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- Literary Hub· 2 OctHere’s what’s making us happy this week.
This week, your friendly neighborhood Lit Hub staff is feasting on a narrative diet—but not in the stacks you’d expect. October brings fresh appreciation for the time-bound object. I’m talking about the kind of art you can imbibe on your
- Literary Hub· 2 Oct10 Great Nonfiction Titles to Enjoy in October
Next month offers an incredible selection of nonfiction, including work by David Treuer, Wendy S. Walters, Thomas Frank, and more. Shop the List on Bookshop.org * Savage Mind, David Treuer David Treuer is a true triple threat as a writer:
- IndieWire· 2 OctHow Bleecker Street Endured Tragedy and Elon Musk’s Legal Threats to Have Its Hottest Year
The independent studio is deep in the awards race with "Tender Loving Care" and riding high on the success of "Hadestown: The Musical" despite the death of its founder.
- Book Riot· 2 OctThe Most Popular New Books Out October 2026
Find out which titles dominated the notable lists of new releases to be named the most popular new books out October 2026.
- Book Riot· 2 OctHow and Why to Support Independent Media: Book Censorship News, October 2, 2026
Maintaining a robust media landscape requires understanding how and why to support independent media.
- Book Riot· 2 Oct4 Fish-Out-of-Water Graphic Novels and Memoirs
These fish-out-of-water graphic novels and memoirs will take you everywhere, from Sri Lanka to NYC and beyond.
- Book Riot· 2 OctThe Most Read Books on Goodreads in September 2026
The most read books on Goodreads in September 2026 include romance, thrillers, historical fiction, and more.
- Book Riot· 2 OctFind Scary Good Reading with October’s New Horror Book Releases
New October horror releases include a school of supernatural entities, a cursed alligator farm, a sapphic take on Hamlet, and more.
- Book Riot· 2 OctBest YA Mysteries/Thrillers for Adult Readers
If you're not reading YA mysteries/thrillers, you're missing out on some of the best of the genre. Here's where adult readers can get started.
- Book Riot· 2 OctWhat are You Reading in October?
What did you read in September, and what's on your TBR for October? How is your 2026 Read Harder Challenge progress going? Let's talk about it!
- Literary Hub· 2 OctThe Beautiful Plain
Laura didn’t remember moving to Platte, Nebraska. She had only been three when her father took the job of planning commissioner for the county. Nor did she remember a moment when Carrie wasn’t her closest friend. Even though Carrie was
- Literary Hub· 2 OctHow the American Media Manipulated the Public to Support War in Iraq
For years, mainstream media have parroted the language of their own governments, and that of lsrael, with little critical coverage of or challenge to the dominant political narrative in the West. Palestinians have been systematically dehumanized, along with the broader
- Literary Hub· 2 Oct“You Have to Love It.” Brittany Cavallaro on Writing for Young Adults
Like Sylvie, the protagonist of my new novel, Wayfarers, I grew up in downstate cornfield Illinois, where I was an odd duck in a small pond. I was always reading, always writing. Poetry, and stories, and two-hundred page novels about
- Literary Hub· 2 OctHow Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America
George Bailey is more Christmas than Santa Claus. And yes, they are in competition with each other. Whenever one TV station is playing It’s a Wonderful Life, you can bet that our country’s other black-and-white holiday classic, Miracle on 34th
- Literary Hub· 2 OctDo Smartphones Belong in Fiction?
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. The novel has always been obsessed with technology. You can trace realist fiction’s evolution along advances in religion, banking, engines, and cities, because all of these technologies changed how we
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