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<p>A new list of “The 100 Best Novels” is out from The Guardian, it’s a list chosen by prominent authors, but they don’t say if they gave any criteria for what constitutes ‘best’, which is my pet peeve about these lists. What does best mean?</p><p>Anyway, the top 50 is about what you’d expect, but 50-100 is more unusual, with a lot more contemporary works, and some totally new authors to me. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/novels/" rel="tag">#novels</a> <a href="/tags/lists/" rel="tag">#lists</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/ng-i</span><span class="invisible">nteractive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time</span></a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>&quot;Marx Prestige&quot; ep 1</p><p><a href="/tags/andrewhartman/" rel="tag">#AndrewHartman</a>, author of <a href="/tags/karlmarxinamerica/" rel="tag">#KarlMarxInAmerica</a>, discusses &quot;how <a href="/tags/karlmarx/" rel="tag">#KarlMarx</a> understood the United States as a testing ground for capitalism and democratic development in the nineteenth century.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/marx-prestige-episode-1-the-civil-war-and-american-capitalism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/marx-prestige-episode-1-the-civil-war-and-american-capitalism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanprestige.supportingcas</span><span class="invisible">t.fm/listen/american-prestige-1/marx-prestige-episode-1-the-civil-war-and-american-capitalism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/marx/" rel="tag">#Marx</a> <a href="/tags/marxism/" rel="tag">#Marxism</a> <a href="/tags/americanmarxism/" rel="tag">#AmericanMarxism</a> <a href="/tags/usleft/" rel="tag">#USleft</a> <a href="/tags/ushistory/" rel="tag">#UShistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="/tags/americanleft/" rel="tag">#AmericanLeft</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/americanlabormovement/" rel="tag">#AmericanLaborMovement</a> <a href="/tags/americansocialism/" rel="tag">#AmericanSocialism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>Ik lees graag graphic novels en trakteerde mezelf op &quot;Spinning&quot; van Tillie Walden. Oorspronkelijk voor een jonger publiek. Walden kreeg er de Eisner Award voor, en terecht :) </p><p>In de VS staat het op de lijst van banned books - boeken met LGBTQIA+ thema’s, verhalen van POC’s of politieke onderwerpen, juist de verhalen die andere perspectieven laten zien.</p><p>Dus: lees ze.<br>Read banned books. </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/boeken/" rel="tag">#boeken</a> <a href="/tags/bannedboeks/" rel="tag">#BannedBoeks</a> <a href="/tags/verbodenboeken/" rel="tag">#VerbodenBoeken</a> <a href="/tags/readbannedbooks/" rel="tag">#ReadBannedBooks</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/queerbrarians/" rel="tag">#Queerbrarians</a></p>

<p>Typing for Love or Money<br>The Hidden Women’s Labor behind Modern Literary Masterpieces</p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/essay/t</span><span class="invisible">yping-for-love-or-money/</span></a></p><p>At PG:</p><p>&quot;The Story of the Typewriter&quot;:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60794</a></p><p>Books by Henry James:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/113"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/113</span></a></p><p>&quot;Henry James at Work&quot; by Theodora Bosanquet:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63377</a></p><p>Books by T. S. Eliot:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/599"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/599</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Radcliffe Acquires a Black Feminist’s Archive</p><p>An architect of Black women’s studies, Barbara Smith introduced the concepts of “identity politics” and “intersectionality.”</p><p>by Lydialyle Gibson</p><p><a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.harvardmagazine.com/museum</span><span class="invisible">s-collections/barbara-smith-papers-harvard-radcliffe-institute?utm_source=email&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_term=weekly&amp;utm_content=one-of-harvards-oldest-structures-is-hiding-behind-a-beer-garden&amp;utm_campaign=032026</span></a></p><p>Black fiction &amp; Feminism at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=black+fiction"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=black+fiction</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=feminism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=feminism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p>📚 Margarettown by: Gabrielle Zevin</p><p>It could be about anyone - you, your parents, your best friends. But it&#x27;s not. It&#x27;s about a woman called Margaret Towne, and the man who falls in love with her...</p><p>The day he meets Maggie for the first time is the day he understands what it is to be in love. Deeply, wildly, terminally in love.</p><p>What he doesn&#x27;t know is that loving Maggie means loving ma...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/margarettown" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/margarettown"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/margaretto</span><span class="invisible">wn</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a></p>

<p>&quot;The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.&quot;<br>The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire</p><p>The Chronicler of Decline</p><p>Is it too late for our republic to learn from Gibbon’s epic history of Rome’s collapse?</p><p>by Ed Simon</p><p><a href="https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-chronicler-of-decline" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/the-chronicler-of-decline"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hedgehogreview.com/web-feature</span><span class="invisible">s/thr/posts/the-chronicler-of-decline</span></a></p><p>Gibbon at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/375" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/375"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/375</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a></p>

<p>Elizabeth Gaskell: The Unsung Author Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Will Love</p><p>The Victorian writer had the wit of one, and the friendship of the other.</p><p>By Amy Glover</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry</span><span class="invisible">/read-gaskell-if-you-like-bronte-austen_uk_69aaaff3e4b0bda876a8b99a</span></a></p><p>Gaskell at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/220"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/220</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/womenhistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenhistoryMonth</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1892, Vita Sackville-West is born. </p><p>&quot;Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her life.... She was the inspiration for the protagonist of Orlando: A Biography, by her friend and lover Virginia Woolf.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sac</span><span class="invisible">kville-West</span></a></p><p>Books by Sackville-West at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/34850"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/34850</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116211809285100124" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116211809285100124"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/</span><span class="invisible">116211809285100124</span></a></p><p>This is the kind of love story I like around here, shut up I&#x27;m not crying, you&#x27;re crying... 😊 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

Time-Wasting, Truth-Wasting Exercises | Los Angeles Review of Books

<p>Lost page of the Archimedes Palimpsest identified in Blois, central France</p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@InistCNRS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>InistCNRS</span></a></span> </p><p>edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-page-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2026-03-lost-pag</span><span class="invisible">e-archimedes-palimpsest-blois.html</span></a></p><p>Archimedes at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2545" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2545"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2545</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#archeology</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/</span><span class="invisible">book-review-misheard-world-by-aliya.html</span></a></p><p>The Misheard World feels, at every moment, intensely carefully crafted, and it is a delight to be left unsettled by it, all the way to the last says <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@chloroform_tea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chloroform_tea</span></a></span> <br> at the NOAF blog:</p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#review</a> @bookstodon</p>

<p>Does culture make emotion?</p><p>Franz Boas helps us solve the puzzle of where our emotional lives originate: in our selves or in the cultures around us</p><p>by Noga Arikha</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/who-am-i-when-i-care-emotion-through-the-lens-of-franz-boas?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=6f4e4a3692-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_24_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/who-am-i-when-i-care-emotion-through-the-lens-of-franz-boas?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=6f4e4a3692-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_24_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/who-am-i-when-i</span><span class="invisible">-care-emotion-through-the-lens-of-franz-boas?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=6f4e4a3692-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_24_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Franz Boas at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40195" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/40195"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/40195</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/antropology/" rel="tag">#antropology</a></p>

<p>Paisley Book Festival 2026<br>15–17 May</p><p>The Paisley Book Festival is a platform for celebrating books, reading and writing in Paisley over the course of three days.</p><p>Now entering its seventh year, the theme for the 2026 Paisley Book Festival is “Everyday Heroes, Everlasting Icons”.</p><p>For the full programme of events, visit the PBF website: </p><p><a href="https://paisleybookfestival.com/programme-full/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="paisleybookfestival.com/programme-full/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paisleybookfestival.com/progra</span><span class="invisible">mme-full/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/paisley/" rel="tag">#Paisley</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a></p>

<p>My first podcast ever. Recorded with Dennis McKenna (who would say?). Words fail to express my gratitude and respect for this gentleman. zenjoy!</p><p><a href="https://mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/books-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/books-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mckenna.academy/mka-podcast/bo</span><span class="invisible">oks-human-creativity-and-humble-a-graphic-meditation-tool-for-openness/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/humble/" rel="tag">#humble</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a></p>

<p>📚 We Do Not Part by: Han Kang</p><p>One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm h...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-part" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-part"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/we-do-not-</span><span class="invisible">part</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/literaryfiction/" rel="tag">#literaryfiction</a> <a href="/tags/friendshipfiction/" rel="tag">#friendshipfiction</a> <a href="/tags/worldliterature/" rel="tag">#worldliterature</a> <a href="/tags/korea/" rel="tag">#korea</a></p>

Why it pays to be bored

<p>📚 The Last Contract of Isako by: Fonda Lee</p><p>Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend must come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she plans to follow—to walk out into the frozen wasteland of their planet with her head held high and her family enriched by her dea...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-last-contract-of-isako" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-last-contract-of-isako"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-last-c</span><span class="invisible">ontract-of-isako</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/cyberpunkfiction/" rel="tag">#cyberpunkfiction</a> <a href="/tags/dystopianfiction/" rel="tag">#dystopianfiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>

<p>‘The Tibetan Book of the Dead’ is actually not just about death</p><p>The Tibetan Book of the Dead,” arguably is the most well-known Tibetan Buddhist text outside Tibet.</p><p>by Jue Liang</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-tibeta</span><span class="invisible">n-book-of-the-dead-is-actually-not-just-about-death-247174</span></a></p><p>Buddhist literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/37455"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/37455</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/buddhism/" rel="tag">#buddhism</a></p>

<p>The Dante Map: Mary Hensman’s Masterpiece</p><p>Posted by: Cynthia Smith</p><p>&quot;In celebration of Women’s History Month, I am featuring the map below. It was designed by the 19th century scholar and mapmaker Mary Hensman. The map is a detailed guide to the places that the Italian poet Dante Alighieri visited as well as the locations mentioned in his literary works.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/03/the</span><span class="invisible">-dante-map-mary-hensmans-masterpiece/</span></a></p><p>Books by Dante at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Dante+Alighieri"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Dante+Alighieri</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/womenshistorymonth/" rel="tag">#womenshistorymonth</a></p>

Bookworms rejoice: Kobo to get StoryGraph integration in June

<p><a href="/tags/naomiklein/" rel="tag">#NaomiKlein</a> on <a href="/tags/trumpism/" rel="tag">#Trumpism</a> and Our Age of ‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/ezra-klein-podcast-naomi-klein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VFA.F2f6.2-NayTObdyEi&amp;smid=url-share</span></a><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#farRight</a> <a href="/tags/altright/" rel="tag">#altRight</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracism/" rel="tag">#conspiracism</a> <a href="/tags/doppelgänger/" rel="tag">#Doppelgänger</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>