Speculating on The Book of the Year and the Impacts of AI on Writing
We're in a lull of current publishing industry news, so Jeff and Rebecca speculate about upcoming book awards, year-end announcements, and the book of the year, as well as touch on the impact of AI on writing.
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New Report Examines Writers’ Attitudes toward AI [Publishers Weekly]
My Students Use AI. So What? [The Atlantic]
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Erin Somers interview on First Edition
The Running Ground by Nicholas Thompson
Craftland by James Fox
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What We Want from Essays: DEAD & ALIVE by Zadie Smith
Jeff and Rebecca talk Zadie Smith's Dead & Alive.
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Checking in with We Need Diverse Books
Jeff talks to Dhonielle Clayton and Caroline Richmond of We Need Diverse Books about censorship, book bannings, and the ongoing drive to diversify books and reading in the U.S.
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Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson
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The It Books of November 2025
Jeff and Rebecca consider 10 contenders for the title of It Book of November.
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Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood
The Look by Michelle Obama
The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes
The Emergency by George Packer
The Eleventh Hour: Stories by Salman Rushdie
Palaver by Bryan Washington
The Pelican Child by Joy Williams
Brimstone by Callie Hart
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The Eye of the Best Books of the Year Storm Approaches
Jeff and Rebecca put on their rain gear as the best books of the year storm approaches.
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Barnes & Noble kicks off Best Books of the Year season
Amazon revisits 25 years of #1 Book picks
We might have called it wrong about Frankenstein: the reviews are good
Federal judge finds Texas READER Act unconstitutional
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George RR Martin
Replaceable You by Mary Roach
The Unveiling by Quan Barry
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