Lit Hub Daily: August 1, 2023

Lit Hub Daily

Aug 1

TODAY: In 1996, George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones is published.

Ann Patchett on her writing routine, her best teacher, and picking what to read next. | Lit Hub Questionnaire
27 new books to kick off your August. | The Hub
"By learning about wine, you can learn almost anything." Michelle Wildgen extols the joys of food-centered fiction. | Lit Hub Food
Mindy Mejia on writing a thriller featuring an atmospheric physicist… while knowing little to nothing about physics. | Lit Hub Science
"It is inconceivable to me that love ends." Rebecca Sacks on fictionalizing her love story with an Israeli solider. | Lit Hub
"The 8th Note Press news seems more ominous coming at a time of declining book sales, publishing layoffs, and crumbling social platforms." Tajja Isen on TikTok's new publishing venture. | The Walrus
Grace Lavery writes about three recent books from the "gender critical" movement. | Los Angeles Review of Books
"Short of abandoning the genre altogether, as Shields recommended in 2010, today a novel ought to help save the world." Jessi Jezewska Stevens on "post-postfiction." | The Point
Greta Rainbow looks at the gamification of reading at the beige books site. | Shondaland
Alhelí Harvey considers fictional depictions of dreary dystopias and digital loneliness. | Public Books

Also on Lit Hub: 7 new poetry books to read in August • Jimin Han on filling narrative blank spaces • Read from Edan Lepucki's latest novel, Time's Mouth