2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (247+ words) Literary Hub Lit Hub Weekly: June 8 - 12, 2026 THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET - Helen Bain follows in Sylvia Plath's footsteps from Paris to Wellesley. | Lit Hub Biography - Dave Eggers talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing a novel that understands visual artists…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (353+ words) People in pain or fear searched for language that might make sense of what had happened. Soon I heard its music in the courtroom'voices, cadences, refrains. At the end of every trial, I read the jury instructions aloud, page after…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (215+ words) She didn't hesitate. "Not gonna happen," she said twice, shaking her head. I wanted to believe her. I still do. But I've been turning that contrast over ever since. The numbers bear this out. According to a 2025 Pew Research survey,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (347+ words) Deb Olin Unferth's'Earth 7, Andrea Wulf's'The Traveler, and Dave Eggers's Contrapposto'all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by'Book Marks, Lit Hub's home for book reviews. 1.'Earth 7'by Deb Olin Unferth (Graywolf) "Unferth follows her madcap…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1979+ words) Maria Prince would dislike the gun. She'd want Josephine to get laid, but not by a pig. Today Josephine accepts his eye contact. The man comes to her table to introduce himself. "Oliver Key," and they shake, firmly, as if…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (207+ words) Literary Hub Here are the winners of the 2026 Women's Prizes in Fiction and Nonfiction. 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…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (60+ words) Literary Hub The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction For the week ending June 7, 2026 Here are this week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled,…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (135+ words) I'm no fool. I know that lists are not the most intellectually rigorous form of book criticism but I also know they get lots of clicks. And given that I spend a great deal of time in this column griping…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (46+ words) Literary Hub Here are this week's Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed, and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus....

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (337+ words) Our flock of fabulous reviews this week includes Scaachi Khol on Jill Biden's View From the East Wing, Lincoln Michel on Deb Olin Unferth's Earth 7, Michael Faber on M. John Harrison's The End of Everything, William T. Vollmann on James Ellroy's Red…...