warmth In the titular story of Georgi Gospodinov’s short-story collection The Man With Many Names, the
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Alfa by Lilja Sigurծardóttir; The Lost Spectacular by Zoé Duhaime; Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak; China +100: Stories from a Century After the Outbreak edited by Xueting C Ni; Everythi
A History of the American Nepo Baby
Perhaps the clearest evidence of Americans’ comfort with aristocracy is their tacit acceptance of the persistent nepotism in modern culture. Nothing better reflects our love of pedigree than the publi
What is the Best Literary TV Adaptation of All Time? Day Three
Day three! I spent most of yesterday wandering around and trying to process The Leftovers losing in the first round, but after going through the stages of bracket grief (anger, double checking, projec