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08/06/2025

The summer is a great time for reflection and some of the best books to put you in that space are those with coming-of-age narratives.

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08/05/2025

If you’re watching HBO’s The Yogurt Shop Murders, don’t miss WHO KILLED THESE GIRLS? by Beverly Lowry—the most comprehensive nonfiction account of the 1991 Austin case.

Get the full story beyond the series.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/204569/who-killed-these-girls-by-beverly-lowry/

07/29/2025

It’s here! 🌟 THE WINDS FROM THE FURTHER WEST by Alexander McCall Smith is now available in the US.

When Dr. Neil Anderson’s seemingly perfect life in Edinburgh suddenly falls apart, he flees to a remote Scottish island — where two mysterious wolf cubs and a new love might just help him start again.

A novel of hope, fresh starts, and the wild magic of the Isle of Mull — perfect for fans of heartfelt storytelling and unforgettable characters.
Pick up your copy now: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/776160/the-winds-from-further-west-by-alexander-mccall-smith/

07/29/2025

Happy pub day to SLOPPY by Rax King — a riotously funny, painfully honest essay collection about the bad habits that stick to us like glitter. Shoplifting from Brandy Melville, quitting drinking (but not chaos), over-spending, making up stories just to see if you can get away with it — Rax bares it all with her signature wit and warmth.

Embrace the mess. Order now and get sloppy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/751421/sloppy-by-rax-king/

07/28/2025

From acclaimed author Linn Ullmann, GIRL, 1983 is a devastating and genre-defying quest through layers of memory and oblivion across New York, Paris, and Oslo. A girl of sixteen. A man thirty years older. Decades later, she returns to the past in a raw and haunting exposure of beauty and forgetting, desire and shame, power and powerlessness.

If you're new to Ullmann's work, STELLA DESCENDING is where her spellbinding style first mesmerized readers. A woman falls from a balcony—was it an accident, a su***de, or something far more disturbing? Through shifting perspectives and psychological depth, Ullmann peels back the layers of mystery and perception.

📖 GIRL, 1983 is available now wherever books are sold. Rediscover STELLA DESCENDING—a modern classic not to be missed.

07/25/2025

✨Cover reveal!✨

Born into British aristocracy as one of the larger-than-life—often infamous—Mitford sisters, Jessica “Decca” Mitford first ran away to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War, then to America to lead a life of radical activism.

DECCA: The Letters of Jessica Mitford is a fearless and wickedly funny collection of her personal correspondence with figures from Maya Angelou and Betty Friedan to her sister, author Nancy Mitford.

A political firebrand, a literary troublemaker, and ever the embodiment of sharp wit and uncompromising truth, Decca’s words crackle with humor, insight, and mischief. You won't regret the deep dive.

💌 On sale 8/26/25
📚 Pre-order now at the link in bio.

07/24/2025

Claire Messud reads “Lo**ta” on its 70th anniversary, in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
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Claire Messud reads “Lo**ta” on its 70th anniversary, in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”

07/23/2025

Enter for a chance to win THE EL!
Step inside Chicago’s streets in this gritty, heart-filled novel about friendship, survival, and found family. Don’t miss your chance to experience one unforgettable day in 1979—enter now!

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We’re thrilled to share The El, a powerful, semi-autobiographical novel from the co-editor of ...

07/23/2025

"The covers, while honoring Nabokov, are also very Kim, who is also a painter, and whose recent covers often experiment with thick hand-painted lines. It must also be said that we here at the blog factory officially approve of the choice of background color: Long live Lit Hub beige." via Literary Hub

There have been a few great covers for Vladimir Nabokov’s Lo**ta. There have also been a lot of bad ones. It makes sense: it’s a difficult book to represent—which means that when it& #82…

07/18/2025

In this episode of NPR Throughline, they discuss the life and work of Edward W. Said: the story of the man who pushed for recognition of the Palestinian perspective, the pushback he faced, and the dangers he foresaw.

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/17/1255812253/edward-said-question-of-palestine

Via NPR Podcasts

Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more than two decades after his death, pro-Palestine student protesters on that campus and others have invoked his name. Meanwhile, his interviews circulate on...