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What Fiction are you reading this week, May 10, 2026? 11 hermetic Sunday Sunday 6 505
What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2026? 3 hermetic Jan 2026 Mar 6 1 1118
Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy 12 hermetic Jan 2018 Nov 2023 6 21026
fadedroses- Fiction Book Series Authors (A-Z) [View all] 383 boston bean Dec 2011 Apr 2023 15 396749
#60-41 on the Guardian's list of all-time best novels 6 Ponietz 21 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 10 344
Here's #100-61 on the Guardian's list of all time best novels 1 Ponietz Wednesday Wednesday 4 390
Looking for a GOOD read... 4 ret5hd Saturday Saturday 5 437
I'm searching for a new series again. Any opinions on C. J. Box? 10 Vinca May 7 Saturday 2 571
What Fiction are you reading this week, May 3, 2026? 10 hermetic May 3 Friday 5 619
1984 online 3 Zorro Jul 2025 Apr 30 6 1780
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 26, 2026? 18 hermetic Apr 26 Apr 28 7 840
Has anyone read the Alex Cross series by James Patterson? 11 Vinca Apr 20 Apr 26 1 739
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 19, 2026? 18 hermetic Apr 19 Apr 24 7 1006
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 12, 2026? 13 hermetic Apr 12 Apr 15 6 938
Has anyone read The Last Witch of Scotland by Philip Paris? n/t 4 RamblingRose Apr 12 Apr 12 1 675
What Fiction are you reading this week, April 5, 2026? 12 hermetic Apr 5 Apr 10 6 1079
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 29, 2026? 16 hermetic Mar 29 Apr 5 8 1461
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 22, 2026? 23 hermetic Mar 22 Mar 28 4 1759
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 15, 2026? 18 hermetic Mar 15 Mar 22 7 1646
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 8, 2026? 13 hermetic Mar 8 Mar 13 4 1474
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 cbabe Mar 8 Mar 8 0 383
What Fiction are you reading this week, March 1, 2026? 7 hermetic Mar 1 Mar 5 6 1193
Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura among authors longlisted for Women's prize for fiction 1 cbabe Mar 4 Mar 4 2 712
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 22, 2026? 19 hermetic Feb 22 Feb 27 5 1930
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 15, 2026? 24 hermetic Feb 15 Feb 17 5 2020
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 8, 2026? 23 hermetic Feb 2026 Feb 16 7 2037
What Fiction are you reading this week, February 1, 2026? 20 hermetic Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 2051
Happy Black History Month! 5 littlemissmartypants Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 959
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 25, 2026? 22 hermetic Jan 2026 Feb 2026 7 2335
My local library has a sheet similar to Bingo called "Cozy up & Read" 4 MIButterfly Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 1117

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2025? 7 hermetic Jan 2025 Jan 2026 3 3292
Alcoholic Detective? 3 Maninacan Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1013
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 18, 2026? 10 hermetic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 1539
Many schools don't think students can read full novels any more. That's a tragedy 4 douglas9 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 8 1303
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 11, 2026? 8 hermetic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 7 1587
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror - review roundup 2 cbabe Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1090
What Fiction are you reading this week, January 4, 2026? 16 hermetic Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 2062
Is Anyone Here Reading Dan Brown's - The Secret of Secrets?..... 4 global1 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1239
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 28, 2025? 5 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1530
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 21, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 2591
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 14, 2025? 22 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 2539
From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times 2 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1077
Has anyone read Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon? 1 QED Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 1019
Let us gather at the river, and sing as we step into the stream. 0 rampartd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 948
Rainbows Wane 0 Rizen Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 864
'This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion': 30 authors on the books they give to everyone 4 cbabe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1474
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class 2 BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1324
What Fiction are you reading this week, December 7, 2025? 10 hermetic Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1784
Does anyone know of a fiction book about a fictitious rock band that takes off from the "Paul is dead" story? 2 raccoon Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1126
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 30, 2025? 22 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 8 2845
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 16, 2025? 14 hermetic Nov 2025 Dec 2025 6 2167
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 23, 2025? 19 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 2730
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 9, 2025? 18 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 8 2612
The Fantasy Planet of Maraloco 1 rampartd Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 1125
I Just Finished Reading "Cooler Than Cool, the Life and Work of Elmore Leonard" 0 The Roux Comes First Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1054
Booker Prize won by 'extraordinary' Flesh by David Szalay 0 cbabe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1078
I started Prophet Song by Paul Lynch the 2023 Booker Prize winner & I am a bit freaked out 2 irisblue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 1249
Forgive me if this is in bad taste, 6 A-Schwarzenegger Sep 2025 Nov 2025 6 3934
What Fiction are you reading this week, November 2, 2025? 34 hermetic Nov 2025 Nov 2025 9 4753
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 26, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 2235

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What Fiction are you reading this week, October 19, 2025? 19 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 2627
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 12, 2025? 33 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 4577
Lszl Krasznahorkai, The Art of Fiction No. 240 - unlocked Paris Review interview 0 dweller Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 1276
Fiction/nonfiction: Twenty-five Finalists to contend for National Book Awards 2 cbabe Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 1325
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools 2 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 15 1677
What Fiction are you reading this week, October 5, 2025? 14 hermetic Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 2755
Stephen King named most banned author in US schools 3 Goonch Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1638
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 21, 2025? 16 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 4327
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 28, 2025? 19 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 3319
Children's literature can also have very young authors 2 cbabe Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1468
My local library has a thing called "Shelf Awareness" where they have a different topic each month. 3 MIButterfly Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 3394
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 14, 2025? 21 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 4141
DU fiction writers/readers: Explain when best to introduce a McGuffin v a Deus ex machina. 10 brush Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 2298
What Fiction are you reading this week, Sept. 7, 2025? 18 hermetic Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3383
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 1557
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 31, 2025? 40 hermetic Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 6027
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 24, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 3561
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels 3 cbabe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 1725
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 17, 2025? 20 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 3761
What Fiction are you reading this week, Aug. 10, 2025? 11 hermetic Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 2480
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