Gwendoline Riley Would Prefer You Resist Assuming Her Life Is Like Her Books
The British author Gwendoline Riley may be as emotionally guarded as the women in her novels, which have caught on in America.…
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Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
The name of the game this week is games and growth. We at Lit Hub are splitting the biscuit between…
This week’s news in Venn diagrams.
I’ve been one of the folks running out Best Literary Film Adaptation bracket this week—have you voted yet?—and…
One great poem to read today: Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays”
This April marks the 30th iteration of National Poetry Month, which was launched by the Academy of American…
What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Five
60 down, and four remain after yesterday’s voting, and it seems like Lit Hub’s bracket voters have a…
Lit Hub Daily: April 17, 2026
Four films remain in our Best Literary Adaptations bracket! Want to push your favorites to the finals? Get…
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Maria Semple’s Go Gentle, Gwendoline Riley’s The Palm House, Antony Beevor’s Rasputin, and Lena Dunham’s Famesick all feature…
Great Books to Bring Young Readers Into the Wilderness
The author of “A Wolf Called Wander” recommends titles old and new, fantastical and true, that celebrate the…
Lena Dunham Takes to Her Bed to Promote Her Memoir, “Famesick.”
Forget demure conversations in spindly chairs. To promote “Famesick,” a new memoir, she’s taken to her bed and…
Book Review: New Fantasy Books
Our columnist reviews this season’s new books.…