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Literary Hub » 34 Books You Need to Read This Fall
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (501+ words) The weather has become untrustworthy, for determining the seasons and otherwise. As I write this introduction, the leaves remain stubbornly green, and outside my window there is torrential rain. But at the farmer’s market this past weekend, I walked down…...
Lit Hub Weekly: August 31 – September 4, 2026
1+ week, 2+ day ago (303+ words) Literary Hub Lit Hub Weekly: August 31 - September 4, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Marlon James tells Eric Olson about (finally!) writing a novel that draws from his life. | Lit Hub In Conversation - “Terror wasn’t the only weapon the Nazis used…...
Literary Hub » Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (514+ words) As summer comes to a close, we at Lit Hub are celebrating milestones and jumping into the deep end. What’s making us happy? Climbing mountains. We’re looking autumn square in the face and saying: bring it on. Molly Odintz, for…...
Here’s the 2026 shortlist for the Caine Prize for African Writing.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (137+ words) Today, the Caine Prize for African Writing, which awards £10,000 annually to the best short story by an African writer living on the continent or in the diaspora, has announced its 2026 shortlist. These five writers were selected from a record 407 entries…...
Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (1005+ words) Says a narrator in Marlon James’s freshly Booker-nominated The Disappearers, “I’ve made such a terrible mess out of being a homo.” The novel’s protagonists are all gay men in ‘80s and ‘90s Jamaica; each makes similar proclamations. “But the statement is unfair,…...
Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 – 28, 2026
2+ week, 3+ day ago (208+ words) Literary Hub Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 - 28, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - “Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.” Steven Thrasher on the killing Jason Arday. | Lit Hub Politics - Long live Dolly Parton,…...
Here are the finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (221+ words) This morning, Kirkus Reviews announced the 18 finalists for the 2026 Kirkus Prize, which recognizes excellence in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers’ Literature. Books are selected by a panel of peers, editors, and other industry professionals. Winners in all…...
Literary Hub » Dorthe Nors on Striving to Write Emotionally Resonant Fiction
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (362+ words) When I turned eight, my mom went back to school to become an art teacher. The dream caught up with her. Not in the original form, but still. It was as monumental as unboxing my debut back in 2001. According to…...
Literary Hub » Gaining Ground
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (1979+ words) The first time I saw this place, I knew I had come home. I do not mean I knew it in a peaceful, comforting sort of way, the way one recognizes an old friend; that first time it was like…...
Literary Hub » Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 – 21, 2026
3+ week, 2+ day ago (229+ words) Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 – 21, 2026 Literary Hub Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 - 21, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - What Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel can teach us about grief, literature, and growing up. | Lit Hub TV - Why the tragedy of Jason…...