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Each year since its inception, the program has honored three books—one fiction, one nonfiction, and one poetry title—that deepen our understanding of science and technology. The books’ authors are awarded $10,000 each, celebrated at a ceremony in March, and featured in national public programming. To qualify, books must have been published in English by US
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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. Here are the stories that TIB readers were most interested in this week. It was a town’s only Black-owned bookstore. It is now a refuge for those displaced by the California fires. I was just
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Have We Reached Peak Celebrity Audiobook Narration? I was browsing the finalists for the Audies and was struck
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced Often the NBCC can have the most idiosyncratic finalists of
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Megan Mabee has been filling notebooks with her story ideas and favorite book quotes since she first began reading. She enjoys board gaming, rewatching Miyazaki movies, and building Legos with her preschooler. Megan holds a Master of Library
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Josh Cook, who I interviewed last year on First Edition about somewhat similar matters, kicks off a series
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Catch up on the most popular stories from this week’s editions of Today in Books. Details Emerge in Sexual Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman 100 Books to Look For in 2025 It’s always a good day when the
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Welcome to your weekend edition of Today in Books, wherein we round up all of Book Riot’s news coverage from the week that was. Emergency Library Worker Support for Those Impacted by California Wildfires Details Emerge in Sexual Assault Allegations Against Neil Gaiman The Most Anticipated Horror Books of 2025, According to Goodreads Screen the
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Fact-Checking Chicken Soup for the Soul Readers who grew up in the ’90s and early 2000s will likely
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Everand—a company that offers a monthly subscription for access to ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and more—just released their 2025 State of Reading Report. They gathered data on why we read, how and what we read, our beliefs about books, and the evolution of reading by interviewing 1,500 US consumers aged 18-64 who had paid for an
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. How Gaiman’s Publishers Are Responding to Sexual Assault Allegations In yesterday’s installment, I wondered why publishing media has
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Where is Publishing’s Response to the Neil Gaiman Allegations? On Monday, New York Magazine revealed this week’s cover
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Roll into your weekend with this highlight reel of the bookish news Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Our Most Anticipated Books of 2025 Check out our list of the most anticipated books of
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