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Book News We Covered This Week

Hello, Today in the Book readers! remind him This is the final edition of this newspaper. But don’t be afraid! You can still follow all book news by signing up for Book Riot Newsletter, Which comes out on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It’s the same book news curation, covered by the same Book Riot writers,

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Book Riot’s Deal of the Day for July 5th, 2026

Today’s Special Book Deal $6.99 the complex By Karan Mahajan GET THIS DEAL $2.99 hobbyist by Asako Yuzuki GET THIS DEAL $1.99 moon without stars by chanel miller GET THIS DEAL $2.99 woman in suite 11 by Ruth Ware GET THIS DEAL $2.99 witch nearby by VE Schwab GET THIS DEAL $1.99 ten thousand doors

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Susanna Clark: ‘I was ill for 11 years. I felt like I was about to fall off the world’. Imagination

In October 2016 I was in the hospital. I had been ill with a disease called chronic fatigue syndrome for 11 years, but in the last six weeks I was struck by a strange, sudden crisis. I was unable to eat – the day I ate a couple of biscuits was a good day; Sometimes

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feeling stuck? Try ‘Productivity Snacking’ books

YYou might call it the saddest of midlife crises, but as I turned 40 last year, I decided to dedicate myself to a long-neglected ambition – learning guitar. I set myself the task of dutifully practicing 30 minutes a day, with the aim of making my way through the Bob Dylan songbook by my 41st

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From Lead Belly to Tupac: A Prison History of Music

In his book ‘The Midnight Special’, author Colin Usher explores how prisons and the criminal justice system shaped American music, from Lead Belly and Johnny Cash to Tupac.

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June 29 – July 3, 2026

Get ready for part two! These are the 258 books we’re most looking forward to in the second half of 2026 Lit Hub Reading Lists Did you know that ancient Roman romance novels were hard to read? | Lit Hub History Why do readers still love Mr. Darcy after 200 years? | lit hub criticism

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short stories for perverts

Mac Crane is the author of i keep my exoskeletons with me And an intense endless need. His latest book is Distorted: Stories, From The Dial Press on 7th July. Below, he suggests short stories for perverts. When I think about stories I would recommend for perverts, I think they could be about anything at

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Best Recent Poetry – Review Roundup | Poem

cafe By Holly Paster (Fitzcarraldo, £12.99)Beginning with a sequence of prose poems in which the speaker embarks on an anti-epic quest to open her own café, Paster’s second collection focuses on the nature of desire and despair. Comic timing remains a strength, as does her linguistic flexibility, using language as a weapon in the face

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A Dazzling Survey of American History: NPR

Just in time for the United States’ controversial 250th anniversary, historian David S. Reynolds’ latest book, two ships, Helps us realize that any country that can’t agree on its origin story is destined for divisive times. two ships is about the complex, combined legacies of the landing of the Mayflower, which carried Pilgrims to Plymouth,

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