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80 dispatches, newest first, arranged by month.

November 2026

67 stories
  1. FictionThis Impossible LifeFiction
  2. FictionAnnie Proulx, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Maddow, and more: 20 new books out today!Fiction
  3. Writing & PublishingKaren Olsson on Writing About the Endangered Species of South TexasWriting & Publishing
  4. Writing & PublishingWhy Do We Sing?Writing & Publishing
  5. InterviewsLit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong AnswersInterviews
  6. Interviews“Hello Daughter”Interviews
  7. FictionWatching The Librarians With Librarians During Banned Books WeekFiction
  8. Fiction17 Books About Native American Culture to Read This NovemberFiction
  9. Writing & PublishingWhat It Means To Be a Basque WriterWriting & Publishing
  10. FictionOlivia Laing on Chronicling the World of 1970s Italian CinemaFiction
  11. Writing & PublishingWriting Iran’s January Massacre in a Non-Mother TongueWriting & Publishing
  12. NonfictionThis Week in Literary History: America’s First Lending Library Gets its First Ten MembersNonfiction
  13. Writing & PublishingHow Online Fandom Made Me a WriterWriting & Publishing
  14. FictionWhat is the Best Literary TV Adaptation of All Time?Fiction
  15. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 9, 2026Fiction
  16. FictionYou can now buy the ashes of Truman Capote’s dogFiction
  17. FictionM. John Harrison’s The End of Everything has won the 2026 Booker PrizeFiction
  18. FictionLit Hub Weekly: November 2 – 6, 2026Fiction
  19. Lists & GuidesWhat Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the WeekLists & Guides
  20. Writing & PublishingPriyanka Kumar on Incorporating Art Into Her Nature WritingWriting & Publishing
  21. Poetry”Arabic Music,” a Poem by Mahmoud DarwishPoetry
  22. InterviewsHow Neuroscience Can Give Paralyzed People The Chance to Speak AgainInterviews
  23. FictionWho Gets to Write About Ordinary Life?Fiction
  24. FictionScience Friction: An Argument for More Sex in Sci-FiFiction
  25. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 6, 2026Fiction
  26. Lists & GuidesTake the n+1 bookmatch quiz and know thyselfLists & Guides
  27. PoetryThe Queens Public Library system is being held for ransomPoetry
  28. FictionThe Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: NonfictionFiction
  29. Writing & PublishingRemember the BeesWriting & Publishing
  30. Writing & PublishingAm I the Asshole For Quitting My Book Club Because They Read Too Many Genre Books?Writing & Publishing
  31. FictionZZ Packer and Nafkote Tamirat on France’s Ongoing Student ProtestsFiction
  32. Fiction5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This WeekFiction
  33. Writing & PublishingOn Falling In and Out of Love With Dead Artists as an Art HistorianWriting & Publishing
  34. FictionInside Eudora Welty’s Home in Jackson, MississippiFiction
  35. FictionA Dystopia For Our Times: On Alan Moore’s V for VendettaFiction
  36. PoetryHanif Abdurraqib on the Lessons of June JordanPoetry
  37. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 5, 2026Fiction
  38. FictionHere’s the winner of the 2026 American Library in Paris Book AwardFiction
  39. NonfictionThe Pioneering Journalist Who Met With Nazi War Criminals Ahead of Their ProsecutionNonfiction
  40. PoetryBuilding a Community of Imposters: What It Means To Be a Literary Translator TodayPoetry
  41. FictionPlease Don’t Put in the Novel That I Died: Olivia Manning’s (Lightly) Fictionalized NovelsFiction
  42. FictionRy Herman on Finding Inspiration in Queer FairytalesFiction
  43. Writing & PublishingOn Self-Doubt, Self-Worth, and How to Manage Your Self-Esteem as a WriterWriting & Publishing
  44. FictionThe Olfactory History of Book CollectingFiction
  45. Writing & PublishingA Syllabus for Attention: Megan Mayhew on John Elder’s Reading LifeWriting & Publishing
  46. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 4, 2026Fiction
  47. Writing & PublishingHow did libraries do at the polls last night? (Spoiler alert: Big wins in the stacks!)Writing & Publishing
  48. FictionChina Miéville has won the 2026 Goldsmiths PrizeFiction
  49. FictionLouise Kennedy, Tom Drury, Elizabeth McCracken, and more: 20 new books out today!Fiction
  50. Writing & Publishing“Hyena Boys”Writing & Publishing
  51. FictionHow Derek Walcott’s Postcolonial Epic Helped Me Write My NovelFiction
  52. FictionMary Beth Keane on Writing a Novel of the Irish DiasporaFiction
  53. InterviewsOn the Film NAZA and the Ethics of Documentary ArtInterviews
  54. Poetry“Mirror,” a Poem by Jana PrikrylPoetry
  55. Writing & PublishingHow J.R.R. Tolkien’s Strong Catholic Faith Influenced His WritingWriting & Publishing
  56. Writing & PublishingWhat Fly Fishing Taught Me About Writing FictionWriting & Publishing
  57. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 3, 2026Fiction
  58. Writing & PublishingNatasha Trethewey on the essential teachings of John Edgar WidemanWriting & Publishing
  59. FictionThe Shared Life of Egan and LucianFiction
  60. FictionThis Week in Literary History: Sinclair Lewis Wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureFiction
  61. FictionTough Days and Good Laughs: 10 New Children’s Books Out This NovemberFiction
  62. FictionThe Ghostly and the Real: On Spirit Worlds in African LiteratureFiction
  63. Lists & GuidesVampiric Broodmothers, Gig-Economy Ghosts, and Medieval Abortionists: November’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy BooksLists & Guides
  64. PoetryGlass Skulls, Luminosity, Soup, and Other Miracles: New Poetry to Read This NovemberPoetry
  65. Fiction10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Read in NovemberFiction
  66. FictionMegan Nolan on Agnes Owens’s A Working Mother, an Ode to Working Class ScotlandFiction
  67. FictionLit Hub Daily: November 2, 2026Fiction

October 2026

13 stories
  1. FictionLit Hub Weekly: October 26 – 30, 2026Fiction
  2. FictionOctober’s Best Reviewed FictionFiction
  3. FictionFrom Shakespeare to Tigers, 17 books out in paperback this NovemberFiction
  4. Writing & PublishingHow Is Writing Like Nursing?Writing & Publishing
  5. FictionThe Literary Film & TV You Need to Stream in NovemberFiction
  6. Lists & GuidesThe 10 Best Book Covers of OctoberLists & Guides
  7. FictionArtificial Intelligence is a Horror StoryFiction
  8. PoetryNo One Really Drives Away from Anything in Horror FilmsPoetry
  9. FictionAn Interrogation of Reality: On the Legacy of Blade RunnerFiction
  10. Writing & PublishingIf Salvador Dalí Died in 1989, Then Why Can He Still Take a Selfie With You?Writing & Publishing
  11. FictionLit Hub Daily: October 30, 2026Fiction
  12. Writing & PublishingAndreas Malm has been barred from entering the UK over his solidarity with PalestineWriting & Publishing
  13. FictionWhy is serial fiction having a moment?Fiction