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What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

What Age-Gap Relationships Reveal About Power, Sex, Love, and Desire

Hattie Williams on Novels by Kirsten Reed, Coco Mellors, Jenny Erpenbeck, and More

By Hattie Williams | July 14, 2025

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Jonathan Parks-Ramage Explores Brilliantly Bad Fetes in Books by Edward St. Aubyn, Raven Leilani, Deborah Eisenberg, and Others

By Jonathan Parks-Ramage | June 10, 2025

Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

Five Novels About Coming of Age When You’re Old Enough to Know Better

Emily Everett Recommends Louise Kennedy, Raven Leilani, Rowan Beaird, and More

By Emily Everett | April 18, 2025

How to Write a Good Sex Scene

How to Write a Good Sex Scene

25 Writers on the Hardest (Sorry) Literary Technique

By Emily Temple | February 11, 2025

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

“We Need to Be Rigorous in Defending Our Experiences of Art.” Chris Knapp Talks to Andrew Martin

The Author of “States of Emergency” on Creating Realistic Relationships and the Idea of Universality

By Andrew Martin | December 20, 2024

What's the deal with Book Girl Summer?

What's the deal with Book Girl Summer?

By Brittany Allen | June 21, 2024

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You’ll Need More Than That Reverse Cowgirl: The Craft of Writing (Actually) Good Sex Scenes

By Yael van der Wouden | May 28, 2024

7 great love stories for cynics.

By Emily Temple | February 12, 2024

Amanda Montei on Seven Novels That Explore Consent and Coercion

By Amanda Montei | October 9, 2023

The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the

The New Sex Writing: In Praise of the "Idiotic Erotic"

Tamara Faith Berger on Letting the Sluts Speak

By Tamara Faith Berger | July 26, 2023

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Publishing On and Off the Page: A Reading List of Books About Book People

Jane L. Rosen Recommends Steven Rowley, Tia Williams, and More

By Jane L. Rosen | May 26, 2023

The Books We Need Now: A Reading List of Heroines Who Are Hot Messes

The Books We Need Now: A Reading List of Heroines Who Are Hot Messes

Justine Sullivan Recommends Meg Mason, Nikki May, and more

By Justine Sullivan | March 24, 2023

Good books for bad moods.

Good books for bad moods.

By Emily Temple | August 8, 2022

Our 15 Favorite Summery Novels for Summer Reading

Our 15 Favorite Summery Novels for Summer Reading

This Year and Every Year, As Recommended by Lit Hub Staff

By Emily Temple | June 14, 2022

No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

No Tense Like the Present: Novels That Embrace the Immediate

Anna Dorn Advocates for Bringing the Reader Along on the Journey

By Anna Dorn | June 8, 2022

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

From Eve Babitz to Raven Leilani, Readings on Solipsistic, Transformative Love

Lillian Fishman Recommends a Particular Kind of Absorbing Love Story

By Lillian Fishman | May 25, 2022

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