Lit Hub Weekly: January 5 – 9, 2026
Jan 10, 2026 · https://lithub.com/feed/
Editors’ Pick · Book-powered career compounding
A single focused book can out-teach months of scattered tutorials. Every day we spotlight one title, wrap it in reviews, nested conversations and live bookish news—so your next reading hour always compounds.
“Books are the most compact way to borrow someone else’s brain.”
I judge a book by how many sticky notes it earns, not by its cover.
Book of the day
April 17, 2025
Carefully chosen to help you think more clearly about analytics & data science and ship work you’re proud of.
Readers say
4.8/5 · highly recommended
Shelf status
🔥 Hot · frequently highlighted
Turn “I hope this works” into “I know why this works.”
Swap endless tabs for one structured, bookmark-worthy reference.
Turn scattered tutorials into a clear analytics & data science roadmap.
Today’s spotlight
101 Data Visualization and Analytics Projects (Paperback)
analytics & data science
Open full reviews
101 Ray-Tracing, Ray-Marching and Path-Tracing Projects (Paperback)
applied software engineering
Editors’ pickWe quietly track how titles cluster across topics so you can balance your shelf between comfort reads and “stretch your brain” picks.
Books
93
Avg rating
4.5/5
Coffee breaks
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Think of this chart as a gentle nudge, not homework. If you’ve been living in one topic, a single chapter from a different slice of the graph can give you fresh ideas for old problems.
We pull in fresh headlines from trusted book and literature feeds so your reading choices stay aligned with what curious people are talking about today.
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Reading psychology
“A focused hour with a good book easily beats a distracted week of tutorials.”
Pair that idea with the book of the day, a quiet beverage, and a 25-minute timer. Tiny rituals make reading automatic.
Dev-life humour
I judge a book by how many sticky notes it earns, not by its cover.
The bugs will still be there later. The clarity you get from a single focused chapter might mean you squash them faster.