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What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Sunday Tuesday 8 446
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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 12 394
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 26 Nov 8 6 2741
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2 Nov 6 9 1143
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Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 12 Oct 12 2 453
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 11 Oct 11 5 451
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 6 Oct 6 15 794
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Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 4 Oct 4 6 625
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 21 Sep 29 6 2032
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Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 28 Sep 28 2 638
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 18 Sep 21 11 2452
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 14 Sep 15 3 1235
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 10 Sep 11 0 794
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 7 Sep 7 5 1405
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 3 805
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 1610

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What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 1310
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1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 759
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1018
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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 1060
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 1029
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1037
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Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1166
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 2252
If this is rude, inappropriate, forward, pushy, self-centered, illegal, or grossly out-of-line 14 A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 2154
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 8, 2025? 23 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 2314
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 854
Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn books, is it important to read them in order? 14 rzemanfl May 2025 Jun 2025 2 2415
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 1, 2025? 8 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1587
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 25, 2025? 15 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2044
Just finished Nether Station by Kevin j Anderson. 1 raccoon May 2025 May 2025 1 1105
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 18, 2025? 21 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2507
Any Punch Magazine fans? 1 bif May 2025 May 2025 2 1059
Message from author Louise Penny on Friday: 5 hermetic Feb 2025 May 2025 44 2653
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 11, 2025? 10 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2000
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What Fiction are you reading this week, May 4, 2025? 14 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 5 2233
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 20, 2025? 18 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 2648
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 13, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 2115
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What Fiction are you reading this week, April 6, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1965
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 defacto7 Mar 2025 Apr 2025 9 1668
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 30, 2025? 27 hermetic Mar 2025 Apr 2025 10 3595
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 defacto7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1802
Any other Phil Rickman fans here? 4 Scrivener7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1556
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 23, 2025? 28 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 3457
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 16, 2025? 22 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 3047
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 9, 2025? 28 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 3764
Sitting on the bench at the Apple Store waiting for my turn for tech help 0 cbabe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1557
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 2, 2025? 14 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 2574
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 3 douglas9 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 13 1657
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 23, 2025? 24 hermetic Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 3738
Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books starting Feb. 26 5 IcyPeas Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 5071
Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts review - powerful, poignant and suffused with millennial dread 0 cbabe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1394
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 16, 2025? 21 hermetic Feb 2025 Feb 2025 8 2950
Thanks for the new hearts 0 hermetic Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1183
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