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What nonfiction are you into now? (any category)

Hi digglers! (Are we really calling ourselves that?) I noticed there is a lot of fiction on this sub (great!) but I also love to hear people's recommendations for nonfiction. I'll start. I'm in the middle of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage. Yes, i

@rdehwyll

New Children's book!

"A Question Asked" by Robert De Hwyl, with illustrations by Rachel Lincoln. An insightful tale in rhyme about a father's response to his daughter's question, "Where did all the fairies go?"

@tgepllc

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@whitegold

18h

/audiobooks

Made a channel /audiobooks as a sub track to this community. I get most my books on the move nowadays. Space to share what people are listening to, and maybe even take a trip down memory lane renting books on tape and debates about abridged or unbridged.

@synter

16h

Bookmark - Another book tracker... hear me out!

This is my first app ever. My wife wanted a book tracker app that she could mold her way without having to pay a subscription to get new features and track her reading. She reads a combination of physical and kindle books (she owns both copies of the same book) so she uses this t

@movieguyjon

18h

This Elric Saga is Something Else!

On recommendation from many friends in tabletop spaces, I decided to check out the Elric Saga. Not very far into it at the moment but I’m taken by what I’ve read so far. I’ve missed a lot of fun fantasy reads growing up it would seem.

@lacarmina

20h

Readers keep recommending Dungeon Crawler Carl to me, is it any good?

I'm a fan of fiction about survival and sci-fi apocalypses, so people have recommended the Dungeon Crawler Carl series to me. Has anyone read it, and what do you think? Books I like include Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series, Hunger Games, Adrian Tchaikovsky.

@JohnLeeKim

20h

My 2025 Reading List

@studio

14h

For savvy entrepreneurs, this one is to inspire you

Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World's Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son by Lionel Barber, is the first major Western biography of SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son (often called "Masa"). It chronicles his extraordinary, high-stakes career as a visionary risk-t

@demir

22h

Reading as a new parent

I ordered a few nonfiction books in December and haven't been able to read much. I've tried reading "Good Strategy, Bad Strategy" to my daughter and she only stays entertained for a page or two. 😄 Maybe picture books will have to become my new favorite format?

@ZeroCool

'There's nothing like boredom to make you write': A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie

A rarely heard BBC interview from 1955 reveals some of the secrets of a writer who was as complex as her plots.

@ZeroCool

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event Tuesday after more than 180 writers and speakers withdrew over the scrapping of an appearance by an Australian-Palestinian writer and academic.

@altruisticreader

My first five 2026 reads

I wanted to share my first five books that I’m reading for the year. I’ve already finished Red Rising and am moving on to The Way of Kings. What are you reading in 2026? What were some of your favorites of 2025?

@tikihead

The 1,000 most discussed books on Hacker News, visualized

An interesting infographic of the most discussed books on Hacker News.

@nemesis

Agatha Christie: 50 years on after her death in Oxfordshire

She wrote masterpieces of crime fiction including Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None and Death on the Nile, penning the detective characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976.

@mauskino

What to read next?

I've read a bunch of great books last year (see images). Got any recommendations for what I should read next?

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@HotblackDesiato

The book is almost always better, of course. Book people, what movies are your exceptions?

I'll start by submitting Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas

@satu

my goal is to read 5 books this year

i haven’t read a book in a very long time, last year i made a goal to read just one and i did. it was ultra 85 and i really enjoyed it. this year i want to read 5. i just finished “i’m thinking of ending things” and i didn’t not really enjoy it, i was confused for 95% of it a

@gehts

NYT: 5 New Books We Love This Week

@boredbanker

Dolores Umbridge’s outfit from the Harry Potter motion pictures

@gehts

10 books we're looking forward to in early 2026

This NPR article highlights 10 books to look forward to in early 2026, featuring a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles. The list includes novels about friendship and rock climbing, memoirs from notable figures, and biographies of influential individuals. These books cover a range of topics from personal struggles and cultural impact to the exploration of art and music.

@av716--

Next SciFi book to read

20260107 Craig Alanson - Breakaway (Expeditionary Force 12)🪐📚

@gehts

‘Wicked,’ the novel behind the musical and movies, is now banned in Utah schools

Utah schools have banned 22 books, including 'Wicked,' 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' and 'Nineteen Minutes,' due to their content deemed inappropriate for students.

@bwb

See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read in 2025

Every year, we ask thousands of readers (and authors) to share their 3 favorite reads of the year. Now you can enter a book/author you love and see what books readers loved who also loved that book/author. Try it here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025 We've got 1,000+ vote

@irclay

small isnds matter- lesson from the rogues and legends

This blog post explores the history of Barbados, highlighting its resilience, culture, identity, and survival as lessons for the world. It delves into how Barbados, as the world's first 'slave society,' shaped modern social, economic, political, and cultural structures. The post emphasizes the importance of understanding this history to deepen awareness of responsibility and the enduring impact of racial hierarchies. It also underscores the human qualities of meaning, humour, culture, faith, community, rebellion, and identity that emerged within oppression and fracture.

@unclefes

Lithub drops their list of most anticpated books of 2026

Some real doozies on here, already dropped several into my wishlist

@tikihead

10d

Reading Is a Vice

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.

@regravity

11d

26 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Look Forward To In 2026

This article lists 26 highly anticipated sci-fi and fantasy books set to release in 2026, featuring a diverse mix of established and debut authors. The books explore themes of yearning for self-discovery, immortality, and the impact of technology on society, with intriguing plots ranging from pirate queens and magical medical students to intergalactic heists and language mind-melds.

@FreshAsHeck

12d

Incredible take on artificial superintelligence (or A.S.I.)

“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a look at how humans probably can’t control an A.S.I. and how it would more than likely decide to exterminate our species. The book takes the path of reviewing other engineering projects that broken down and, how in this case, “humanity on