Literature

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1752, Frances Burney is born.   Round two of our Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge ​is underway with 50 of the greatest summer novels of all time!​ | Lit Hub Helen Bain follows in Sylvia Plath’s footsteps from Paris to Wellesley.| Lit Hub Biography Dave Eggers

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The Mayflower Pilgrims believed that they were freedom seekers, escaping centuries of bondage. William Bradford, a Mayflower passenger who served as Plymouth’s longtime governor, began his History of Plymouth Plantation by describing the oppression that religious intolerance had caused over the centuries. The “Heathen Emperours” of ancient Rome, Bradford wrote, initiated the kind of “bloody

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 2026 Winners of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and Nonfiction Announced This year’s Women’s Prize for Nonfiction is a book I haven’t heard too much about, but it sounds intriguing. The Finest Hotel by Lyse

TODAY: In 1929, Anne frank is born, and in 1942 she gets a diary for her birthday. If literacy is in decline, why are bookstores booming? “Bookstores are filling a social void.” | Lit Hub Bookstores Korean poets and their translators pair poetry collections with K-pop albums. | Lit Hub On Translation Did you know

A fundamental right for U.S. public library users is that of privacy. This means no one is monitoring what a patron is perusing, what they’re borrowing, or their library use history. It means that authorities cannot walk into a library and demand another user’s records; in many cases, library borrowing records are purged upon the

Today, the UK’s Women’s Prize Trust announced the winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, which “champions excellence, originality, and accessibility in women’s writing,” and is awarded to the best novel of each year written in English and published in the UK, and the winner of the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, which celebrates

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Staffers at People Magazine Share Their Favorite Queer Books And the list is pretty solid. There’s the National Book Award-winning experimental Blackouts by Justin Torres, the Nigeria-set Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde, the vampiric

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1184 BC, Troy is sacked and burned, inspiring poets for ages to come. Round two of our Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge​begins today with 50 of the greatest summer novels of all time!​| Lit Hub Thomas Levenson pushes back against anti-vaxxer arguments: “Microbial pathogens don’t participate

I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s the thing: I’ve been talking about most of the books that came to mind all year long. That’s a good thing, of course: celebration months should, after all, be gentle reminders to read lit by

Okay, hear me out. Some of us in lit-world also celebrated the Tonys this weekend, where Ragtime took the statue for Best Revival. Adapted from E.L. Doctorow’s epic novel, Ragtime joins a long, proud lineage of big Broadway musicals with literary roots. (Les Mis, anyone?) But in this literary theatre geek’s opinion—and, evidently, the voting

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Amazon’s List of the Best Books of the Year So Far I want to say that Amazon’s list of the best books of the year so far is robust because it is, in a way.

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1881, Count Leo Tolstoy sets off on a pilgrimage to a monastery disguised as a peasant. Helen Bain follows in Sylvia Plath’s footsteps from Paris to Wellesley.| Lit Hub Biography Sofia Montrone on becoming reacquainted with her grandfather through fiction: “Before I was a writer with characters of

There’s something special about the way a dual-timeline historical fiction novel connects people and stories throughout the past and present. From multi-generational tales that cover the lives of an entire family tree to novels that feature characters connected through the ages, dual- and multi-timeline novels are able to depict history in a way single timeline

In a bit of unhinged book news, an influencer has come under fire this week after attempting to trademark the slogan “Hot Girls Read.” Allie Mitrovich, the content creator behind Allie Rose Co., took to the portal on June 3rd to plant her phrase flag. The 26 year old BFA holder and beach town transplant

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. House Lawmakers Vote to Have the Power to Appoint the Librarian of Congress In the latest piece of America fighting for its ever-living soul news (because that’s exactly what a second Trump term demands), House

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1870, Charles Dickens dies.   How remaining unmarried allowed Muriel Spark’s “intellectual monster” to run free. | Lit Hub Biography Dave Eggers talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing a novel that understands visual artists (as a visual artist). | Lit Hub In Conversation Books by Andrew Sean