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250 Influential Books for 250 Years of America

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Today’s stories include a...

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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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for May 6, 2026

Today’s Featured Book Deals$2.99The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran DesaiGet This Deal$7.99The Astral Library by Kate QuinnGet...

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...