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Crowning The Book of the Summer, how old books can kill you, banning books about banning, and more in today's book news.
Literariness is hot, Project 2025 has public school square in its crosshairs, and more attempts to reckon with great artists who are bad people.
Harris books are moving, Hugo culls fraudulent votes, N.K. Jemisin on the literature of survival, and more.
The NYT list lifting book sales, another new horror imprint, and Apple might finally be turning off the streaming floodwaters.
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On the possibilities of re-reading books...and the reality that literature is part of our world.
NYT readers get their crack at the 100 Best Books of the Century, DUNE:PROPHECY gets a release month, and what it's like to be a book scout.
Grace for Martin, a new press focusing on trans creators, and SHOGUN shows-out in Emmy Nominations. All in today's book news.
PARABLE OF THE SOWER's prescience, supplementing the NYT's Books of the Century List, and more in today's book news.
Florida makes an odd book recommendation, a forthcoming literary documentary, and Audible's royalty changes headline today's book news.