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What Fiction are you reading this week, January 25, 2026? 14 hermetic Sunday 10 hrs ago 5 360
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Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 4 douglas9 Jan 6 Jan 15 8 563
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Is Anyone Here Reading Dan Brown's - The Secret of Secrets?..... 4 global1 Jan 4 Jan 4 1 541
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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 3 472
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 15 Dec 17 1 439
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 16 Dec 16 3 423
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 16 Dec 16 1 344
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 13 Dec 14 2 734
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 12 Dec 12 8 680
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The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 12 Nov 12 0 613
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 11 Nov 11 2 529
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 11 Nov 11 4 556

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I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 7 Nov 10 12 651
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 8 6 3118
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2 Nov 6 9 1927
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Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 720
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 723
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1082
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1421
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 931
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2657
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Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 903
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2727
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 2090
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1261
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1950
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 1040
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 2593
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Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1063
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1928
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1458
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1642
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1050
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1465
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1942
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 2706
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 1395

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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 1309
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1349
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1899
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Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1446
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 2914
If this is rude, inappropriate, forward, pushy, self-centered, illegal, or grossly out-of-line 14 A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 2732
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 8, 2025? 23 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 3038
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 1101
Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn books, is it important to read them in order? 14 rzemanfl May 2025 Jun 2025 2 2956
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 1, 2025? 8 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1992
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Just finished Nether Station by Kevin j Anderson. 1 raccoon May 2025 May 2025 1 1360
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Any Punch Magazine fans? 1 bif May 2025 May 2025 2 1315
Message from author Louise Penny on Friday: 5 hermetic Feb 2025 May 2025 44 3029
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