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The Annotated Nightstand: What Rachel Khong is Reading Now, And Next

One great poem to read today: Alejandra Pizarnik’s “[All night I hear the noise of water sobbing.]”

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Four

It’s Getting Harder to Spot AI in Contemporary Publishing. And That’s Very, Very Bad.

Lit Hub Daily: April 16, 2026

How Parks and Recreation Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

Polly Barton on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Hell of Solitude

A Linguistic and Philosophical Tapestry: Suchitra Ramachandran on Jeyamohan’s The Abyss

The Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction

The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Nonfiction

Chris Hadfield on Final Orbit, Artemis II, and the Future of Space

Here are the winners of the 2026 Whiting Award for Emerging Writers.

Here are the winners of the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.

The Center for the Art of Translation is getting a permanent home in San Francisco.

Are these most influential novelists of 2026?

One great poem to read today: Sam Riviere’s “Myself Included”

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? Day Three

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