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    Literary Criticism

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    Featuring New Titles by Jane Smiley, Judi Dench, Justin Taylor, and More

     
    By Book Marks  April 26, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Danielle Dutton Is Reading Now, and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 25, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Jane Smiley! Judi Dench! Amy Tan on birding! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 23, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  April 19, 2024
    The Hub

    Against spring cleaning: The books the Lit Hub staff just can’t let go of.

    By James Folta  April 18, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 18, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  April 12, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews to Read This Weeks

    By Book Marks  April 11, 2024
    Queer Literature

    Oh, Queer Canada: A Reading List for Americans in Search of LGBTQ Canadian History

    By Rose Sutherland  April 10, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    “There are two kinds of novels about American life in the digital age: panoramas and selfies.”

    By Book Marks  April 25, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    The Beatles! Natasha Trethewey! Librarians’ secret lives! 24 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 9, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

    By Book Marks  April 5, 2024
    The Hub

    Celebrate the solar eclipse with some of the best and worst ellipses in literature (and life).

    By James Folta  April 4, 2024
    Queer Literature

    10 Queer Books For People With Mommy Issues

    Marissa Higgins Recommends Patricia Highsmith, Melissa Broder, Anna Dorn and More

    By Marissa Higgins  April 4, 2024
    Book Reviews You Need to Read

    5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

    By Book Marks  April 4, 2024
    The Annotated Nightstand

    The Annotated Nightstand: What Julia Alvarez is Reading Now and Next

    By Diana Arterian  April 4, 2024
    Children's Literature

    10 Great New Children’s Books Out in April

    By Caroline Carlson  April 3, 2024
    Poetry

    Sight and the Sacred: 7 New Poetry Books to Read This April

    David Woo Recommends Victoria Chang, Daniel Khalastchi, Joyelle McSweeney, and More

    By David Woo  April 2, 2024
    New Books Tuesdays

    Julia Alvarez! Maggie Nelson! Wrestlemania! 26 new books out today.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 2, 2024
    Sci-Fi and Fantasy

    Vampires, Selkies, Familiars, and More! April’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

    By Natalie Zutter  April 1, 2024
    Paperbacks

    Robert Lowell! W.E.B. Du Bois on WWI! Black spies! 27 books out in paperback this April.

    By Gabrielle Bellot  April 1, 2024
    Best Reviewed Books of the Month

    March’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

    Featuring New Titles by Marilynne Robinson, Tessa Hulls, Kristine S. Ervin, and More

    By Book Marks  March 29, 2024
    Literary Criticism

    March’s Best Reviewed Fiction

    By Book Marks  March 29, 2024
    Audiobooks

    AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of March

    By AudioFile Magazine  March 29, 2024
    The Hub

    The shortlist for the 2024 International Booker Prize has landed.

    By Brittany Allen  April 9, 2024
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