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What Fiction are you reading this week, March 8, 2026? 12 hermetic Yesterday 21 hrs ago 4 340
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2026? 3 hermetic Jan 26 Friday 1 565
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 20085
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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Yesterday Yesterday 0 38
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 1, 2026? 7 hermetic Mar 1 Thursday 6 485
Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women's prize for fiction 1 cbabe Wednesday Wednesday 2 267
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 22, 2026? 19 hermetic Feb 22 Feb 27 5 792
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 15, 2026? 24 hermetic Feb 15 Feb 17 5 817
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 8, 2026? 23 hermetic Feb 8 Feb 16 7 926
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 1, 2026? 20 hermetic Feb 1 Feb 7 7 856
Happy Black History Month! 5 littlemissmartypants Feb 3 Feb 3 5 465
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 25, 2026? 22 hermetic Jan 25 Feb 2 7 1112
My local library has a sheet similar to Bingo called "Cozy up & Read" 4 MIButterfly Jan 28 Jan 30 7 589
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 7 hermetic Jan 2025 Jan 26 3 2660
Alcoholic Detective? 3 Maninacan Jan 25 Jan 25 1 549
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 18, 2026? 10 hermetic Jan 18 Jan 23 4 791
Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 4 douglas9 Jan 6 Jan 15 8 787
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 11, 2026? 8 hermetic Jan 11 Jan 12 7 902
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror - review roundup 2 cbabe Jan 9 Jan 9 5 688
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 4, 2026? 16 hermetic Jan 4 Jan 5 5 1053
Is Anyone Here Reading Dan Brown's - The Secret of Secrets?..... 4 global1 Jan 4 Jan 4 1 760
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 28, 2025? 5 hermetic Dec 28 Dec 28 5 988
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 21 Dec 22 4 1359
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 14 Dec 22 5 1414
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 21 Dec 21 3 688
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 15 Dec 17 1 636
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 17 Dec 17 3 608
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 17 Dec 17 1 512
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 13 Dec 14 2 962

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Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 12 Dec 12 8 884
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 11 5 1125
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 2 729
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 8 1674
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 6 1301
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 1568
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 1593
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 792
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 708
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 742
I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 858
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 2025 6 3380
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 2758
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1473
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1737
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 2663
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 923
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 934
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1290
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1889
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1173
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3162
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 2157
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1092
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2935
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 2696
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1607
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2391
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 1222
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 3651

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What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 2413
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1284
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 2509
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1776
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2044
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1264
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1765
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 2466
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 3454
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 1652
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 1520
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1578
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 2316
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 6, 2025? 10 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1984
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 29, 2025? 10 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 2169
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 22, 2025? 14 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 2668
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1669
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 3477
If this is rude, inappropriate, forward, pushy, self-centered, illegal, or grossly out-of-line 14 A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 3160
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 8, 2025? 23 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 3669
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