In the summer of 2024, burning with anger about my place in Hollywood, where I felt I was treated as a diversity project, not as someone with credible talent, I chose Vanity Fair By William Makepeace Thackeray. Article continues after ad I picked it up because of the cover, which depicted a British aristocrat falling
author of You will not be free from this Lit Hub takes questionnaire Rachel Aviv’s new book, You will not be free from this, Now Alfred A. Available from Knopf, so we asked him a few questions about writer’s block, writing routines, favorite books, and more. * What was the first book you fell in
We learned about the most popular thriller audiobooks being checked out on the Libby app, which serves more than 22,000 public libraries across the US. Before we get to the current list, We saw similar data last October, except it looked at e-books, not audiobooks. The lists are largely identical except for a few switcheroos
You think you know there are a lot of books, and then you try to pick out some non-fiction titles that come out in July and then you realize there are a lot of books. Here are some notable non-fiction books coming out this month: consideration of beauty by angelica glass – I’m reading it
We have officially passed the halfway point of 2026. It’s always that time of year when I really start to take stock of what’s working and what’s not in my reading life. This gives me a chance to think about where and how I can make adjustments as the rest of the year begins. Fall
Hello July! Yes, we’re now at the halfway point of the year, which makes it a good time to reflect on the new books that have filled our reading lives over the past six months. As always, a lot of this has been science fiction and fantasy for me and other book rioters. Already, it’s
Maris Kreizman on the joy (and pain) of downsizing “Books make me so crazy.” This is what my friend, who works part-time as a mover, told me when she found out that my husband and I had found a new place to live and I had a lot of books I needed to pack. A
We’re past the halfway mark of the year, and it’s already been a great one for middle-grade books. With dozens of great new stories each month, it’s hard to narrow it down to the best stories of the year so far – but there are some truly extraordinary stories that readers of all ages shouldn’t
In 1985 Allen Ginsberg sat down his friend, a 17-year-old gay boy named Peter Hale, and gave some advice: “Get a wife, settle down, and have kids.” At that time, Hale was enrolled in a summer program Naropa UniversityA Buddhist-inspired college where the 59-year-old Ginsburg ran a writing program. “He told me not to live
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