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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2026? 3 hermetic Jan 26 Mar 6 1 855
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 20568
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What Fiction are you reading this week, April 12, 2026? 9 hermetic 3 hrs ago 5 min ago 5 264
Has anyone read The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris? n/t 4 RamblingRose 6 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 1 375
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 5, 2026? 12 hermetic Sunday Friday 6 617
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 29, 2026? 16 hermetic Mar 29 Sunday 8 878
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 22, 2026? 23 hermetic Mar 22 Mar 28 4 1040
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 15, 2026? 18 hermetic Mar 15 Mar 22 7 1137
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 8, 2026? 13 hermetic Mar 8 Mar 13 4 1039
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Mar 8 Mar 8 0 227
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 1, 2026? 7 hermetic Mar 1 Mar 5 6 852
Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women's prize for fiction 1 cbabe Mar 4 Mar 4 2 515
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 22, 2026? 19 hermetic Feb 22 Feb 27 5 1288
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 15, 2026? 24 hermetic Feb 15 Feb 17 5 1383
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 8, 2026? 23 hermetic Feb 8 Feb 16 7 1388
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 1, 2026? 20 hermetic Feb 1 Feb 7 7 1412
Happy Black History Month! 5 littlemissmartypants Feb 3 Feb 3 5 714
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 25, 2026? 22 hermetic Jan 25 Feb 2 7 1710
My local library has a sheet similar to Bingo called "Cozy up & Read" 4 MIButterfly Jan 28 Jan 30 7 881
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 7 hermetic Jan 2025 Jan 26 3 2993
Alcoholic Detective? 3 Maninacan Jan 25 Jan 25 1 795
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 18, 2026? 10 hermetic Jan 18 Jan 23 4 1221
Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 4 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 15 8 1041
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 11, 2026? 8 hermetic Jan 2026 Jan 12 7 1248
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror - review roundup 2 cbabe Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 900
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 4, 2026? 16 hermetic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1570
Is Anyone Here Reading Dan Brown's - The Secret of Secrets?..... 4 global1 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1006
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 28, 2025? 5 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1297
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1969

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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1929
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 3 903
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 835
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 793
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 696
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1231
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1122
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1461
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 2 937
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 8 2256
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 6 1718
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 2139
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 2120
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 967
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 894
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 915
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 1068
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 2025 6 3650
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 3810
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1857
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 2139
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 3699
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1111
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1136
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1492
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 2308
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1430
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3819
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 2764
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1280

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My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3198
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 3548
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1991
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2912
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 1402
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 4822
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 2967
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1508
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 3151
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2140
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2489
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1504
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 2116
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 3082
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 4350
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 1978
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 1722
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1845
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 2902
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 6, 2025? 10 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 2393
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