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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1850.</p><p>Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield concludes serial publication and on November 14 appears complete in book form from Bradbury and Evans in London.</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/766" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/766</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Cover of serial, "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens

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<p>Not just a meme, but a masterpiece – why the Mona Lisa earns its exalted place in art</p><p>Ceaselessly flocked by tourists at the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-17) is perhaps the world’s most recognisable work of art.</p><p>by James Payne</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/videos/not-just-a-meme</span><span class="invisible">-but-a-masterpiece-why-the-mona-lisa-earns-its-exalted-place-in-art?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=262f4f59e7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Monsa Lisa at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/25659" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/25659"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/25659</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#culture</a> <a href="/tags/aesthetics/" rel="tag">#aesthetics</a></p>

Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci

La Gioconda sits in a three-quarter pose, hands folded calmly in her lap, wearing a dark green-black dress with golden-brown sleeves and a translucent veil. Her expression is neither fully smiling nor neutral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

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<p>The 29 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2025</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-29-best-old-books-we-read-in-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/the-29-best-old-books-we-read-in-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-29-best-old-boo</span><span class="invisible">ks-we-read-in-2025/</span></a></p><p>"Wuthering Heights" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Wuthering+Heights" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Wuthering+Heights"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=Wuthering+Heights</span></a></p><p>"The Country of the Pointed Firs" at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+country+of+the+pointed+firs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+country+of+the+pointed+firs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=The+country+of+the+pointed+firs</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

A stack of books.

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<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library (the last one for 2025!): Three second-hand copies of Atlas of the Galilean Satellites from Cambridge University Press; the absolutely massive Fire and Mud: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines from the University of Washington Press; and <a href="/tags/charlesdarwin/" rel="tag">#CharlesDarwin</a>, Geologist from Cornell University Press which I might well review sometime soon in the new year in light of an upcoming Darwin biography...</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/cosmology/" rel="tag">#Cosmology</a> <a href="/tags/volcanoes/" rel="tag">#Volcanoes</a> <a href="/tags/volcanology/" rel="tag">#Volcanology</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/earthsciences/" rel="tag">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</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>

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books and part of the beech-coloured laminate floor.

On the left, standing up, Atlas of the Galilean Satellites, showing a composite photo of four of Jupiter's large moons shown in crescent view, arranged left to right from small to large: Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, and Io, showing a tiny sulfur dioxide-rich volcanic plume in deep purple erupting from its surface.

In the middle, lying down, Fire and Mud, a very thick hardback book, showing a colour photo of an agricultural field with in the foreground the tiny figures of an ox pulling a plough, followed by a human holding the reins. The background shows various white-roofed buildings against a background of hills. The top 80% of the photo shows the sky in which an enormous eruption cloud blossoms skywards. The dust jacket explains this is an early pre-climactic eruption at 0851h, June 12, 1991. In the middle, towards the bottom, is an inset colour photo showing a house surrounded by felled trees, all covered in a thick layer of volcanic ash.

On the right, standing up, Charles Darwin, Geologist, showing a period black-and-white photo of a seated, middle-aged, balding Charles Darwin circa 1855, wearing a waistcoat. The bottom third of the photo shows a fold-out colour plate with three colourful cross-sections through the Cordilleras of the South American Andes mountains. The writing is too small to read.

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<p>📚 My Roommate from Hell by: Cale Dietrich</p><p>Owen is not going to college to have fun. Nothing is going to stop him from achieving his goals: study hard, get a good job, and set himself up for the rest of his life. The last thing he needs is to have a loud, obnoxious, and infuriatingly hot roommate. Especially since said roommate just so happens to be the prince of...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/my-roommate-from-hell" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/my-roommate-from-hell"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/my-roommat</span><span class="invisible">e-from-hell</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a></p>

Owen is not going to college to have fun. Nothing is going to stop him from achieving his goals: study hard, get a good job, and set himself up for the rest of his life. The last thing he needs is to have a loud, obnoxious, and infuriatingly hot roommate. Especially since said roommate just so happens to be the prince of hell.

Prince Zarmenus has come to Point University for the first-ever Earth/hell exchange program, and he's determined to make the most of it. Which may or may not include wild parties, bringing in random boys to his and Owen's room, and accidentally setting Owen's furniture on fire. Sparks fly (literally) as Owen and Zar clash, but Zar's actions threaten to not only ruin Owen's peaceful college life, but demon-human relations as well. To clean up his image, he asks Owen to be his fake boyfriend and teach him how to be a better human in exchange for an internship that will secure Owen’s future. That, and Zar will consider being a better roommate.

A deal is struck, and the two start pretending to be in a relationship where they each have agendas of their own. Only Owen has a secret, dating his mortal enemy, even if it’s fake, is the most fun he's ever had.

Charming and fun, My Roommate from Hell is a rom com with a magical twist. Think just one bed, but that bed is in hell, surrounded by fire and brimstone.

A hilarious and charming descent into love, fake dating, and actual Hell. I couldn't stop grinning. Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestsellin

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1895</p><p>Thomas Hardy's last completed novel, Jude the Obscure is published by Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co. in London, dated 1896, on completion of an expurgated serialization under the title Hearts Insurgent in Harper's Magazine. </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/153" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/153</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

original title page of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

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<p>📚 Thinner by: Stephen King, Richard Bachman</p><p>Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He’s got it all an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family…and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular mansl...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/thinner" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/thinner</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/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/general/" rel="tag">#general</a></p>

Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He’s got it all an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family…and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking old woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful local connections and gets off with a slap on the wrist much to the fury of the woman’s mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single word: "Thinner".

Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly and rapidly by the week. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck…unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse what’s happened to him before he utterly wastes away.

This superbly crafted…extraordinary (Booklist) #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, “pulsates with evil…[and] will have you on the edge of your seat” (Publishers Weekly).

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<p>📚 Heated Rivalry by: Rachel Reid</p><p>Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander’s game. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.</p><p>Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. The self-proclaimed king of the...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/heated-rivalry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/heated-rivalry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/heated-riv</span><span class="invisible">alry</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/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/gayfiction/" rel="tag">#gayfiction</a> <a href="/tags/sportsfiction/" rel="tag">#sportsfiction</a></p>

Nothing interferes with pro hockey star Shane Hollander’s game. Now that he’s captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, he won’t let anything jeopardize that—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.

Boston Bears captain Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane’s not. The self-proclaimed king of the ice, he’s as cocky as he is talented. No one can beat him—except Shane. Publicly, they’re enemies. Privately, they can’t stop touching each other.

The smart thing to do? Walk away, once a few secret hookups turn into a struggle to keep their relationship out of the press. The truth could ruin them both. But for Shane and Ilya, secrecy is soon no longer an option…

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A #1 STREAMING SHOW

The epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from Rachel Reid, streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the U.S.

"The book that got me into hockey romance." —NPR's Weekend Edition

Game Changers

* Book 1: Game Changer
* Book 2: Heated Rivalry
* Book 3: Tough Guy
* Book 4: Common Goal
* Book 5: Role Model
* Book 6: The Long Game

Need more Reid! Check out these other standalones from your favorite MM hockey romance writer:

* Time to Shine
* The Shots You Take

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<p>📚 Artificial Truth by: J. M. Lee</p><p>In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to more than one hundred million people. Though it's been six years sin...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/artificial-truth" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/artificial-truth"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/artificial</span><span class="invisible">-truth</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/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspensefiction/" rel="tag">#suspensefiction</a> <a href="/tags/technological/" rel="tag">#technological</a></p>

In the virtual city of Alegria, fantasies are made real, innumerable lifetimes are lived, and even death itself is a survivable experience. An escape from reality that changed the landscape of artificial intelligence, it is home to more than one hundred million people. Though it's been six years since Alegria's creator revolutionary tech genius KC Kim died of cancer, his legacy is alive in the pinnacle of KC's genius: an AI named Allen who surges with KC's memories.

As hard as KC's widow, Minju, and her new husband, Junmo, try to move on, Minju can't shake the unnerving feeling that somehow, from somewhere, KC is watching. She sees a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to him. A pair of KC's custom-made shoes arrive at her doorstep. And someone has booked a Tokyo hotel room where she and KC shared happier times.

Certain of nothing except KC's mad innovation, Minju can only imagine what he is accomplishing without even existing.

If KC is reaching out from an infinity of memories, what are his plans for Minju and Junmo, and how can they hope to escape KC's all-seeing grasp? And whose plans are they, really? The possibilities are frightening.

From J.M. Lee, a bestselling phenomenon in Korea, comes a haunting and mind-bending novel about the revolutionary possibilities of AI and the infinite mysteries of what it means to be human.

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<p>House of Mirth. By Edith Wharton.</p><p>It’s late 19th century NYC, and you’re a youngish beautiful woman with few $ assets, and you’ve managed to live off higher society while avoiding getting married, but this arrangement starts to come to a sudden end; you are confident you can save yourself, but you’d somehow missed how powerless you’d be if others had other uses for you.</p><p>4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈 <br>CW: antisemitism </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/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#nyc</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

Book cover featuring a young woman in a fancy hat

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What books should I read while I unplug <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/40789221">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>📚 Innocence Road by: Laura Griffin</p><p>Detective Leanne Everhart swore she’d never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas—but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.</p><p>Leanne Everhart knows women have something to fear in her artsy hometown, especially so if they...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/innocence-road" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/innocence-road"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/innocence-</span><span class="invisible">road</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/mysterydetective/" rel="tag">#mysterydetective</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a> <a href="/tags/suspense/" rel="tag">#suspense</a></p>

Detective Leanne Everhart swore she’d never go back to her hometown near Marfa, Texas—but she returns when her brother needs her, only to find a town in need too, still torn apart by a decades-old crime.

Leanne Everhart knows women have something to fear in her artsy hometown, especially so if they’re not rich, white locals. Returning to town after her father’s death, she sees the ugliest sides of an area that draws people for its severe, untamed natural landscape.

While her department faces mounting backlash over a recent wrongful conviction in the long-ago murder case of a popular local teenager—which is now unsolved—Leanne is called to a fresh crime scene at the edge of the desert. A nameless woman was found murdered, with no clues as to her identity. As Leanne digs into the crime scene evidence, she grows convinced this latest murder case is linked with the local teenager’s murder. And to multiple cold cases, all unnamed female victims, that have all been shelved by her department without leads.

Now, with conflicted loyalties and without allies, Leanne must hunt down a serial killer, one who’s been preying on local women for two decades, growing bolder and more ruthless with every strike.

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<p>I write, erase, rewrite</p><p>Erase again, and then</p><p>A poppy blooms.</p><p> Katsushika Hokusai</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/haikuday/" rel="tag">#haikuday</a> <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</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>

Haiku Day

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Reading and Audiobook list for 2025

<p>PHYSICAL AND EBOOKS 2025</p><p>How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix<br>The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett<br>The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill<br>Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty<br>A Pirate’s Life For Tea by Rebecca Thorne<br>Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman<br>Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne<br>The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett<br>Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett<br>Tea You At the Altar by Rebecca Thorne<br>Sourcery by Terry Pratchett<br>OverGrowth by Mira Grant<br>Blue is the Hills by Lily Piper<br>Never Flinch by Stephen King<br>The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein<br>Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney<br>The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham<br>The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells<br>Horns by Joe Hill<br>Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne<br>The End of the World as we Know It edited by Chris Golden and Brain Keene<br>Last Words by George Carlin with Tony Hendra<br>Speedbumps Flooring it Through Hollywood by Teri Garr<br>i,Robot by Isaac Asimov<br>Nightfall Gardens book one by Allen Houston<br>Witch and Tell by Angela M. Sanders<br>For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn<br>The Shadow Garden Nightfall Gardens book two by Allen Houston<br>The Labyrinth Nightfall Gardens book three by Allen Houston<br>Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir<br>The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins<br>Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins<br>Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins</p><p>AUDIOBOOKS</p><p>Flight or Fright Edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent<br>Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by Jason Pargin<br>Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King<br>Finders Keepers by Stephen King<br>End of Watch by Stephen King<br>The Outsider by Stephen King<br>If it Bleeds by Stephen King<br>Holly by Stephen King<br>The Crossings by Jack Ketchum<br>Hyperion by Dan Simmons<br>Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons<br>I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin<br>Endymion by Dan Simmons<br>John Dies At The End by Jason Pargin<br>This Book is Full of Spiders by Jason Pargin<br>The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons<br>The Long Walk by Stephen King<br>Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir (audiodrama but it counts)<br>The Martian by Andy Weir<br>If This Book Exists. You’re in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin<br>Masters of Doom by David Kushner<br>Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy<br>A Mind of Her Own by Paula McLain<br>Once Upon Atari by Howard Scott Warshaw<br>Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky<br>The Dead Drink First by Dale Maharidge<br>Randomize: Forward collection by Andy Weir<br>The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich<br>The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks by Rob Sheffield<br>Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu</p> <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/41400843">See Original Page</a> </small>

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The American novelist Madeline Miller describes how she overcame her fears of a classical backlash to write a gay love story about Achilles and Patroclus. <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://reddthat.com/post/57858189">See Original Page</a> </small>

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<p>HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY! And Happy New Year!</p><p>Books published in 1930 will enter the U.S. public domain, such as:</p><p>The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett: This novel introduced the world to the famous detective Sam Spade.<br>As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner: A masterpiece of American literature.<br>The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie: This was the first novel to feature the beloved character Miss Marple.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a><br>1/</p>

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<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/5S4yKmVcm79ecwyluQe0YT" rel="nofollow">Blackout</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>by Connie Willis.</p><p>The Oxford time travellers are back, back to the London Blitz in WW2. But they are having trouble returning home, and getting caught up in all sorts of trouble in the meantime. Slow moving and overly detailed, but the near slapstick humour saves it. Only the first half of the story, so unfulfilling.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

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<p>"Man is free at the instant he wants to be."</p><p>French writer, deist and philosopher Voltaire was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1694. He established himself as one of the leading writers of the enlightenment.</p><p>Books by Voltaire at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/913</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

20 ⁄ 24 More details Portrait of Voltaire in the Palace of Versailles, 1724-1725

Title page from "Essay on Morals" (1756), by Voltaire (1694-1778)

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<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1748.</p><p>The first instalment of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, also known as Fanny Hill, is published anonymously by John Cleland to raise money to free himself from the London debtors' prison. It is considered by some to be the first modern erotic novel.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hill"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_Hi</span><span class="invisible">ll</span></a></p><p>Memoirs of Fanny Hill at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/25305</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

Title page of Fanny Hill under original title Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 1749. One of earliest editions.

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<p>What was your favorite book from PG's catalog in 2025?</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#publicdomain</a></p>

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<p>Top 10 Most Read Pieces from 2025<br> <br>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicdomainrev</span></a></span> </p><p>It’s that time in December when we inevitably end up asking the question: what, exactly, captured people’s attention over the past year? The list below is one answer. </p><p><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicdomainreview.org/blog/20</span><span class="invisible">25/12/top-10-most-read-pieces-from-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/illustrations/" rel="tag">#illustrations</a></p>

“Athanasius Kircher’s camera obscura”, illustration from Kirscher’s Ars magna lucis et umbrae (1671) reproduced in Josef Maria Eder’s Ausführliches Handbuch der Photographie (Detailed handbook of photography, 1905) —

The illustration shows a portable camera obscura constructed as a tent-like or box-like structure with labeled components (marked A through F). The device appears as a dark chamber with angled walls forming a peaked roof configuration. The structure has two main panels or walls meeting at angles, with openings and apparatus integrated into the design.

Key Components:

Point A: The left wall of the structure, shown with vertical line shading indicating the dark interior surface
Point B: The peak or top junction where the angled walls meet
Point C: The right wall section
Point D: What appears to be an opening or lens mounting area with descriptive text "Fig.3. 4 &c." indicating reference to other figures in the original work
Point E: A vertical column or mounting apparatus in the center
Point F: The floor or base platform where a figure stands

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Fotoreproductie-van-een-prent-voorstellende-een-draagbare-camera-obscura--12b0cd8c581a73030dbcb772134f2df9

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<p>Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and... Ghostwriter?</p><p>Brad Bigelow on the Collaborative Process That Produced Polly Adler’s A House is Not a Home</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-writer-editor-and-ghostwriter/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-writer-editor-and-ghostwriter/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-w</span><span class="invisible">riter-editor-and-ghostwriter/</span></a></p><p>More about Virginia Faulkner:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Faulkner" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Faulkner"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia</span><span class="invisible">_Faulkner</span></a><br><a href="https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=10900" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>neglectedbooks.com/?p=10900</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

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<p>Tintin, The Wayback Machine, and The Public Domain</p><p>by Sterling Dudley</p><p>What do a Belgian boy reporter, a forgotten 2008 webpage, and the Wayback Machine have in common? They all played a role in uncovering Tintin the Belgian detective’s earliest adventures as part of Public Domain Day 2025. </p><p><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/12/26/wayback-machine-and-public-domain-research/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2025/12/26/wayback-machine-and-public-domain-research/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/12/26/wa</span><span class="invisible">yback-machine-and-public-domain-research/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomaindaycountdown/" rel="tag">#publicDomainDayCountdown</a></p>

Le Petit Vingtième, number 32 from 1934.

At the top, the publication information reads "SUPPLÉMENT AU 'VINGTIÈME SIÈCLE' • JEUDI 9 AOÛT 1934 — N° 32" followed by the title "le petit vingtième" in a distinctive gothic/blackletter-style typeface on an aged, cream-colored background.

The cover features a single-panel cartoon showing a young boy character in shorts standing on what appears to be a map. He has his arms outstretched in an animated pose.

Behind/beneath the character is a simplified map showing parts of Europe and North Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Vingti%C3%A8me#/media/File:Le_Petit_Vingti%C3%A8me_number_32.jpg

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<p>Gorgeous Illustrations from Pantheon in Egyptien by Jean-Francois Champollion and Léon-Jean-Joseph Dubois, 1823</p><p>Published in Paris, the book takes a look at ancient Egyptian mythology</p><p>by Sheldon D.</p><p><a href="https://flashbak.com/ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois-480629/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flashbak.com/ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois-480629/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flashbak.com/ancient-egypt-god</span><span class="invisible">s-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois-480629/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-egypt-gods-by-jean-francois-champollion-and-leon-jean-joseph-dubois</span></a></p><p>Pantéon égyptien at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74228" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74228</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/egyptology/" rel="tag">#egyptology</a> <a href="/tags/illustrations/" rel="tag">#illustrations</a></p>

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You Can Buy Julius Evola’s Revolt Against the Modern World from a Vending Machine at the Iași Train Station <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lemmy.world/post/40859885">See Original Page</a> </small>

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