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Best Mystery Shows, Crime Author Chats, Summer Thrillers & More Mystery News!
From an Agatha Christie adaptation you may not have heard of to more summer thriller lists, here’s a roundup of news for mystery readers!Laura Lippman and Megan Abbott chat!“I became fascinated with the recent, pretty dramatic rise of women...
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Why Oppressive Fictional Societies Suppress Reading–and How They Mirror Our Current Culture
Over the last several years, conservative groups have proposed laws that ban certain books from libraries or even penalize librarians. These bills depict books about LGBTQIA+ people as inappropriate for kids and claim that learning about systemic racism scapegoats...
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New YA Book Releases for June 18, 2025
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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE...
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Get Stoked: Here Are This Year’s Stoker Award Winners
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The Biggest Bookish News We Covered This Week
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up!The 2024 Nebula...
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Reel Scares: Horror Adaptations Coming in 2026
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Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU...
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This Black Literary and Cultural Institution Turns 100
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.New York Public Library’s...
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Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95
Barbara Holdridge, who co-founded the first commercially successful spoken-word record label, one that began with the poet Dylan Thomas reciting his story “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” and that led to today’s multibillion-dollar audiobook industry, died on Monday at...
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Book Review: ‘Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly,’ by Jeff Weiss
WAITING FOR BRITNEY SPEARS: A True Story, Allegedly, by Jeff WeissIn 2023, the pop princess Britney Spears published her autobiography, “The Woman in Me.” In its pages, Spears had choice words for the paparazzi who pursued her at the...
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4 New Mystery & Thriller Adaptations To Watch in June 2025
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Welcome to the June round of new mystery and thriller adaptations to watch! Jane Harper had her Aaron Falk film adaptation listed in...
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Sudan civil war: Losing a baby, rescuing a child and dodging air strikes in Darfur
Anne SoyDeputy Africa editorBBCAged just 19, Alawia Babiker Ahmed miscarried as she was fleeing on foot the devastating war...