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A content creator tried to trademark “Hot Girls Read.” BookTok clapped back.

Lit Hub Daily: June 9, 2026

Dave Eggers on Writing a Sprawling Novel of Art and Artists

An “Intellectual Monster…” Why Muriel Spark Never Married

What’s in a Book’s Name? One Writer’s Journey to Finding the Perfect Title

Lauren Acompora 7 Books About Deep Human-Animal Connections

Grief, Rage, and Restraint: Zinzi Clemmons on Telling Her Own Story

“Effaced…” A Poem by Jawdat Fakhreddine

Villa Coco

Andrew Sean Greer, Dave Eggers, Leila Slimani, and more: 23 new books out today!

Here are the winners of this year’s Bram Stoker Awards.

Here are the winners of the 61st Annual Nebula Awards.

Lit Hub Daily: June 8, 2026

Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: On the Environmental Vision of Rachel Carson

A Child’s World: Sloane Crosley on the Short Fiction of Katherine Mansfield

A Poet on the Factory Floor: On Daily Life in China’s Industrial Centers

In Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility You Can Be “Demure and Brat All at Once”

Did You Know FDR Was Present For the Most Famous At-Bat in Baseball History?

Leander Schaerlaeckens Recommends 5 Books to Better Understand the World Cup

This Week in Literary History: Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita premieres in New York.

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