Every week, Vox’s Constance Grady rounds up a curated selection of the internet’s best news and writing on books. This can include anything from news about major accolades like the National Book Awards and Mann Booker Prize to news about book sales, highly anticipated releases, and publishing industry news, conversations, and controversies. Our weekly roundups are the best way for book lovers to keep up with everything related to the world of books, literature, and publishing.
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June 20, 2020
The need to read black literature that’s not just about black struggle
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June 13, 2020
Trans Harry Potter fans respond to J.K. Rowling’s transphobic essay
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May 30, 2020
The vulnerability of the quarantine Zoom book club
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May 23, 2020
Stanley Tucci’s bookshelf is too messy, says celebrity book curator Thatcher Wine
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May 16, 2020
French author and serial killer expert revealed to be a serial liar
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May 9, 2020
Why we’re reading bucket list books in quarantine
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May 2, 2020
The politics of the books we display behind us during video calls
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April 25, 2020
If you need quick comfort, try reading a cookbook like it’s a novel
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April 18, 2020
Shel Silverstein’s extremely cozy houseboat is for sale
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April 11, 2020
Quarantine is giving us the opportunity to judge celebrity bookshelves
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April 4, 2020
Meet the woman who invented the Moomins
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March 28, 2020
That time Hemingway was quarantined with his sick kid, his wife, and his mistress
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March 21, 2020
George R.R. Martin promises fans he is staying safe and working on Winds of Winter
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March 7, 2020
Pete Buttigieg’s favorite author would maybe hate Pete Buttigieg
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February 29, 2020
How to read a very long book
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February 22, 2020
Weinstein’s lawyers tried to kick out a juror for reading a novel about a predatory man
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February 15, 2020
It looks like Amazon throttled sales of a zine after its author publicly criticized Amazon
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February 8, 2020
Barnes & Noble cancels its Diverse Editions series after accusations of “literary blackface”
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February 1, 2020
Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings to procrastinate on the academic work he was supposed to be doing
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January 25, 2020
Books you can read about the US-Mexico border instead of American Dirt
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January 18, 2020
The children’s librarian who hated Goodnight Moon
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January 11, 2020
Do “untranslatable words” really exist?
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January 4, 2020
Thousands of titles from 1924 just entered the public domain, including Rhapsody in Blue
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December 28, 2019
Diversity in children’s books has increased exponentially over the past 10 years
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December 21, 2019
The tricky etiquette of giving a book as a gift
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