<p>George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper</p><p>"I couldn't help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon.”</p><p>By Jennifer Ouellette </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/george-r-r-martin-has-co-authored-a-physics-paper/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/george-r-r-martin-has-co-authored-a-physics-paper/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">1/george-r-r-martin-has-co-authored-a-physics-paper/</span></a></p><p>Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe<br>By I. L. Tregillis and George R. R. Martin</p><p><a href="https://pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/93/2/127/3331568/Ergodic-Lagrangian-dynamics-in-a-superhero" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/93/2/127/3331568/Ergodic-Lagrangian-dynamics-in-a-superhero"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.aip.org/aapt/ajp/article/</span><span class="invisible">93/2/127/3331568/Ergodic-Lagrangian-dynamics-in-a-superhero</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>
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<p>This is really cool! Last year I read William Dalrymple's "The Golden Road" and central to its narrative are these trade routes. This was an experiment to reconstruct a lost 5th century CE ship design based on drawing in the Ajanta Caves. According to Dalrymple, images in the Ajanta Caves provide some of the best info for the period. </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn15110gvo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn15110gvo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyn</span><span class="invisible">15110gvo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/india/" rel="tag">#India</a> <a href="/tags/mastindia/" rel="tag">#MastIndia</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/ancienthistory/" rel="tag">#AncientHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/ocean/" rel="tag">#Ocean</a> <a href="/tags/ships/" rel="tag">#Ships</a> <a href="/tags/sailing/" rel="tag">#Sailing</a> <a href="/tags/archeology/" rel="tag">#Archeology</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <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 Review of Homeless: <a href="https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-homeless/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-homeless/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-ho</span><span class="invisible">meless/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/postapocalyptic/" rel="tag">#PostApocalyptic</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</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>The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begonia</p><p>How the gift of a plant helped Emma Freud finally get to know her great-grandfather</p><p>by Emma Freud</p><p><a href="https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">observer.co.uk/news/first-pers</span><span class="invisible">on/article/emma-freud-sigmund-freuds-begonia</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/botany/" rel="tag">#botany</a></p>
<p>This week's <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library:<br>- I bought a second-hand copy of <a href="/tags/isotopes/" rel="tag">#Isotopes</a>: Principles and Applications, published by Wiley. Isotopes are hugely important in various branches of science, and I have it in mind to get to grips with the finer details at some point.<br>- I found a copy of Simon Lamb's Devil in the Mountain: A Search for the Origin of the Andes at a local charity shop, a classic from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span><br>- And I bought a copy of Paul Thagard's Bots and Beasts: What Makes Machines, Animals, and People Smart? from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themitpress</span></a></span> for basically the price of a packet of crisps.<br><a href="/tags/chemistry/" rel="tag">#Chemistry</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#Physics</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/earthsciences/" rel="tag">#EarthSciences</a> <a href="/tags/orogeny/" rel="tag">#Orogeny</a> <a href="/tags/cognitivescience/" rel="tag">#CognitiveScience</a> <a href="/tags/cognition/" rel="tag">#Cognition</a> <a href="/tags/intelligence/" rel="tag">#Intelligence</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <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>
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<p>So I guess it's time for an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>. Well, I'm a 30 something <a href="/tags/black/" rel="tag">#Black</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> woman. I love to read <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>. I love the <a href="/tags/nyknicks/" rel="tag">#NYKnicks</a>. I like <a href="/tags/bicycles/" rel="tag">#bicycles</a> even though, it's not my primary mode of transportation. I like refurbishing and upgrading old electronics, specifically <a href="/tags/ipods/" rel="tag">#iPods</a> and <a href="/tags/laptops/" rel="tag">#laptops</a>. <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> and music have kept me going more than anything else. I'm branching into <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> and getting more familiar with <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a>. I am a <a href="/tags/blogger/" rel="tag">#blogger</a> and I have linked my blog in my bio.</p>
<p>Join the Texas Observer in conversation with author Jessica Pishko on February 5th for this FREE event at Alienated Majesty Books.</p><p>We'll discuss Pishko's provocative and important book about the dangers posed by extremist sheriffs in the United States. </p><p>RSVP: <a href="https://buff.ly/4gzkA5r" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/4gzkA5r</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/events/" rel="tag">#events</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="/tags/austin/" rel="tag">#Austin</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a></p>
<p>So here's the first of the <a href="/tags/mysteryauthors/" rel="tag">#MysteryAuthors</a> from our <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#Winter</a> issue.</p><p>Nice trees, somewhat obscured by the <a href="/tags/blankpage/" rel="tag">#BlankPage</a></p><p>But who could it be?</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#ShortStories</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/comics/" rel="tag">#comics</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>
<p>My favourite story from Russian writer Leonid Kostyukov, whose seminar I attended in the 2000s: once, in the 90s, he was asked to read and review a novel, and then the author asked his advice on a title.</p><p>“Not a word about Yeltsin,” said Kostyukov (still the Yeltsin era).</p><p>— But there’s nothing about Yeltsin in it!<br>— Exactly, — Kostyukov replied.</p><p>The title, oddly enough, was never used — even with another name in Yeltsin's stead.</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/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>📚 Against the Grain by: Terry O'Reilly</p><p>In Terry’s bestselling book, My Best Mistake, he uncovers the surprising power of screwing up. Now, he turns his incredible eye to the mavericks who go “against the grain” in their work to see what makes them tick and to explore what lessons we can learn from them. People wh...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/against-the-grain" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/against-the-grain"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/against-th</span><span class="invisible">e-grain</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/businesseconomics/" rel="tag">#businesseconomics</a> <a href="/tags/managementselfhelp/" rel="tag">#managementselfhelp</a> <a href="/tags/personalgrowth/" rel="tag">#personalgrowth</a> <a href="/tags/success/" rel="tag">#success</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1910.</p><p>Serialisation of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) concludes in the Paris newspaper Le Gaulois.</p><p>Because of his fascination with both Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he wrote a detective mystery entitled The Mystery of the Yellow Room in 1907, and four years later he published Le Fantôme de l'Opéra.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(novel)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(novel)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phan</span><span class="invisible">tom_of_the_Opera_(novel)</span></a></p><p>The Phantom of the Opera at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/175" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/175</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.</p><p> Lord Byron, in Venice, sends the final part of Childe Harold to his publisher.</p><p>The poem contains elements thought to be autobiographical, as Byron generated some of the storyline from experience gained during his travels through Portugal, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea between 1809 and 1811.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold%27s_Pilgrimage"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_H</span><span class="invisible">arold%27s_Pilgrimage</span></a></p><p>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1851.</p><p>A fire at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroys 35,000 books, about two–thirds of the collection. Between 1890 and 1897, a new library building (Thomas Jefferson Building), was constructed. Two additional buildings, the John Adams Building (opened in 1939) and the James Madison Memorial Building (opened in 1980), were later added.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_</span><span class="invisible">of_Congress</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a></p>
<p>In Pursuit of Peace, Ancient Athens Created a Goddess</p><p>In the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War, Athenians worshipped Eirene. Her cult reflects the political role of religion in Ancient Greece.</p><p>By: Anna Gustafsson </p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/in-pursuit-of-peace-ancient-athens-created-a-goddess/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily-01152026" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/in-pursuit-of-peace-ancient-athens-created-a-goddess/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily-01152026"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/in-pursuit-of-</span><span class="invisible">peace-ancient-athens-created-a-goddess/?utm_source=mcae&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jstordaily-01152026</span></a></p><p>Eirene at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=eirene" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=eirene"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/searc</span><span class="invisible">h/?query=eirene</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></p>
<p>Richard the Lionheart: New Study Rethinks His Capture After the Crusade</p><p>by Attila Bárány</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/01/richard-the-lionheart-capture/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/01/r</span><span class="invisible">ichard-the-lionheart-capture/</span></a></p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_MercenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">real.mtak.hu/188501/1/Veber_Me</span><span class="invisible">rcenariesandCrusaders2024.pdf</span></a></p><p>Richard I at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2908"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/2908</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></p>
<p>New Media, Old Anxieties:<br>Why is “Brain Rot” the Word of the Year?</p><p>Josh Abbey Considers “Savage Torpor” and Other Nice Things</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/new-media-old-anxieties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/new-media-old-anxie</span><span class="invisible">ties-why-is-brain-rot-the-word-of-the-year/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/dictionaries/" rel="tag">#dictionaries</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1879.</p><p>During construction of an extension to Birmingham Central Library in England, a fire destroys 50,000 books and the original manuscript of the Coventry Mystery Plays (including the "Coventry Carol").</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Mystery_Plays" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Mystery_Plays"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry</span><span class="invisible">_Mystery_Plays</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Carol"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry</span><span class="invisible">_Carol</span></a></p><p>Coventry Carol at PG (as audio book):<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20603" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20603</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1818.</p><p>Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" appears in Leigh Hunt's weekly The Examiner (London; p. 24) under the pen name "Glirastes". Horace Smith's contribution to the same informal sonnet-writing competition, "On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below" is published on February 1 under his initials.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandi</span><span class="invisible">as</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TrollSong" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TrollSong</a></p><p>Having an abusive assassin for a sister was bad enough, but when Lyra’s older sister, Nicole, becomes obsessed with killing the teenage troll, her life becomes a special kind of nightmare. Will she escape, or become just another victim of the unstoppable woman?</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="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1868.</p><p>John William De Forest, writing for The Nation, calls for a more specifically American literature; the essay's title, "The Great American Novel", is the first known use of the term. In 1880, writer Henry James simplified the term with the initialism "GAN".</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Am</span><span class="invisible">erican_Novel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel#Notable_candidates" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Novel#Notable_candidates"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Am</span><span class="invisible">erican_Novel#Notable_candidates</span></a></p><p>Books by John William De Forest at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4323" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/4323"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/4323</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>American novelist, journalist and activist Jack London was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1876.</p><p>London wrote several works dealing with animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lon</span><span class="invisible">don</span></a></p><p>Books By Jack London at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/120"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/120</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
Is a Dream of the Red Chamber or The Story of the Stone worth reading?
<p>The Millions has put together a list of 100 books being published over the next couple of months which have caught their eye, and as usual are highlighting some very intriguing titles. They include new books by Deepa Anappara, Elisa Shua Dusapin, Mandy-Suzanne Wong, and Maria Stepanova; plenty of newly translated older books, and 'rediscovered' books.<br><a href="/tags/toread/" rel="tag">#ToRead</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</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><a href="https://themillions.com/2026/01/the-millions-great-winter-2026-preview.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="themillions.com/2026/01/the-millions-great-winter-2026-preview.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themillions.com/2026/01/the-mi</span><span class="invisible">llions-great-winter-2026-preview.html</span></a></p>
<p>📚 His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by: Philip Pullman</p><p>A war is brewing in Lyra's world between those who would keep people in ignorance and those willing to fight for freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and wh...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/his-dark-materials-the-golden-compass-book-1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/his-dark-materials-the-golden-compass-book-1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/his-dark-m</span><span class="invisible">aterials-the-golden-compass-book-1</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/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/classics/" rel="tag">#classics</a></p>
<p>Why we love literary anniversaries</p><p>In 2026 there is another slew of big anniversaries, marking the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, and 200 years since the ever-relevant Mary Shelley’s The Last Man.</p><p>by Amy Wilcockson</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-we-love-literary-anniversaries-273375" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/why-we-love-literary-anniversaries-273375"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-we-lov</span><span class="invisible">e-literary-anniversaries-273375</span></a></p><p>Some literary anniversaries at PG:<br>Gulliver’s Travels: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/829</a><br>The Last man: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18247</a><br>Winnie-the-Pooh: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67098</a><br>The murder of Roger Ackroyd: <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69087</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
