Literature

November 8, 2024, 6:12pm I’m no pundit, but I think one reason Why We’re Here has to do with a pervasive lack of reading comprehension and media literacy. I’m not sure how else you get a result where ballot measures protecting abortion rights are passing, while the candidate who has done more to imperil abortion

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and social channels. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone. In October 2021, I put

This past Tuesday we had something like a repeat of what happened in America eight years ago when, against expectations, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. Then, as now, it felt terrifying and revealing—not of any particular American “dark side,” which has been hiding in plain sight from this country’s inception, but of the willingness of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Dorothy Allison, Author of Bastard Out of Carolina, Dies at Age 75 Though her second novel, Cavedweller was

TODAY: In 1899, Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya premieres at the Moscow Art Theatre.  “To be a mother was what a girl wanted then, and I did not.” Honor Moore on motherhood as a choice, not a destiny. | Lit Hub Memoir Dai George explains how Dylan Thomas made “the avant-garde sexy and immersive like no

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Sales Surge for Dystopian Books The Handmaid’s Tale. On Tyranny. Men Explain Things to Me. These are the

There is so much to complain about in the book world at the current moment, from Amazon’s stranglehold on book retail to the increasing usage of generative AI to replace writers and artists of all kinds. But you’re reading this column on Thursday; I turned it in on Tuesday, Election Day. I have no idea

The Goodreads editors are back at it again, number crunching and bringing us all the interesting user data from their 125+ million members. This latest list looks at popular books published from 2014-2023, but there’s a bit of a twist—the list doesn’t look at how well these books did when they were first published. Rather,

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1856, Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by George Eliot, is submitted for publication.  “It flattens all queer art into the nebulous category of ‘pornography.’” Project 2025 is going to have devastating effects on our freedom to read the books we want

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. 15 Stress-Free Reads When you want the literary equivalent of a weighted blanket, reach for one of these. Celebs: They’re Just Like Us Paparazzi is a net negative in the world, but it does occasionally

November 6, 2024, 2:30pm It’s an ugly day, and I’m finding it hard to face what’s next. The clarity is jarring and immense, and the fear, grief, and rage are feeling larger than I can hold. I’m reminding myself continually that I cannot and should not hold it alone. It’s important to get together —

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It was late evening, in early October, in the place that wears it best: Sleepy Hollow, of Headless Horseman fame. Our tour group of twenty or so was gathered in the town’s colossal cemetery, watching as our guide shined a flashlight over the figure of a woman, draped across a marble mausoleum. “She isn’t meant

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Let’s keep it light on election day with some pleasant diversions. Calgon, Take Me Away I’ll let the NYT‘s Jennifer Harlan speak for all of us here: When the real world gets to be too

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1940, Charles Lindbergh is elected president, beating out Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America.  On Election Day, here’s a look at some of the most pressing everyday issues facing Americans: income inequality, the fight for decent jobs, reproductive rights, the climate

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For the past few weeks, Literary Hub has been going beyond the memes for an in-depth look at the everyday issues affecting Americans as they head to the polls tomorrow. We’ve featured reading lists, essays, and interviews on important topics like income inequality, health care, gun culture, and more. For a better handle on the

Masquerade by Mike Fu Between Shanghai and New York, a curious story involving an artist and a bartender takes place. Let’s start with Meadow Liu, who is newly single, the aforementioned bartender, and house-sitting for his artist friend Selma. When he stumbles upon a book titled The Masquerade, about a masked ball that took place in