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The Economist @economist.com · 23/11/2025

The best books published in 2025, as chosen by journalists at The Economist. Our selections span the globe and the centuries, as well as categories from fiction to food

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The best books of 2025

Gladiators and dictators, wolves and Beatles feature in our list this year

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Upstart Crow @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

'Tis the season for best book lists (which has us pondering a best-list of the best lists). #books www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...

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100 Notable Books of 2025

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 18/08/2025

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

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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

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Ken Budd @kenbudd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

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

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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. givebutter.com/DYD2025

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NPR @npr.org · 21/07/2025

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.

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Tell us about the books that shaped you

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Librarians Building Libraries @bldglibraries.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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.

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NPR @npr.org · 29/06/2025

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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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.

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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 www.eventbrite.com/e/a-history-...

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

In honor of #pridemonth let's re-listen to #FallfortheBook 's Podcast episode featuring The Great Believers author Rebecca Makkai. open.spotify.com/episode/1hOu...

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Rebecca Makkai - Fall for the Book Podcast

Fall for the Book Podcast · Episode

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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.

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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

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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.

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Alison Lear @aslear.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

‘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 … 📖

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

@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. 🧡 online-ceramics.com/collections/...

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

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025

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.

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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.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

"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. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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Upstart Crow @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"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." www.npr.org/2025/04/08/n... #books #reading #booksky

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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.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/04/2025

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

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Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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...

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Ajay @ajaykaul10.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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

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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

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The Knot | The Saturday Evening Post

The anger management classes might be working.

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Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The Trump administration is going after a small but important agency that helps fund public libraries across the country.... s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

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

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Upstart Crow @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate by reading: Here are seven superb novels from Irish authors, compiled by Christina Ianzito and our own @kenbudd.bsky.social. www.aarp.org/entertainmen... #books #booksky #reading

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7 Books by Irish Authors Everyone Should Read

Check out these novels by Colm Toíbín, Louise Kennedy, Paul Lynch and more of Ireland’s top writers

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 07/03/2025

I think it’s a pretty full circle moment that I wrote a book about defending my public library and that book is trending (ebook AND audiobook) at that exact public library. Thank you to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, @sarahnfisk.bsky.social, and @thetobiasagency.bsky.social!

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Felipe Torres Medina @felipetmedina.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Thank you @literaryhub.bsky.social and @jamesfolta.com for letting me yap about my book!

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Remembering the Revolutionary: Tune in to the #FallfortheBook event from our archives where we look back at Toni Morrison, Chinua Achebe, and John R. Lewis #BlackHistoryMonth youtu.be/5xI9rWjNA2Q?...

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

As we look back at Black History, Fall for the Book opens our archives and retrieves Alice Walker. Enjoy this C-Span video. www.c-span.org/program/book...

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[The Color Purple]

Author Alice Walker discussed her book, [The Color Purple]. Ms. Walker was interviewed at the "Fall for the Book" festival, held at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

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tamara jerée 🖤 @tamarajeree.com · 03/02/2025

this is my first black history month working at a black-owned bookstore, and yesterday i was sitting at the desk feeling like i was missing something. but in fact i did not need to curate a bhm display bc over half our stock is black books. a surprising relief that i’m still processing

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

President Jimmy Carter has officially won a posthumous Grammy for his narration of an audiobook of his Sunday school lessons. He is now a 4-time Grammy winner. RIP Jimmy. 💙

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Upstart Crow @upstartcrowpod.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

"In modern fiction...vintage media have emerged as tactile objects that symbolize integrity, solve the crime, and radiate realness." www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv... #books #fiction

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The ‘Stranger Things’ Effect Comes for the Novel

A crop of stories is responding to the fakery of the digital age by embracing the realness of analog objects.

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Lori Bee @weaselette.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#20daybookchallenge. Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚💙 #blueskybooks #books #bookchallenge Day #14

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 26/01/2025

I’m so grateful to Kim A Snyder for allowing me to be a part of this film. “There’s never been a movie more vital this year than The Librarians. If you prize literature, intelligence, independent thought, safe spaces for children, it’s a necessary watch.” thefilmmaven.substack.com/p/the-librar...

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'The Librarians' Review: An Essential Watch About the Written Word

One of the most important docs you'll see in 2025

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