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Summer reading refill: 24 books to consider before the season ends Books to consider reading before summer is over range from satirical novels to speculative history to the latest thrillers.

Great list of before-summer-ends reads!

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Donate to Support Michelle Parrish: Defend Our Libraries, organized by Amanda Jones On July 15, 2025, Michelle Parrish — a lifelong Livingston Parish resident… Amanda Jones needs your support for Support Michelle Parrish: Defend Our Libraries

Livingston Parish library director Michelle Parrish was fired w/out cause after years of harassment by anti-library bullies—enabled by weak leaders. This is an attack on our libraries + First Amendment. Help her fight back: gofund.me/590dbdca

As the new board chair for the @fallforthebook.bsky.social festival, I'm thrilled by our two headliners! I'll be interviewing Erik Larson at the event on October 10. Go to fallforthebook.org for info. #booksky #books

Behind Many a Great Male Writer Is a Woman Holding a Pen   | The Saturday Evening Post The success of many iconic male writers was due in part to women whose contributions are rarely known and acknowledged.

Some of the most beloved and acclaimed male writers had help from their wives when writing.

Fall for the Book’s Double Your Dollar campaign is back.

We have lost our funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for 2025. In one swift move, over 10% of our annual budget is gone—now, we’re asking for your help to make up the difference.

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Tell us about the books that shaped you We ask our audience: Was there a book you read during high school that helped shape who you are today? Which book do you think all high schoolers should read now? We'll publish replies in a few weeks.

We ask our audience: Was there a book you read during high school that helped shape who you are today? Which book do you think all high schoolers should read now? We'll publish replies in a few weeks.

Today we visited the Masolo family and the Jane-Pauline Audi Research Library, a community library they run from their home in memory of their daughter. Out of heartbreak, they’ve built something full of hope, love, and purpose.

The Book Report: Washington Post critic Ron Charles (July 20) YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning

New book recommendations from @roncharles.bsky.social!

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17 new books our critics can't wait to read this summer We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.

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Inspiring piece by our own @kenbudd.bsky.social!

Snag your free tickets - Historian Dr. Edna Bonhomme (@ednabonhomme.bsky.social‬) explores the shocking truths and deep inequality in care that have festered around the globe during six plagues. Sponsored by #OLLIGMU. #historymatters
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Rebecca Makkai - Fall for the Book Podcast Fall for the Book Podcast · Episode

In honor of #pridemonth let's re-listen to #FallfortheBook 's Podcast episode featuring The Great Believers author Rebecca Makkai.

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PEN America is outraged by the Saudi government’s decision to execute blogger Turki Al-Jasser by Royal Decree on June 14, six years after arresting him for tweeting under a pseudonym. He was sentenced on 'high treason' charges in a blatant assault on free expression.

13 Captivating Titles to Sweep Teens Away in the Summer Months | We Are Kid Lit Collective From romance to fantasy to graphic novel to poetry—there’s a book for every teen’s summer reading pile in this roundup of diverse titles.

School Library Journal has proudly partnered with We Are Kid Lit Collective to share the group’s 11th annual summer reading selections. "At a time of great upheaval and uncertainty, we remain committed to uplifting titles written or illustrated by BIPOC creators."
From board books & mid grade to YA

We asked people to share books that changed their life. Here are 12 top reads. The power of a good book is unmatched.

Great list of life-changing reads!

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Books to celebrate Earth Day

‘The future of life on Earth depends on our ability to take action.’
- Sir David Attenborough

It’s #EarthDay 🌏

We all need to play our part 🙏

Reading ideas … 📖

Black hoodie with words "Read a Banned Book" and logos of Penguin Random House and Online Ceramics

Black baseball cap with text "Read Banned Books" and Penguin Random House.

Orange socks with "Reading is a Right" text and Penguin Random House logo.

Orange sweat pants with large text on left leg "Reading is a Right," and large Penguin Random House logo on right leg.

@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and Online Ceramics have teamed up on a bold new Reading is a Right collection — and 100% of PRH’s net proceeds will be donated to ALA to further our work to defend libraries and fight censorship. 🧡
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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

"Fitzgerald would be stunned to know that celebrations of Gatsby's centennial are taking place around the world this year. The novel was largely forgotten at the time of his death in Hollywood in 1940 at the age of 44."

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Issue 47.07 is now online, featuring:

@jamesmeek.bsky.social in Greenland
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on the Peasants’ War
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on pregnancy
Miriam Dobson on Cold War pen-pals
Patrick Cockburn on the Iranian embassy siege
and a cover by Helen Napper.

Read now at www.lrb.co.uk

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong Former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease. www.amazon.com/Biology-Desi...

Hooked by Les Edgerton - an excellent read that covers key factors towards writing openings that hook your readers. Placing it in the same league as Stephen King's On Writing. Edgerton focuses on book openings and includes advice from some prominent Agents/Publishers.
#books #writing

My favorite childhood book is "The Monster at the End of This Book." Yours?

The Knot | The Saturday Evening Post The anger management classes might be working.

A hammock, an old book, and a promise. Can Tom control his anger around his ex-wife, or will the day end in disaster? Find out in Caroline Coleman’s “The Know,” this week’s #NewFictionFriday story.

Full link to @vermontgmg.bsky.social review of amazing Who Is Government book:

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Book Club: An ode to the remarkable people who make up the federal government

The Trump administration is going after a small but important agency that helps fund public libraries across the country....
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New books this week: 'Hunger Games' is back, and young people navigate a new Tanzania This week brings a number of promising new reads — but none more eagerly awaited than Sunrise on the Reaping. We offer 5 books to consider picking up.

This week brings a number of promising new reads — but none more eagerly awaited than Sunrise on the Reaping. We offer 5 books to consider picking up.