Electric Literature

Electric Literature is a nonprofit digital publisher with the mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. We're committed to publishing work that is intelligent and unpretentious, elevating new voices, and examining how literature and storytelling can help illuminate social justice issues and current events. We are particularly interested in writing that operates at the intersection of different cultures, genres, and media.

Electric Lit's Favorite Novels of 2020

Electric Lit’s Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020

Electric Lit’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Books Excerpted in Recommended Reading in 2020

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Books About Glamorous Messes VIEW LIST (6 BOOKS)
Books about Refugees VIEW LIST (9 BOOKS)
Books About Being Queer in a Country Where It’s Illegal VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)

Small Press Books You Might Have Missed

The Most Anticipated Debuts of Early 2020

Novels Set in Toronto VIEW LIST (6 BOOKS)
Fantasy Novels by Trans and Nonbinary Authors VIEW LIST (7 BOOKS)
Dark Fairy Tale Retellings VIEW LIST (9 BOOKS)
Books That Were Written on a Bet VIEW LIST (6 BOOKS)

Brilliant Short Novels You Can Read in a Sitting

Electric Literature's Recommended Reading 2020 VIEW LIST (6 BOOKS)

Electric Literature's Recommended Reading 2019

Electric Lit Virtual Salons VIEW LIST (21 BOOKS)

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Electric Literature's Top Novels of 2019

Electric Lit's Top Story Collections of 2019

Electric Literature's Top Nonfiction Books of 2019

New Books That Celebrate Black Lives

Fictional Hotels for Your Fictional Vacation

Nonfiction Books on Why We Need to Defund the Police

Anti-Capitalist Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels