A Dozen Books You Need to Know About for November 2025
In November’s big holiday bonanza: Atwood, Obama, Rushdie, and McCartney lead the charge
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Ken Liu Is a Dream You Don’t Quite Wake Up From
With ‘All That We See or Seem’ a Hugo and Nebula winner launches a new series set in a near-future world of AI
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‘Awake’ and Thriving
Jen Hatmaker shares her sorrows and newfound strengths in post-divorce memoir
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Are Blurbs Dead?
Reply hazy, try again later
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Federal Judge Blocks Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster Merger
Will authors benefit? Could a breakup of Amazon’s publishing monopoly be next?
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American Publishing in Censorship Mode
Publishers keep pulling books from shelves, for all kinds of reasons
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Simon & Schuster De-Platforms Josh Hawley
After supporting Capitol attack, Missouri Senator loses his publisher
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Romance So White
An annual report highlights Romancelandia’s continued racial-diversity problems
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Jim Clark Can See the Future
The New New Thing by Michael Lewis
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Police Rappers The Slick Boys Offer Hope in the Windy City
A Ten-Point Plan to Rescue Your Community by Three Chicago Cops Who Are Making It Happen
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A Summer Inside an LAPD Homicide Division
The Killing Season by Miles Corwin
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