reading lists

40 Books to Understand Palestine

From Ghassan Kanafani's "Men in the Sun" to Adania Shibli's "Minor Detail"

 
By Literary Hub  November 14, 2023
What to Read Next

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

By Emily Temple  September 26, 2023
Reading List

25 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

By Emily Temple  September 6, 2023
Reading Lists

Escaping the Terrestrial Mess: Eight Books about Intelligent Sea Creatures

By James Sturz  August 18, 2023
The Hub

A book for every Barbie in Barbie.

By Emily Temple  August 2, 2023
Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Divine Heists, Deep-Sea Discoveries, and Climate Utopias: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

By Natalie Zutter  August 2, 2023
Summer reading

The Ultimate Summer 2023 Reading List

By Emily Temple  June 6, 2023
Heroines

The Books We Need Now: A Reading List of Heroines Who Are Hot Messes

By Justine Sullivan  March 24, 2023
African Literature

Cameroonian Anglophone Literature: Peripheral, Prophetic, and Radical

By Nchanji Njamnsi  December 22, 2022
Best of 2022

Our 38 Favorite Books of 2022

By Emily Temple  December 8, 2022
Reading Lists

22 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

By Emily Temple  September 7, 2022
Flowcharts

Which Big Fall Book Should You Read?

By Emily Temple  August 30, 2022
Trauma

The Books That Help Beth Macy Find Threads of Hope While Writing About Trauma

By Beth Macy  August 19, 2022
Fame

Five Red-Carpet Worthy Novels About the Perils and Pitfalls of (Fictional) Fame

By Holly James  July 15, 2022
Drinking

Books at the Bar: A Reading List of Fictional Bars, Bartenders, and Bar Flies

By Natalka Burian  July 13, 2022
The Hub

Is it even meaningful to recommend books for “men” and “women” anymore?

By Emily Temple  July 11, 2022
Democracy

“To Secure Democracy You Have To Be Ready to Fight For It Relentlessly.” Readings To Inspire Democratic Struggle

By David E. Hoffman  July 6, 2022
Historical Fiction

Great Women Through the Ages: A Historical Fiction Reading List

By Katherine J. Chen  July 6, 2022
Grief

“The Act of Mourning Itself is a Final, Destitute Version of Love.” A Reading List For the Grieving

By Sally Oliver  June 30, 2022
Happy Pride

111 Queer Books Recommended by Librarians, Booksellers, and Authors

By Literary Hub  June 24, 2022
The Hub

These are the books all the rich people will be reading in the metaverse this year.

By Emily Temple  June 2, 2022
Narrative Structures

11 Novels That Thwart Traditional Narrative Structure (to Brilliant Effect)

By Maria Adelmann  June 1, 2022
Memoirs

Memoirs with Benefits: A Reading List of Hybrid Narratives

By Courtney Maum  May 4, 2022
Friendship

On Friendship: Men in Love Who Aren’t (in Most Cases) Lovers

By Jonathan Howland  April 29, 2022
Climate Change

Hope for Planet Earth: The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change

By Literary Hub  April 22, 2022
Reading Lists

The 1990s: A Surreal (and Sociopathic?) Era in America

By Candice Wuehle  April 4, 2022
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