AFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt can tell you that AI is hard to sell these days. Last month, he tried to talk about the AI revolution during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona and was booed by students about to enter the AI-ridden job market. His restlessness was telling. Schmidt isn’t the only
TeaThree years ago, in a greasy spoon on the edge of downtown London, M. John Harrison – Mike to his friends – told me about a novel he was working on. Rather than describing its plot or characters, he talked purely about the challenge that the book presented to him as a writer. He said,
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the biggest headlines from last week, including the hottest summer books, an AI chatbot in Google Play Books, the winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards, and more. The hottest summer reads of
pinnacle by Abir Mukherjee (Harvill, £16.99)In the Mumbai apartment block of the same name, the ultra-rich and the people who serve them coexist, but worlds apart. Endangered American actor George Abercrombie, married to superstar Sweety Sahota, finds himself advertising Indian whiskey while his younger wife’s acting career takes off at breakneck speed. Waking up on
There is a new book in the top five this week, but it’s not released in 2026. 2022 romance after every summer A Prime Video TV series was recently created by Carly Fortune, increasing its popularity. This is a great time, as summer romance is in high demand this time of year. All you need
YYou can take two seemingly contradictory lessons from historian David Turner’s new book on disability in the UK. First, worryingly little has changed for disabled people since the beginning of the modern era (the book’s first few stories, about 17th-century men and women trying to prove they were disabled enough to receive parish support to
Blackstone Publishing and Hillary Davidson Jackie Swift makes every effort to succeed. While at work, she lies to protect shady clients at a shady PR firm. At home, she helps her younger sister, Maddie, avoid the consequences of the dangerous choices she makes about friends and drugs. After Maddy runs away from Jackie’s old boss’s
Biography this dark night by Deborah Lutz In her lyrical new biography, Lutz sheds light on the most mysterious literary, solitary Brontë sister: Emily. She was described as introverted, awkward, guarded to the point of reticence, and her “extreme restraint seemed impenetrable”, said her friend Ellen Nussey. “Except to go to church or for a
Everything is so noisy these days, so sometimes kids (and adults) need a good book or five to take them away from the noise. A book with a great story and magical events, but not a lot of action or serious situations. Welcome to the world of cool fantasy! Here are five low-risk fantasies of
It stars Isabelle Weidner, Danielle Allen, Amitav Ghosh and others Isabelle Weidner’s As ifDanielle Allen’s radical dukeand Amitav Ghosh’s ghost eye All of these are among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Imagination 1. As if by Isabelle Weidner(FSG) 4 rave •