250 Influential Books for 250 Years of America
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Lit Hub Daily: May 7, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1812, Robert Browning is born. Sarah Moroz considers “the poignant sibling renaissance” of Ocean Vuong’s first photography...
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Unions are having a moment in publishing. Here’s why.
Yesterday, workers at the University of Chicago Press announced a plan to unionize. As Publishers Weekly reported, the UCP...
The 10 Buzziest New Books of May 2026
Summer reading season officially begins in May—don’t ask why, we don’t make the rules—and with it comes a real...
Five Publishers, Plus Bestselling Author, Sue Meta and Mark Zuckerbuerg
Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and...
Lit Hub Daily: May 6, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1940, John Steinbeck is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes...
Happiness is Within Reach! And Other Fragments of Ancient Greek Wisdom
James Romm Translates Classical Greek Poetry
In the 5th century AD, a father in the Balkan city of Stobi was...
