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Goodreads Managing Editor. Bookish. News junkie. NorCal fanatic. Failed minimalist. Formerly @AP, @CNN, @Edelman, etc.

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We were Just Discussing this... and then staring into the middle distance...

02.10.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eight Halloween Reading Lists Based on Very Specific Vibes, Themes & Tropes Sadie Hartmann (known as Mother Horror on social media) is the co-owner ofΒ the monthly, curated, horror fiction subscription company Night Worms and...

Goodreads asked me to curate some October-Inspired Book Recommendation lists for them, so here they are!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
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@caitlinstarling.com @spookypurcell.bsky.social @stejhoward.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social and more

01.10.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Hey book publicists, believe it or not I'm already looking for your priority 2026 titles! Send me your lists, please!

18.09.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist The prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature. This year's crop of nominees includes two debut novelists going up against a previous Booker Prize winner.

The prize is one of the most prestigious awards in literature. This year's crop of nominees includes two debut novelists going up against a previous Booker Prize winner.

29.07.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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After almost 20 years, Goodreads has a new logo fit for Booktok After almost 20 years, book reviewing platform Goodreads has ditched its minimalist logo for a chunky font with a hint of whimsy.

Goodreads has a new logo for the first time in nearly 20 yearsβ€”and its whimsical style is made for BookTok. http://f-st.co/GvQmnKc

16.07.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Introducing Our New Logo, and More Ways We Continue to Improve Goodreads As part of our commitment to updating Goodreads for readers, authors, and publishers, we have been hard at work on improvements, both public-facing and β€˜...

Goodreads is changing up its logo, and some other things we've been plotting (including bringing editorial to the reading challenge ❀️) ... www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

14.07.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Readers' 88 Favorite Romantasy Books of the Past Three Years Romantasy is the consensus term for the wildly popular genre-crash of romance and fantasy. Good call, too. Fantance sounds ridiculous.Β But perhaps ...

Discover the most recent hits in the ultra popular romantasy genre! πŸ‰ β€οΈπŸ“š
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

14.07.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dear book publicists, today would be an Excellent Time to pitch me your fall nonfiction titles.

26.06.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Amazon.com: Goodreads’ Top Books of the Month: Books Online shopping for Goodreads’ Top Books of the Month from a great selection at Books Store.

Want a easy-to-find way to see readers' most anticipated books of each month? We got you!
www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&no...

24.06.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apropos of ... **waves hands** ... the U.S. Constitution is about 4,500 words, or 7,500 if you add in the amendments. It would take the average reader about 30 minutes to read the entire thing.

11.06.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 144 Most Read Books of the 2025 Reading Challenge (So Far) It's time once again for our summer status check on the annual Reading Challenge, in which both avid and casual bookworms pledge to read a certain n...

It's always interesting to see which books are resonating with readers. This list is based on the reading habits of the millions of readers who've signed up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge:
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

09.06.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot Ones: Readers' 80 Most Anticipated New Summer Books The daylight is plentiful. The temperatures are agreeable. The bookstore shelves are packed with new releases. Is there anything better than su...

Horror is included in the main roundup of big summer books here:
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2922

30.05.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha! All of our slop is made by humans! Happy Summer Reading!

22.05.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU, esp for being a good sport about this!!! (I've also tracked down your publicist, so act surprised when she reaches out! πŸ˜†)

20.05.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Sadie! I'm the managing editor at Goodreads. I'm trying to find a way to contact you. Could you let me know who your agent is, etc., happy to go that route!

20.05.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A GoodReads Review for Merriam-Webster Dictionary. "Four stars. Cried a lot actually. April 30, 2021" Comment has 3 likes.

A GoodReads Review for Merriam-Webster Dictionary. "Four stars. Cried a lot actually. April 30, 2021" Comment has 3 likes.

We think about this real Goodreads review for our Dictionary like once a week.

19.05.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
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See the 15 Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025, According to Goodreads Users β€” From Taylor Jenkins Reid to R.F. Kuang Goodreads has shared a list of their user's 15 most anticipated books of summer 2025. The data was pulled from how many times a Goodreads user has added a title to their "want-to-read" shelf.

Nice writeup from People on the summer books Goodreads' members cannot wait to get their hands on... people.com/15-most-anti...

19.05.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2025 Goodreads Guide to Summer Reading Goodreads' annual guide will help you find the best books to read all season long.Β Discover the season's hottestΒ new books, pick the perfect settin...

It's no surprise that we wait all year for the best season: Summer Reading! πŸ–οΈ
Check out our guide on what to read from now until it's time for fall reading... πŸ“š
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

15.05.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hot Ones: Readers' 80 Most Anticipated New Summer Books The daylight is plentiful. The temperatures are agreeable. The bookstore shelves are packed with new releases. Is there anything better than su...

And, here she is! It's Goodreads' annual πŸ”₯ hottest πŸ”₯ books of the summer article, based on early reader anticipation. Your TBR pile is about to be insane...
#summerreading πŸ–οΈ
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2922

12.05.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been raining and I keep checking the news.

13.03.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Current mood (as told through book covers):

13.03.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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192 Nonfiction Books to Read This Women's History Month Here’s some trivia for your next book club gathering: Women’s History Month, celebrated in March in the U.S., originally began as Women’s History We...

It's women's history month... a great time to remember all of the hard work and sacrifices women have made. Here's a Very Long list of new nonfiction books to inspire and educate:
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

03.03.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Goodreads Editors Share Their Book Picks for March Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we sort throughΒ a lotΒ of books each month. Our monthlyΒ Readers' Most Anticipated BooksΒ feature is exactly thatβ€”se...

"I'm not saying I sent Kristen Arnett's publicist an all-caps email saying 'PLEASE SEND ME THE SEXY CLOWN BOOK I NEED IT,' but I'm also not NOT saying that." Check out the 20 books @cybilw.bsky.social and I can't wait to get our hands on in March!

www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...

28.02.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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17 New Cross-Genre Trends We're Spotting in 2025 One of our favorite pastimes, here at Goodreads headquarters, is trendspotting. We see a lot of books come down the pikeβ€”like, a lot a lotβ€”and it seem...

We stare at new books ALL DAY long and that's how @syhsu.bsky.social creates these bonkers 'cross-genre trend' articles. Big this year: Cannibalism, golems, sympathetic murderers. Are we OK out there??
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...

26.02.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 noteworthy debut books you should read this January Check out these January debut books and find your new favorite writer today!

Are you looking to discover a new writer to fall in love with? Check out these 12 debut books - fiction, memoir, and poetry - publishing in January!

debutiful.net/2025/01/06/1...

10.01.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story? Tracy Wolff, the author of the β€œCrave” series, is being sued for copyright infringement. But romantasy’s reliance on standardized tropes makes proving plot theft tricky.

Hi! Some-time lurker, first time poster.

For this week’s @newyorker.com, I dove into a romantasy plagiarism lawsuit that raises deeper questions about tropes, authorship, and the grubby imperatives of selling books in a post-literate world.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

06.01.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 30
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Meet the Hottest Debut Novels of 2025 One of the annual delights of maintaining a serious reading habit is the thrill of discovery. Each year, a newΒ group ofΒ first-time authors rele...

At Goodreads we took a look at some of the new year’s buzziest debut novels. Lots of fantastic new authors to discover!

www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...

05.01.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodreads Staffers Share Their Top Reads of 2024 At the end of each calendar year, as we wrap up our annual Reading Challenge, we like to ask a simple question of Goodreads’ well-read staffers: What...

Every year we ask our Goodreads colleagues to share their three favorite reads of the year. Love this annual look at our very bookish co-workers!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...

27.12.2024 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year

Authors recommending some criminally good Christmas crime novels....
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

21.12.2024 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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