In case you missed it, Brittany Allen recaps the Hot Girls Read drama.
https://lithub.com/a-content-creator-tried-to-trademark-hot-girls-read-booktok-clapped-back/

Perfect for lit lovers who double as Broadway fans.
https://lithub.com/seven-modern-novels-that-would-make-excellent-musicals/

”It’s been seven hours and thirty-­five days since he took his love away.” Read “Authority” from Sarah Braunstein’s new collection, Baby in a Box.
https://lithub.com/authority/

Claire Fuller explores what writers can learn from sculpting.
https://lithub.com/claire-fuller-on-taking-writing-lessons-from-sculpting/

How sitting on the judge’s bench opened Jacqueline St. Joan to a “heightened awareness of language.”
https://lithub.com/between-verdict-and-voice-from-judge-to-writer/

How classical writers studied the bees of antiquity.
https://lithub.com/what-ancient-writers-understood-about-bees/

David S. Reynolds explores what you don’t know about the Mayflower Puritans.
https://lithub.com/who-were-the-mayflower-puritans-and-did-you-know-they-came-from-a-town-called-scrooby/

Mali D. Collins on Black motherhood and “communing with scraps.”
https://lithub.com/sneaking-the-scraps-out-the-back-door-on-black-feminist-traditions-of-memory-keeping/

These poetry collections are perfect to pair with your K-pop.
http://lithub.com/reading-korean-poetry-through-music

Deb Olin Unferth’s Earth 7, Andrea Wulf’s The Traveler, and Dave Eggers’ Contrapposto all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.
https://bookmarks.reviews/the-best-reviewed-books-of-the-week-6-12-2026/