And the Germans who didn’t

Sally Rooney’s books, both new and old, may be unavailable in the UK due to the government’s aggressive action against those who are speaking out and taking action against Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Rooney, the bestselling Irish novelist and Millennial

Legendary Comics and Rocketship Entertainment have announced a Kickstarter for Dune: The Storyboards – Imagining the Dune Movies.

Still enough December new releases coming to do a round-up of round-ups.

Tis a truth universally acknowledged: all precocious theatre kids raised up in Western traditions meet Arcadia or Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead at some point sophomore year, then frantically try to secure the performance rights for one or the other until pushback

Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District has segregated LGBTQ+ books in the high school library, among other acts of book censorship.

Memoir Nation: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is an extension of the Memoir Nation community hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner, two friends and colleagues who bring a community-minded sensibility to the writing journey. Originally launched as Write-minded in 2018, this is

It was more than five years ago when I first heard Jeremy B. Jones talk about the journals of William Thomas Prestwood. By many accounts, Prestwood might be considered a nineteenth-century everyman—except for a handful of facts. First, Prestwood recorded daily accounts of his life, and those journals miraculously survived almost two hundred years. Second, […] The post Decoding an Ancestor’s Scandalous, Encrypted Diaries appeared first on Electric Literature.

An excerpt from The Dream of the Jaguar by Miguel Bonnefoy On the third day of his life, Antonio Borjas Romero was abandoned on the steps of a church in a street that today bears his name. No one could be sure of the precise date on which he was found. All that is known […] The post Abandoned On the Street That Will Bear His Name appeared first on Electric Literature.

From suspense in a secluded cabin to a cozy set in a bookshop, wrap up 2025 with December's latest mysteries and thrillers.

December's new romance releases include a baking reality show contemporary, a historical rollercoaster exploring brief, exciting queer romantasy, and more.

The mornings are brisker, the evenings are darker—the year is winding down. You may, like me, be reevaluating your TBR from the past year and recalling books you had meant to read when you got them but that will be

If you're looking for a quick quality read to close out the year, you'll want to check out this funny, biting crime thriller.

I have a sneaking suspicion that for many of us, 2025 has been an exceedingly difficult year. Though I can’t speak for everyone, I can say with confidence that I am not alone in my eagerness to reach January 1st, 2026. In the first year of a political reboot—which, in the grand tradition of cinematic […] The post Electric Lit’s Best Novels of 2025 appeared first on Electric Literature.

A poem

We live in a world created by capitalism. The ceaseless accumulation of capital forges the cities we inhabit, determines the way we work, allows an extraordinarily large number of people to engage in unprecedented levels of consumption, influences our politics,

At the end of each year, as I wander through bookstores in search of holiday gifts, I’m always struck by the sheer number of children’s books I haven’t yet read or even heard about. As a writer, a parent, and

The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Penguin-Random House, Hachette, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan) and their

I’m well aware that, culturally speaking, I’m supposed to care about December: month of countdowns and gift guides, of year-end lists and the sorts of last-minute, life-changing releases than instantly render year-end lists obsolete. But the end of a calendar

For two good reasons, the best journalists loathe interviewing celebrities. First, you have to get past layers of handlers, often even more arrogant and self-important than their clients. And second, after getting the get, the answers that follow are often

When the island taxi drops me off at the rickety gate of the driveway that heads to Cat’s cabin, the sun has set and the path through the woods into the cabin is dark. The driver glances at my carry-on

Let the Best of 2025 come to you.

A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. It’s a Thanksgiving-week episode, which means—hey, we’re thankful for you! Thanks for listening to

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Here are the queer books that made it onto NPR's Books We Love list, from Actress of a Certain Age to When They Burned the Butterfly.