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What Fiction are you reading this week, March 22, 2026? 22 hermetic Sunday Sunday 4 434
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2026? 3 hermetic Jan 26 Mar 6 1 690
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 20309
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What Fiction are you reading this week, March 15, 2026? 18 hermetic Mar 15 Sunday 7 620
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 8, 2026? 13 hermetic Mar 8 Mar 13 4 750
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Mar 8 Mar 8 0 128
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 1, 2026? 7 hermetic Mar 1 Mar 5 6 668
Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women's prize for fiction 1 cbabe Mar 4 Mar 4 2 402
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 22, 2026? 19 hermetic Feb 22 Feb 27 5 958
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 15, 2026? 24 hermetic Feb 15 Feb 17 5 1030
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 8, 2026? 23 hermetic Feb 8 Feb 16 7 1081
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 1, 2026? 20 hermetic Feb 1 Feb 7 7 1057
Happy Black History Month! 5 littlemissmartypants Feb 3 Feb 3 5 578
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 25, 2026? 22 hermetic Jan 25 Feb 2 7 1304
My local library has a sheet similar to Bingo called "Cozy up & Read" 4 MIButterfly Jan 28 Jan 30 7 709
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 7 hermetic Jan 2025 Jan 26 3 2804
Alcoholic Detective? 3 Maninacan Jan 25 Jan 25 1 653
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 18, 2026? 10 hermetic Jan 18 Jan 23 4 971
Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 4 douglas9 Jan 6 Jan 15 8 906
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 11, 2026? 8 hermetic Jan 11 Jan 12 7 1046
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror - review roundup 2 cbabe Jan 9 Jan 9 5 779
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 4, 2026? 16 hermetic Jan 4 Jan 5 5 1231
Is Anyone Here Reading Dan Brown's - The Secret of Secrets?..... 4 global1 Jan 4 Jan 4 1 870
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 28, 2025? 5 hermetic Dec 28 Dec 28 5 1103
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1619
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1631
From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times 2 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 773
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 729
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 697

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Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 596
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1085
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1005
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1267
Does anyone know of a fiction book about a fictitious rock band that takes off from the "Paul is dead" story? 2 raccoon Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 827
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 8 1882
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 6 1466
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1798
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1826
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 874
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 786
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 821
I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 957
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 2025 6 3504
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 3243
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1670
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1938
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 3157
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1031
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1031
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1376
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 2076
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1281
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3424
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 2433
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1178
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3041
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 3157
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1775
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2601

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Also nonfiction, crime, mystery: From a new Thomas Pynchon novel to a memoir by Margaret Atwood: the biggest books of th 0 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1308
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 4231
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 2650
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1389
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 2748
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1944
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2246
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1371
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1923
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 2731
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 3904
I liked the Columbo TV series and still do. I haven't been able to find any fiction books about Columbo, 6 raccoon Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1797
After an earlier post with references to Peter Fonda and his "Easy Rider" film, I got to thinking about a classic book.. 2 wcmagumba Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 1609
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1697
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 2591
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 6, 2025? 10 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 2149
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 29, 2025? 10 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 2366
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 22, 2025? 14 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 2888
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1773
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 3851
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