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What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 18 hermetic Sunday Sunday 5 375
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 2 hermetic Jan 2025 Jun 2025 3 1957
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 19132
fadedroses- Fiction Book Series Authors (A-Z) [View all] 383 boston bean Dec 2011 Apr 2023 15 319093
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Monday 1 hr ago 1 206
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd 15 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 2 169
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 0 135
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Saturday Sunday 2 432
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday Friday 8 400
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 7 Thursday 5 453
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 2 323
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 30 Dec 2 8 641
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 16 Dec 1 6 589
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 23 Nov 28 9 653
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 9 Nov 16 8 720
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 12 Nov 12 0 422
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 11 Nov 11 2 344
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 11 Nov 11 4 359
I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 7 Nov 10 12 450
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 26 Nov 8 6 2803
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2 Nov 6 9 1424
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 26 Oct 27 5 744
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 19 Oct 27 5 926
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 12 Oct 15 5 1415
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 12 Oct 12 2 503
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 11 Oct 11 5 502
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 6 Oct 6 15 850
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 5 Oct 6 6 944
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 4 Oct 4 6 674
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 21 Sep 29 6 2118

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What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 28 Sep 28 4 1103
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 28 Sep 28 2 692
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 18 Sep 21 11 2495
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1336
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 871
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1465
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 3 851
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 1691
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 1396
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 816
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1413
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1114
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 3, 2025? 14 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1232
1984 online 2 Zorro Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 807
Your best children's board books: 9 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 1087
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 27, 2025? 17 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1407
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 20, 2025? 28 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 2067
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 1118
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 1084
Author of GORKY PARK (1981) 4 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 12 1090
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 13 2025? 15 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1446
What Fiction are you reading this week, July 6, 2025? 10 hermetic Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1274
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 29, 2025? 10 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1413
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 22, 2025? 14 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1757
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now 3 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1218
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 15, 2025? 21 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 2337
If this is rude, inappropriate, forward, pushy, self-centered, illegal, or grossly out-of-line 14 A-Schwarzenegger Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 2222
What Fiction are you reading this week, June 8, 2025? 23 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 2413
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 900
Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn books, is it important to read them in order? 14 rzemanfl May 2025 Jun 2025 2 2489

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What Fiction are you reading this week, June 1, 2025? 8 hermetic Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1652
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 25, 2025? 15 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2136
Just finished Nether Station by Kevin j Anderson. 1 raccoon May 2025 May 2025 1 1162
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 18, 2025? 21 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2598
Any Punch Magazine fans? 1 bif May 2025 May 2025 2 1107
Message from author Louise Penny on Friday: 5 hermetic Feb 2025 May 2025 44 2719
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 11, 2025? 10 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 6 2076
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 27, 2025? 16 hermetic Apr 2025 May 2025 4 2664
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 4, 2025? 14 hermetic May 2025 May 2025 5 2310
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 20, 2025? 18 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 2751
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 13, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 2196
RIP japple 28 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 137 5589
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 6, 2025? 9 hermetic Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 2058
This message was self-deleted by its author 5 defacto7 Mar 2025 Apr 2025 9 1729
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 30, 2025? 27 hermetic Mar 2025 Apr 2025 10 3773
This message was self-deleted by its author 6 defacto7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1866
Any other Phil Rickman fans here? 4 Scrivener7 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1614
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 23, 2025? 28 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 3618
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 16, 2025? 22 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 3193
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 9, 2025? 28 hermetic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 3937
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