r/literature is a subreddit with 2.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses literature, looking for, books, reading, and hard time.
Welcome to /r/literature, a community for deeper discussions of plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. Discussions of literary criticism, literary history, literary theory, and critical theory are welcome.
We are not /r/books: please do not use this sub to seek book recommendations or homework help.
Popular Themes in r/literature
#1
Advice Requests
: "Which Russian writer do you believe is the most underestimated?"
8 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "I used to read 30 books a year... and then... its zero"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/literature
#1
Literature
: "Do you read non-Literature?"
45 posts
#2
Looking For
27 posts
#3
Books
: "What Books work as rorschach-tests of their readers?"
23 posts
#4
Reading
: "I went from age 17 to 30 without Reading a book. I read 27 and 1/2 in the last year. Here’s what I read."
20 posts
#5
Hard Time
12 posts
#6
Fiction
: "Explaining the value of reading Fiction"
12 posts
#7
Classics
: "Classics I’ve read after 4 months in 2026"
12 posts
#8
Hate
11 posts
#9
Worst
10 posts
#10
Writing
: "What makes interiority "good" in your reading experience?"
10 posts
Flair Used in r/literature
#1
Discussion
: "Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk admits to using AI."
153 posts
#2
Book Review
: "I read every Vonnegut novel"
26 posts
#3
Publishing & Literature News
: "The Guardian view on Middlemarch: the greatest novel in the English language"
5 posts
#4
Literary History
: "For those interested in William Faulkner, here's an old site containing his recorded lectures at the University of Virginia."
4 posts
#5
Primary Text
: "Profound Loneliness"
3 posts
#6
Literary Criticism
: "Jhumpa Lahiri | Quiver and Fixity: What I found returning to Thomas Hardy in midlife | The Yale Review (March 2026)"
3 posts
#7
Author Interview
: "The 1991 Playboy Interview: Maya Angelou | We bring this remarkable piece of history online, it serves as a bridge to a voice that remains as vital and urgent as ever"
2 posts
#8
Literary Theory
: "Definition of literature and art by Nabokov"
2 posts
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Last updated: June 9, 2026