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How the French fell in love with family-driven memoirs and autofiction | Anne-Laure Pineau

The Guardian | 2025-12-25, 12:51

Matriarchs, absent fathers and troubled childhoods: 2025 was the year French literature focused on family

Charles Dickens exhibition to shine light on powerful women in author’s life

The Guardian | 2025-12-25, 12:51

Novels only ‘reinforced Victorian stereotypes’ of meek women to give readers what they wanted, says curator

FP’s Holiday Book List

Foreign Policy | 2025-12-25, 12:20

Our columnists and staff writers recommend their top reads for the end of the year. ...

Business Insider staff share their favorite books of 2025

Business Insider | 2025-12-25, 10:45

The billionaires said reading is the top habit they attribute to success. twomeows/Getty ImagesBusiness Insider staff highlight our top business, tech, and innovation books of 2025.Selections include memoirs, biographies, and deep dives into Wall Street and

Want to read more in 2026? Here’s how to revive your love of books

Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | 2025-12-25, 10:43

By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce stress, increase creativity and

What Hollywood Has That TikTok, Video Games and YouTube Don’t

New York Times | 2025-12-25, 10:35

Hollywood is Hollywood because of its gift for mythmaking. ...

Jeff Kinney and Other Authors on What They Learned From a Book in 2025

New York Times | 2025-12-25, 10:35

Such as: A shrewd move by George Washington. Why Gauguin wore a 10-gallon hat. And the benefits of breathing through your nose ...

James Patterson awards holiday bonus to Frederick bookstore employee

no EC Baltimore Sun | 2025-12-25, 10:23

An employee at a Frederick bookstore has received a holiday bonus from author James Patterson. Curious Iguana, located at 12 N. Market St., announced in a Dec. 18 Facebook post that the bonus went to bookseller Sam Collins, who

Top 12 productivity books of 2025 to change your relationship with work and time

Fast Company | 2025-12-25, 10:18

Somewhere between endless meetings and half-finished projects, we all went looking for better ways to get things done this year. These are the 2025 titles that helped people stay organized, focused, and finally finish what they started. Learn something new

Craig Johnson: ‘Scents Of The Season,’ a Longmire Christmas tale

The Spokesman-Review | 2025-12-25, 08:09

The entire staff was there at our first Christmas Eve office party, including our Basque contingency Santiago Saizarbitoria and his wife Maria and even Double-Tough had ventured up from our distant substation in Powder Junction to sit on the bench by the

Ice by Jacek Dukaj review – a dazzling journey to an alternate Siberia

The Guardian | 2025-12-25, 07:29

The 1908 Tunguska comet changes the direction of history and gives rise to a weird new reality in this acclaimed epic from the Polish author

Books to look out for in 2026 – nonfiction

The Guardian | 2025-12-25, 07:29

Memoirs from Liza Minnelli and Lena Dunham, essays by David Sedaris and Alan Bennett’s diaries are among the highlights of the year ahead

The best Irish books of 2025

RTE | 2025-12-25, 07:18

It's been another bumper year for Irish literature - and now that 2025 is pretty much done and dusted, it's time to cast our eye over the books that made the biggest impressions over the last twelve months. Elaine Feeney - Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way Feeney’s

‘The feeling came back, the one I had been successfully avoiding for so long: shame’

The Irish Times | 2025-12-25, 06:03

“Jennie Barrett has a lovely brooch from Switzers,” she said. “Silver and purple. She’s going steady with a fella from Booterstown and he bought it for her.” “Jennie Barrett is the height of glamour,” I said. “That she is!” Gran replied. I didn’t know who

New Selected Poems: 1978-2022 by Medbh McGuckian - Copious sunsetty pleasures

The Irish Times | 2025-12-25, 04:56

New Selected Poems: 1978-2022 Author: 978 1 91133 892 5 Publisher: €14.50 Belfast-born Medbh McGuckian’s work is fluid, shifting, musical, and when read in this new selected poems it becomes easier to evoke an atmosphere, or tone, than to boil her down to any

Post Hiroshima: Disquieting accounts of nuclear modernity

The Hindu | 2025-12-25, 03:19

What does nuclear politics do to ordinary

Fairfax County launches new way to recycle unwanted books

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 02:54

Fairfax County, Virginia, is launching a new program that aims to make it easier and more convenient for residents to recycle unwanted books. Related stories Want to read more in 2026? Here’s how to revive your love of books The problem for libraries? In

Eileen Wesel’s What If It Were True? Invites Readers to Question Everything They Believe About Reality

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

Every so often, a book arrives that doesn’t just tell a story; it opens a door. What If It Were True? by Eileen Wesel is that rare experience. Blending science fiction, personal memoir, and spiritual awakening, Wesel’s work pulls readers into a

“Angus Sliders” Receives Esteemed Literary Titan Book Award, Cementing Its Place as a Standout Spy-Fi Thriller

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

Angus Sliders, the second novel in the Bureau Archives Trilogy by award-winning author Alexander Bentley, has received the esteemed Literary Titan Book Award, recognizing its exceptional storytelling, originality, and literary impact. The honor highlights the

A Book for Readers 40-80+: Reigniting Passion for Adventure

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

Many readers over 40 may feel that books no longer speak directly to them. Captain Ron Smith is changing that with a new release crafted specifically for readers aged 20–80 who still crave adventure, inspiration, and joy. “I wrote this book for

Adventure on the High Seas – New Book Brings Ocean Stories to Life

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

Cape Coral, Fort Myers, FL - Few things capture the imagination like the sea. From the rush of a marlin leaping from the water to the thrill of steering a yacht through open waters, Captain Ron Smith has lived it all—and now he’s sharing those

Dr. Xie: Bridging Scholarship and Market

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

The professional trajectory of an academic is often a narrative of specialization, of delving deeper into a defined field of research. The path of Dr. Xuan Xie, Assistant Professor of Marketing at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, tells a different,

Polishing Diamonds by Raul Cuero PhD: A Powerful Novel of Resilience, Sisterhood, and the Creative ...

GetNews | 2025-12-25, 00:09

“A powerful novel of resilience, sisterhood, and the creative strength of women.”​ Raul Cuero, PhD, a distinguished international inventor scientist with more than 30 inventions, 29 patented in the United States, and author of several books on