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Best Books of 2025

Best Books 2025 Publishers Weekly got the ball rolling on the year’s best books lists back in late October. This is the landing page, from which you can connect with focused links of works in a myriad of categories. BEST OF 2025: Holiday Gift Guide BookBub offers a list to help you “find the perfect […]

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Books you can read in one day or less

Books You Can Read in One Day

If you’re still looking for some short reads to hit your annual reading goal, here are some suggestions. 4 Novellas I’ve Come Across (Links are to the Goodreads description.) The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada (138 pages) The Odd Woman and the City by Vivian Gornick (192 pages) Seascraper by Benjamin Wood (176

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Bloggers List the Best Books They Read in 2024

When I posted about all the Best Books of 2024 by editors, publishers, and critics, Davida The Chocolate Lady wrote that she hated such lists and would much rather see lists of books that other book bloggers liked throughout the year. I immediately smacked myself on the forehead and shouted to the empty living room, “Of

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Miscellaneous 2024 Round-Ups

Here’s the last gasp of the Best Books of 2024 theme. 10 Beloved Authors We Lost in 2024 Tertulia profiles 10 authors who died during 2024 and recommends one representative book for each. The 50 Biggest Literary Stories of 2024 From Literary Hub. These were the most-borrowed books from public libraries in 2024 NPR compiled

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The Best Books I Read in 2024

In past years, I’ve kept my best books list to a total of 15, usually a top ten list plus five honorable mentions. But this year’s list just didn’t fall out that way. Because I read a lot of good books throughout 2024, I’m putting them all together here while capping the total at 15.

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More Best Books of 2024 Lists

Electric Lit’s Best Novels of 2024 “Here are Electric Lit’s Top 5 novels of 2024, followed by the best novels of the year.” Public Picks 2024 This is NOT your ordinary list. I guarantee you’ll find something here that interests you that isn’t included on all the other “best books of 2024” lists. This list

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Women's History Month

Reading Lists for Women’s History Month

Women’s History Month: great histories written by women 5 novels to help you celebrate Women’s History Month A list of “captivating novels to celebrate Women’s History Month,” by Jordan Snowden for The Seattle Times. Our Favorite Female Detectives in Crime Fiction 10 favorite books for Women’s History Month! 10 Female Detectives Uncovering Hidden Mysteries Fierce

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A stack of 3 closed books (left); an open notebook with a pen on top (right). Title: The Best Books I Read in 2023

The Best Books I Read in 2023

I was very picky about the books I chose to read this year. As a result, I read a lot of good books—so many that putting together this list was an agonizing process. In past years, I’ve kept my best books list to a total of 15, usually a top ten list plus five honorable

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Books you can read in one day or less

Books You Can Read in One Day

Rose/House by Arkady Martine Clockwork by Philip Pullman  Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls The Last Book I Read in One Sitting: 16 Readers Share 20 Books You Can Read in One Sitting 7 Bite-Size Books That Pack a Powerful Punch 10 Epic Books Under 250 pages 10 One-Sitting Reads for a Well-Deserved Lazy Day Some

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Book covers: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen; Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet; A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris; The Banana King by Rich Cohen; The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings; To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara; Hawaii by James Michener

6 Degrees of Separation

This month’s starting point is Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, Born to Run. first degree Another autobiographical work with a title that begins with the word born is Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet. second degree Another book with the word blue in the title is Michael

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