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“A masterly polemic, its scope so sweeping that it does, finally, seem to explain every pungent odor wafting from Silicon Valley.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week.
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5 Reviews You Need to Read This Week
Our feast of fabulous reviews this week includes Dan Pipenbring on Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification, Alexandra Kleeman on Katherine Dunn’s Near Flesh, Becca Rothfeld on Steven Pinker’s When Everyone…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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László Krasznahorkai has won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Today, the Swedish Academy awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, for “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror…
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October 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, and John Banville’s Venetian Vespers all feature among the best reviewed books of the week.
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Featuring Thomas Pynchon, Gertrude Stein, John Banville, and more
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October 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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My review of Alien Jeopardy by @january-bell.bsky.social!

A fantastic, laugh-out-loud, wildly entertaining read!

#booksky #romancereader #bookreview #alienromance #scifiromance #MatedandAfraid
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Fiona Green’s life was shaped by an unimaginable tragedy. Thirty years later, she's returning to the scene of the crime.

Keep This for Me by Jennifer Fawcett #crimefiction #psychologicalthriller #serial killer

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October 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The Fahrenheit Thermometer in Gdańsk, in honour of the scale’s inventor, features two important design choices:

- What did Daniel Fahrenheit look like? We don’t know but we’re guessing “ripped”

- look we have to put Celsius on the scale as well or people won’t understand it otherwise
October 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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MK Alexander
@smartreads.bsky.social

🧞♀️Genie with an Attitude
Modern day wishes
Action, Adventure, Romance…

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October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Join us online to launch 'Debris' by Daniel Huws on Wednesday 22 October at 7pm BST! 💻📖

The event will be hosted by Hilary Davies and feature reading and discussion, alongside time for audience questions.

More information and tickets here:🎟️
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Debris by Daniel Huws: Carcanet Online Book Launch - Carcanet Press
Please join us to celebrate the launch of Debris by Daniel Huws. The reading will be hosted by poet, critic and translator Hilary Davies. The event will
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October 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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‘Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s prose is stirring if not always convincing. It gives the reader more to think about than the bland defence of neoliberal technocracy by centrist supporters of Macron.’

David Todd: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Todd · Parable of the Parakeets: Mélenchon’s Ambitions
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s rise to prominence since 2015 has often been compared to the contemporaneous if more ephemeral...
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October 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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We're delighted to share the news that @lenniesaurus.bsky.social's second collection poyums annaw is an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Huge congratulations Len! Have you read it yet?

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October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Horror writer Kalynn Bayron riffs on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in her YA novel Make Me a Monster. Bayron spoke about challenging herself through her writing, and approaching horror as a reflection of society.
Four Questions for Kalynn Bayron
Horror writer Kalynn Bayron, the bestselling author of 'Cinderella Is Dead,' riffs on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in her YA novel 'Make Me a Monster.'
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September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The Keeper of Memories: A Debut Novel on Shared Stories and Resistance
The Keeper of Memories: A Debut Novel on Shared Stories and Resistance - PEN America
Yiming Ma discusses writing as resistance, the power of stories and memories, and the ambiguity of censorship
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August 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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From the Clever Librarians Files.
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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She reads minds. He plants thoughts.

Cursed by fate, one locked gaze is all it takes—unless it’s each other. It should make killing the other and serving their triad easy. But nothing’s easy on storm-wracked Ravamyn: not the gods, nor the storms, and never the people.

#Posterpit #Q #F #NA
August 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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‘You can put things in an essay that you yourself do not know. There is a library all around you. You take a book off the shelf, find the fact or the sentence and put it where it fits. It never belonged to you, you never really had it.’

@tricialockwood.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Patricia Lockwood · Diary: Back to the Rectory
It was our first visit to Kansas City since before the election and the rectory seemed to have grown smaller, darker,...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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An engaged couple takes stock of their lives with the help of a magical film in the first-rate debut from Thea Weiss. She supplements the accomplished plotting with realistic character work, focusing on how the couple is impacted by the film’s revelations.
The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss
An engaged couple takes stock of their lives with the help of a magical film in the first-rate debut from Weiss. Author Ellie Ma...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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From @flowerpotpress.bsky.social 7 BEST THINGS ABOUT FRIENDS is a “bright and friendly choice for libraries building social-emotional learning shelves for little ones” says @slj.com in a roundup of #boardbooks www.slj.com/story/review...
Fresh Perspectives, Developmentally Pitch-Perfect | Board Books Roundup
From silly snouts to social-emotional smarts, this season’s board books are big on charm, heart, and purpose. Along with ABCs and animal antics, these titles foster empathy, celebrate identity, and re...
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August 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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I found an some extra signed copies of The Impossible Fortune by @richardosman1.bsky.social just casually hanging out in my inbox.

They're on the website now, and you can pre-order here: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
August 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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I’ve been intrigued by the prospect of a history of the idea of progress ever since I heard @smillermcdonald.bsky.social was writing it, and I was very pleased to be invited to the launch in Oxford last night.
August 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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BLOG TOUR COMING IN SEPTEMBER! For the mighty and wonderful THE GREEN FEATHERS - what a line up we have! @davidjarvis.bsky.social #newrelease #blogtour #review
August 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Our readers have spoken. These are the 10 most-viewed books on the site, spanning thrillers, romances, dystopias, and more. If you’re searching for your next great read, start here.
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#booklovers, #mustreadbooks, #bookrecommendations, #emotionalreads
July 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM