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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? 22 hermetic Sunday Monday 4 397
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 2 hermetic Jan 2025 Jun 2025 3 2037
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 19284
fadedroses- Fiction Book Series Authors (A-Z) [View all] 383 boston bean Dec 2011 Apr 2023 15 323390
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 14 Monday 5 554
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 Sunday Sunday 3 273
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 15 Dec 17 1 279
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 16 Dec 16 3 271
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 16 Dec 16 1 200
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 13 Dec 14 2 513
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 12 Dec 12 8 470
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 7 Dec 11 5 524
Does anyone know of a fiction book about a fictitious rock band that takes off from the "Paul is dead" story? 2 raccoon Dec 6 Dec 6 2 373
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 30 Dec 2 8 729
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 16 Dec 1 6 677
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 23 Nov 28 9 719
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 9 Nov 16 8 798
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 12 Nov 12 0 469
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 11 Nov 11 2 388
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 11 Nov 11 4 406
I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 7 Nov 10 12 495
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 8 6 2866
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2 Nov 6 9 1527
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 26 Oct 27 5 824
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 19 Oct 27 5 1038
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 12 Oct 15 5 1559
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 12 Oct 12 2 549
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 11 Oct 11 5 552
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 6 Oct 6 15 903
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 5 Oct 6 6 1035

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Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 4 Oct 4 6 725
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 29 6 2193
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 28 Sep 28 4 1206
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 28 Sep 28 2 747
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2547
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1446
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 947
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1547
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 3 894
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 1849
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 1518
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 872
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1525
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1189
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1316
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 862
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1184
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1542
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 2210
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 1179
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 1142
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1150
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1548
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 6, 2025? 10 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1363
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 29, 2025? 10 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1499
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 22, 2025? 14 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1858
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1278
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 2463
If this is rude, inappropriate, forward, pushy, self-centered, illegal, or grossly out-of-line 14 A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 2330
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 8, 2025? 23 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 2550

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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 951
Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn books, is it important to read them in order? 14 rzemanfl May 2025 Jun 2025 2 2582
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 1, 2025? 8 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1746
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 25, 2025? 15 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2270
Just finished Nether Station by Kevin j Anderson. 1 raccoon May 2025 May 2025 1 1208
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 18, 2025? 21 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2752
Any Punch Magazine fans? 1 bif May 2025 May 2025 2 1160
Message from author Louise Penny on Friday: 5 hermetic Feb 2025 May 2025 44 2797
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 11, 2025? 10 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2181
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 27, 2025? 16 hermetic Apr 2025 May 2025 4 2806
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 4, 2025? 14 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 5 2418
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 20, 2025? 18 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 2886
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 13, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 2271
RIP japple 28 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 137 5806
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 6, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 2156
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 defacto7 Mar 2025 Apr 2025 9 1805
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 30, 2025? 27 hermetic Mar 2025 Apr 2025 10 3986
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 defacto7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1933
Any other Phil Rickman fans here? 4 Scrivener7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1680
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 23, 2025? 28 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 3843
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