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Blog: Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan teams up with ex-inmate to write prison survival book from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 1 week, 5 days agoSheridan, who has never been incarcerated, says ‘morbid curiosity sent me on a journey to understand the politics and dangers of prison’
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Blog: Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week, 5 days agoThirteen books make this year’s longlist for translated fiction, which awards a first prize of £50,000Olga Ravn, Daniel Kehlmann, Ia Genberg, Mathias Énard and Gab […]
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Aspiring to what, pray tell? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 week, 5 days agoWhat a great question.
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Blog: ‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week, 6 days agoThe so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to readShelly Rom […]
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Blog: Suckerfish by Ashani Lewis review – the ordeals of having a difficult mother from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week, 6 days agoThis is a wry and likably feisty account of the destructive power an unstable parent can wield over her offspringWhen it comes to attempting suicide, Kolia’s m […]
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Blog: Nonesuch by Francis Spufford review – a dazzling wartime fantasy from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week, 6 days agoDark magic, fascism and romance in blitz-stricken London: this exuberant novel is a popcorny delightWhen I teach creative writing, I often find myself insisting […]
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Blog: Tell us: what have you been reading this month? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks agoWe would like to hear about the books you’ve particularly enjoyed this monthAs part of The Guardian’s “what we’re reading” series, we would like to hear about the […]
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Blog: Thicker Than Water, J D Kirk from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 2 weeks ago2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, second in the Jack
Logan series. DCI Logan has transferred to Inverness because Glasgow
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Blog: As If by Isabel Waidner review – surreal doppelganger story from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks agoTwo uncannily similar men switch places in an existential farce that playfully explores the precarity of working lifeIn Isabel Waidner’s previous novel, 2023’s
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Blog: Politics Without Politicians by Hélène Landemore review – could we get rid of Farage, Truss and Trump? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks agoA Yale lecturer’s radical proposal to replace elected leaders with ordinary people, chosen by lotteryNo Donald Trump, Nigel Farage or Liz Truss; no Zack Polanski, J […]
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Blog: Books I Read in January 2026 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 2 weeks agoThe Haunted Wood by Sam Leith is a survey of childhood reading from Aesop to J. K. Rowling. With a focus on British children’s literature, Leith examines how i […]
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Blog: Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks agoIt’s tempting to dismiss the proliferation of labels as a fad, but there’s more to this phenomenon than a simple culture-war reading allowsMy psychological res […]
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Blog: Week in Review #8 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 weeks, 1 day agoThis week I read three books.I’ve been spending a lot of time listening to Gone with the Wind on audio book, however, I did get three book reviews written!A […]
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Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks, 2 days agoThe Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey; A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver; A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford; Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo; A S […]
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Blog: Georgi Gospodinov: ‘Jorge Luis Borges gave me an exhilarating sense of freedom’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 weeks, 3 days agoThe Bulgarian Booker winner on the letter he wrote to JD Salinger, the allure of Homer’s Odyssey and the magic of Thomas MannMy earliest reading memory
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Blog: The London Book Fair unveils Trailblazers Awards Shortlist for 2026 from
The Hub by The London Book Fair | Publishing News in the group The London Bookfair Hub Blog 2 weeks, 3 days agoThe London Book Fair (LBF) has today revealed the shortlist for the Trailblazers Awards 2026, celebrating industry professionals in their first ten years of their […]
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Blog: Murder Under Her Skin, Stephen Spotswood from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 2 weeks, 4 days ago2021 mystery, second in its series. Pentecost and Parker return to the
circus where Parker grew up, and the Tattooed Woman has just been
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Blog: 23. A Canticle for Leibowitz from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 weeks, 4 days ago23. A Canticle for Leibowitz. Walter M. Miller Jr. 1959. 335 pages. [Source: Bought] [4 stars, science fiction, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, classic]
First […]
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Blog: I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it. from
Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris 2 weeks, 4 days agomyakmyak:I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it.
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Blog: My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist. from
Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris 2 weeks, 4 days agomyjetpack:ALTMy cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.Tom Gauld
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Blog: 22. A World without Summer from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 weeks, 4 days ago22. A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out. Nicholas Day. 2025. 304 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, nonfiction, […]
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Blog: 21. Bittersweet from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 weeks, 4 days ago21. Bittersweet: Based on the True Tale of the Berlin Candy Bombers. Christy Mandin. 2025. 40 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars, nonfiction picture book, history, […]
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Blog: Anuradha Roy’s 2026 UK Book Events from
Daunt Books Publishing in the group Daunt Books 2 weeks, 5 days agoThe critically-acclaimed author will be in the UK promoting her latest books, Called by the Hills: A Home in the Himalaya. Friday 13 March – Parade’s End Books, […]
