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Tolkien Illustrated Special Editions Are Up To $140 Off For Prime Day, Selling Out Fast

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Tolkien Illustrated Special Editions Are Up To $140 Off For Prime Day, Selling Out Fast

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17 hours ago

The new Goodreads logo is the most welcome rebrand of the year

Our new logo is designed to better represent Goodreads and is optimized for accessibility so it looks clear and sharp no matter where you see it—from your phone to a billboard.
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fromThe Atlantic
12 hours ago

What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America

The Turner Diaries, a 1978 novel by William Luther Pierce, serves as a deadly template for domestic terrorists, influencing acts of severe violence in America.
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Gravity Falls Creator's Best-Selling Book Of Bill Gets Limited Collector's Edition

The Book of Bill, the first Gravity Falls book for adults, debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list and remained popular through the holiday season.
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fromDodgers Nation
1 day ago

Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani Announces He Wrote a Book About Decoy

Shohei Ohtani announced the preorder for a new book he wrote titled 'Decoy Saves Opening Day,' featuring his dog Decoy preparing for Opening Day.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Summer sizzlers: six must-read books by Black authors

Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola captures the tension of encountering old flames, showcasing how love can be transformative yet disruptive for its characters malakai and Kiki.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

It's hard to read. Here's why.

Data from Gallup and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Americans are reading fewer books and spending less time reading than ever.
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6 days ago

'Girl in the Creek': Oh, the horror! * Oregon ArtsWatch

The body lay at the very limit of daylight, the last clear place on the stones before the wood framing in the ancient adit began to peel away from the walls and pile up in moldy heaps.
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#literary-fiction
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Why You Should Exercise Your Freedom to Read

Banning, and even burning, books that conflict with tightly-held ideology is nothing new. In 1933, student-led book burnings at the University of Berlin spurred a list of government-enforced banned authors.
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fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
3 days ago

Oakland cartoonist Loewinsohn's YA novel looks at her teen years in 1990s

Briana Loewinsohn presents a semi-autobiographical YA memoir, Raised by Ghosts, highlighting her journey through adolescence, supported primarily by art and close friendships.
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fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
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Looking for a summer read? Barnes & Noble is on track to open more than 60 new bookstores this year. Here's where

fromFast Company
2 weeks ago
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Looking for a summer read? Barnes & Noble is on track to open more than 60 new bookstores this year. Here's where

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3 days ago

Martin Cruz Smith, Gorky Park' author, dies in Bay Area home

Martin Cruz Smith, the best-selling mystery novelist known for Gorky Park and Arkady Renko, passed away at age 82, surrounded by loved ones.
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fromThe Spectator World
4 days ago

A double loss: inside The Mobius Book

The Möbius Book is a hybrid work that is both fiction and non-fiction, asserting itself as a memoir-cum-novel exploring decisions and their repercussions.
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fromIndependent
1 week ago
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The 'Salt Path' controversy: the backlash, the bestselling book and the big problem with selling sick people false hope

fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago
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A woman's tragic memoir, 'The Salt Path,' became a bestseller. Now, she's been accused of hiding dark parts of her story.

fromIndependent
1 week ago
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The 'Salt Path' controversy: the backlash, the bestselling book and the big problem with selling sick people false hope

fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago
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A woman's tragic memoir, 'The Salt Path,' became a bestseller. Now, she's been accused of hiding dark parts of her story.

fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Men in Love by Irvine Welsh review the Trainspotting boys grow up

Trainspotting's success illustrates a rare literary event where a critically acclaimed, stylistically adventurous book becomes a cultural sensation, selling over a million copies.
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fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

One of the Best Pop Horror Books of the Year Is by ... This Guy?

Chuck Tingle has evolved from a niche author of parodic gay erotica to a respected horror/technothriller writer, showcasing an inspiring underdog story in publishing.
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fromwww.hamhigh.co.uk
6 days ago

The shocking serial killer case that led to the abolition of the death penalty

John Christie, who murdered women and hid them behind the walls of his house at 10, Rillington Place in Notting Hill in the 1940s and 50s.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Clare Chambers: Iris Murdoch taught me that a novel could be about absolutely anything'

Books evoke strong emotional responses and shape personal identity.
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1 week ago
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NPR's Books We Love is back for your summer reading needs

Books can make excellent companions for a vacation, offering a range of genres suitable for different preferences.
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2 weeks ago
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The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This July

July brings a varied selection of 10 impactful books, including memoirs, fiction, and explorations of history and nature.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Dungeon Crawler Carl Hardcover Books - The Inevitable Ruin Will Have Exclusive Chapters

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman is a bestselling LitRPG series featuring video game tropes within a fantasy narrative, gaining mainstream popularity and expanding its hardcover editions.
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fromBoston.com
1 week ago

Boston Book Festival unveils 2025 lineup of speakers, events, and more

This year's festival promises to deliver a day of literary discussions and presentations from over 200 authors, spanning genres from fiction to nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Is America Really Exceptional?

In her immersive work of nonfiction, A Flower Traveled in My Blood, Haley Cohen Gilliland documents the decades-long struggle to recover children who, during Argentina's Dirty War, were snatched away from detained dissidents.
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1 week ago
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'These Summer Storms' Is a Steamy Take on Rich People Behaving Badly

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'These Summer Storms' Is a Steamy Take on Rich People Behaving Badly

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1 week ago

Spencer Quinn - Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue

Spencer Quinn's new book, Mrs. Plansky Goes Rogue, features the captivating character of Mrs. Plansky, praised as "a terrific character" by Stephen King.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Moderation by Elaine Castillo review a twisted look at the tech workplace

Girlie's effective moderation at Reeden stems from her stoical capacity for labour, revealing the human cost of navigating a high-stakes tech industry haunted by mental toll and superficial support.
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fromScary Mommy
1 week ago

17 Just-Spooky-Enough Books For Tweens (& You'll Want To Read Them, Too)

The Goosebumps series remains a favorite for tween readers, delivering suspenseful tales with unexpected endings that leave readers on edge and craving more.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

You are living with a difficult person who is waiting to die': my harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith's assistant

Patricia Highsmith's novels reflect a unique and unsettling perspective on the human psyche, especially in relation to themes of murder and moral ambiguity, captivating readers with their complexity.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 week ago

Remembering Thomas Neurath, who brought single-minded energy and intellectual bravura to leading the publishers Thames & Hudson

Thomas Neurath led Thames & Hudson for over fifty years, merging energy and intellectual rigor to develop its publishing lists while remaining a modest figure shunning publicity.
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fromThe Nation
1 week ago

The World Chaim Grade Lost

Chaim Grade described his internal conflict, stating, "The writer inside me is a thoroughly ancient Jew, while the man inside me wants to be thoroughly modern. This is my calamity, plain and simple, a struggle I cannot win." This reflects his complex struggle between traditionalism and modernity, rooted in his observant Lithuanian upbringing and later literary aspirations.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

We must unite': Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's rallying cry at Nigerian literature festival

Things Fall Apart is not just a book. It is a mirror, a declaration of identity, and a provocation. It represents the Igbo worldview and African traditions and still challenges us today.
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#education
fromGameSpot
1 week ago

Complete Calvin And Hobbes Prime Day Deal Matches Black Friday Price

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, a three-volume hardcover collection, is now priced at $84.17, down from $225, during Amazon's Prime Day 2025 deals event.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

New books this week focus on Caitlin Clark, King Tut, and how 'Democrats Lost America'

Archaeologists have conjured vivid portraits of humankind's past from recovered relics, though experimental archaeology captures sounds, smells, and tastes that traditional methods cannot convey.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Life Cycle of a Moth by Rowe Irvin review captivating story of maternal love and male violence

The fence is secured with Keep-Safes fingernails, Daughter's first teeth, the umbilical cord that once joined them to protect them from intruders.
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fromTasting Table
1 week ago

Booker's Bourbon Launches A New Batch Inspired By Sunny Kentucky Days By The Pond - Tasting Table

By the Pond was created from bourbon in eight different warehouses and is well-aged: seven years, one month, and 20 days, offering a sharp and intense taste.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Does listening to an audiobook count as reading?

One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes does listening to an audiobook count as reading?
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fromGameSpot
1 week ago

Skyrim 3-Book Hardcover Collection Is Only $44 At Amazon For Prime Day

The Skyrim Library Box Set includes all discoverable texts in three hardcover volumes at a discounted price.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Dive into these six summer reads, recommended by BI's editors

There is no song of the summer this season, leading to less exciting cookout soundtracks.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

To Rest Our Minds and Bodies by Harriet Armstrong review a singular new voice

This memento mori is archly juxtaposed with the narrator's breathless infatuation, which feels as if some great transition was occurring inside me, something was aligning, I could actually feel it.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

From caterpillar to butterfly, 'Papilio' grows up in a new picture book

Clanton's illustrations tend toward cartoony; he used watercolors, ink, leaf pressings, stamps, markers and colored pencils. Really anything he could get his hands on.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The best recent poetry poetry review

Mouth opens up some of the space it needs. But by the end of the book, set at Cley nature reserve, bereavement has been neither resolved nor made tenable.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Summer reading list for early-career high achievers, according to top CEOs

Ken Griffin recommended 'Good to Great,' which outlines the keys to running a business, such as building a good team. The book highlights humility in leadership.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret review endlessly inventive short stories

People are not very good at remembering things the way they really happened. If an experience is an article of clothing, then memory is the garment after it's been washed, not according to the instructions, over and over again: the colours fade, the size shrinks, the original, nostalgic scent has long since become the artificial orchid smell of fabric softener.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell by Michael Haag review a Mediterranean life

Durrell's literary output is encapsulated by Mediterranean islands that served as settings where displaced individuals connected amid the remnants of ancient civilizations.
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