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Lit Hub Recommends: Robot Facts and Polyamory


Laura asks: I'm requesting recommendations for myself, my spouse and my metamour. We're polyamorous, as are many of our friends, and I'm looking for fiction that explores of at least…

December 2025 Members-Only Email


Dear Lit Hub Member,
 
You’re receiving this email because you were kind enough to make a financial contribution to Literary Hub—thank you! Just to remind you, once a month…

Lit Hub Recommends: Lightning-in-a-Bottle Books


Jeff asks: I am looking for literary fiction that knows how to use language to entangle and disable me for days on end. Deep character development, plot that takes its…

Lit Hub Recommends: Vibrant and Gorgeous and Gripping


Terri asks: Currently, I’m re-reading Middlemarch, and while I’m enjoying it, I’m ready to get to the end. I love historical fiction. I love writers like Paulette Jiles (but…

Lit Hub Recommends: Books That Make You Happy to Be Alive


Evelyn asks: Many nights, I read aloud to my disabled adult son before bedtime. We need books that read well aloud, that have short chapters, and that don’t set your…

Lit Hub Recommends: History Told as Romance


Suzanne asks: I teach in Kent State's Multidisciplinary School, and I aim to constantly refresh my students’ readings with materials that embody a nexus of perspectives, approaches, themes, and driving…

Lit Hub Recommends: Fiction for Stress Relief


Charlie asks: My wife, Karen, has very conservative tastes in fiction. Jan Karon's Mitford series comes to mind. Karen is very troubled (as are many of us) by the actions…