Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation has announced the shortlist for Ursula K. for fiction. Le Guin Awardwhich awards $25,000 annually to the author of the book that best represents the literary, moral, and aesthetic ideals of the great writer: “realists of a larger reality, who can imagine real grounds for hope and see alternatives to
Vanessa Miller recommends Sadequa Johnson, Rashonda Tate, Vanessa Riley and more Through historical fiction, many BIOPOC writers help reclaim the voices of our past and ensure these sheroes Finally recognized and celebrated. These works collectively highlight multiple dimensions of equality: cultural, economic, artistic, personal, and legal. He even inspired my own novel, Ladies HallWhich is
It stars Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett, Andrew Sean Greer and others Maggie O’Farrell’s landAnn Patchett’s Whistlerand Andrew Sean Greer Villa Coco All of these are among the best-reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. land By Maggie O’Farrell(knopf) 14 revs • 1 positive
American author Ben Lerner has won this year’s Orwell Prize for political fiction for Transcription, a novel that explores technology and memory. In nonfiction, the award went to Karen Bartlett for The Escape from Kabul, based on Afghan women lawyers who are endangered after the fall of Kabul in 2021. Award, which aims to highlight
The Middle East as a geopolitical region is generally defined as the countries of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the countries of North Africa and parts of West Asia. As the focal point of convergence of Africa, Asia, and Europe and the cradle of some of the earliest recorded civilizations, the region has a
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers For fiction, generously provided, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores across the country American Booksellers Association. Compiled, designed and distributed by The Independent Publishers Caucus. Article continues after ad * 1. disaster club By Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)2. harvest season (The Seasons of
Every Pride month, I try to pack my reading list with as many LGBTQ+ books as possible. Not that I don’t read a lot of weird books the rest of the year, but I always love an excuse to read some themed books. There are countless LGBTQ+ historical fiction books I could recommend — and
AT33, French author Edouard Louis has already seen all seven of his slim novels translated into English. In his breakout debut, The End of Eddy (2017), and then in Change (2024), he wrote about the bullied gay son of a promising kid from a poor family who becomes a bestselling author. Several of his other
Last night, at a ceremony, the New York Public Library announced the winner of its Young Lions Fiction AwardWhich celebrates fiction by writers aged 35 and under. this year’s winner is carrie r moore For make your way home; She will take home a $10,000 purse. This year’s judges were Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya, Raven Leilani
JWhen I was about to interview this year’s Women’s Prize winner, the first American novelist Virginia Evans, at a drizzly evening party on a London leafy square, we were interrupted because someone wanted to congratulate her. The fan is Richard Curtis. A warm-hearted cry with a sprinkle of gentle humor, Evans’s award-winning novel The Correspondent