this novel is going on my Best Writing of 2026 list, no question. i cannot recommend highly enough bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/08/unpr...

Unprecedented Times by Malavika Kannan

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upside: tamora pierce's Tempests and Slaughter scratched the same itch as rothfuss's Doors of Stone will. (if it is ever released) downside: the sequel to Tempests and Slaughter is also to this date unreleased. (we are cursed) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/temp... #booksky

Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce

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see also: madwoman by chelsea bieker bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/madw... #booksky

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

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ella kirshbaum@ella-celeste.bsky.social · 4mo ago

sure, thrillers are about the thrill, but the really good ones are actually about the protagonist's very damaged psyche. see: sharp objects by gillian flynn. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/shar...

sure, thrillers are about the thrill, but the really good ones are actually about the protagonist's very damaged psyche. see: sharp objects by gillian flynn. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/shar...

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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why do metafictions always, always flop at the end? even when they're otherwise excellent books? case in point: percival everett's Erasure bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/05/eras...

Erasure by Percival Everett

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my broken language took me by surprise & is now one of my favorite memoirs i’ve ever read?? its about language & life, and also thinks about art so beautifully. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/04/my-b...

My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes

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When movies were shot on physical film, the film was measured in feet. This is why any recorded thing is now called ‘footage.'

if you need some sweet, fluffy, well-executed escapist fantasy, here she is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/pala... #booksky @tkingfisher.com

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

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why is every Alex Michaelides book after The Silent Patient just a little bit less excellent than The Silent Patient? his newest book was fun, but i had higher hopes. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-... #booksky

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

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if you have not read If Beale Street Could Talk, please put down whatever less-excellent book you might be reading and read it immediately. Baldwin is magic; this book is magic. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/03/if-b... #booksky

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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ironically, Hell of a Book failed to be a hell of a book in the end—why does metafiction always fail in its conclusion? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/hell... #booksky

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

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should i be concerned that samuel beckett's Murphy is extremely relatable? maybe! bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/murp... #booksky

Murphy by Samuel Beckett

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i can't believe i'm the one saying this (you could not pay me enough to convince me to do math most days) but shakespeare's King Lear is a fascinatingly mathematical play bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/king...

King Lear by William Shakespeare

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can someone convince me that i should have liked Virginia Woolf's novel To The Lighthouse? because everyone talks about it so glowingly but i just. could not. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-l... #booksky #classics

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

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why do i keep taking classes that make me read Oedipus Rex? somebody save me pleaseee i hope i never have to read it again, but also—we already know Oedipus is a killer; why does it only become a problem when he realizes his victim was his dad? bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/oedi... #booksky

Oedipus the King by Sophocles

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is anyone searching desperately for a short, escapist novel so they can stop thinking about the world for two seconds? here's my pitch. (yes, it inspired the movie. no, it's nothing like the movie.) bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/02/anni... #booksky

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach # 1)

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did any of you read A–Z Mysteries as a kid? i forgot how clever they are bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #booksky #kidlit #mystery

The Quicksand Question by Ron Roy (A-Z Mysteries # Q)

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can anyone recommend a *very good* ann patchett to me? i read Tom Lake and was underwhelmed, but i've heard such good things i want to give her another try bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/tom-... #booksky

Tom Lake by Anne Patchett

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i picked up Disappoint Me by chance in a bookstore, and was blown away within the first pages by how strong the narrative voice is bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/disa... #booksky

Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

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i was NOT expecting to love Anna Karenina this much. if you haven't read it, i would recommend adding it to the top of your list bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/anna... #booksky #classic

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

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i love getting pleasantly surprised by a classic—The Count of Monte Cristo was so exciting?? as long as i was able to tune out all of the patriarchal classist weirdness, i was on the edge of my seat through every page bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #booksky

was the movie or the book better? usually i think the answer to this question is very clear, but in the case of Hamnet, i'm not so sure. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2026/01/hamn... #booksky

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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if anyone is looking for a good way to dip their toe into theory surrounding modern-day criticism, i highly recommend this book. it's both broadly intelligent and gloriously scathing: bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/auth... #booksky

Authority by Andrea Long Chu

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for all i'd heard about A Room of One's Own, it honestly doesn't seem to be worth its page count. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ro... #booksky #classics

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

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"The girl had nothing on under her shirt. Her skin was pleasantly sunburned and her shoulders and fine breasts shone with health ... the impression of a healthy animal peasant girl was heightened by the chunky hips ..." um. help. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/from... #booksky

From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming (James Bond # 5)

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wow the james bond novels have not held up well over time bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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i had some issues with this novel (horror is not at its best when it's purely overt commentary!!) but for being a book about sexism written by a man, i was quite impressed bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #horrorsky

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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if you haven't read barbara kingsolver's Demon Copperhead, you're missing out on a dickens retelling, a story of love and family and opioid addiction, and one of the most charming and compelling narrators i've ever read. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/demo... #booksky #classics

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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y'all if you haven't read The Scar by china miéville, you need to get on it—there's a giant pirate city, a whole slough of badass protagonists, an island populated by deadly bloodsucking mosquito women, and a very very big fish. bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky #linguistics

The Scar by China Miéville

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for all the readers who love a good book-within-a-book situation, i highly recommend you check out The History of Love bookbybook365.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

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