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What r/books is talking about this week

r/books has 27,348,830 members and 8 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 5.3 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

27,348,830members
8posts in the last 24 hours, newest 1 h ago
5.3comments an hour right now, newest 6 h ago
5,181points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/books this week

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Top threads this week

  1. Pan Macmillan is withdrawing Russell Brand’s books from sale following his conviction for rape and three counts of sexual assault, confirms publisher
    5,181 points241 comments6 d ago
  2. As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards
    2,582 points132 comments7 d ago
  3. Author M John Harrison wins Booker Prize 2026, becoming oldest ever winner aged 81
    1,079 points209 comments2 d ago
  4. Something Is Very Wrong with Modern Longevity Science. “Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science” argues that many of the world’s oldest living people may actually be dead
    889 points69 comments2 d ago
  5. [UK] Government announces up to £15 million to bring the joy of reading to 300,000 more young children
    729 points78 comments3 d ago
  6. Piranesi. Am I missing something?

    I just finished Piranesi by Sarah Clark. I had heard amazing things about it and was stoked when my hold came in. After finishing it, it just did not live up to the hype for me. I enjoyed the...

    614 points351 comments4 d ago
  7. Has Yesteryear been mismarketed?

    I’ll start by saying I loved it, but reading reviews after, some of the poor reviews caught my attention. A lot essentially boiled down to: “I was told this would be a funny time travel story.”...

    592 points326 comments6 d ago
  8. ‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex
    545 points201 comments2 d ago
  9. Simon Winchester, Author of ‘The Professor and the Madman,’ Has Died
    382 points49 comments4 d ago
  10. What C.S. Lewis said about Narnia’s most famous character: the Jesus-like lion Aslan
    369 points171 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. African writing award probe finds 'no evidence' winning story was AI generated
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  2. Rare 'Iliad' manuscript from Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II's library reveals new clues
    1 points0 comments5 h ago
  3. Author says there were 'real concerns' about David Walliams within publishing industry
    1 points0 comments6 h ago
  4. ‘We are dream-walking into a desperate situation’: the Booker prize winner on his sci-fi alien invasion wakeup call
    1 points0 comments7 h ago
  5. In 2026, In 2026, young Ukrainians purchased more than 171,000 books as part of the "eBook" government program with 98.6% of program participants choosing printed books over digital as romance novels, thrillers, and psychological nonfiction sparked the most interest among program participants
    1 points0 comments9 h ago
  6. Started reading green bone saga and I'm quite surprised by the explicit scenes there, am I the only one?
    1 points0 comments10 h ago
  7. Whatever Happened To Paul Collins?
    1 points0 comments11 h ago
  8. UChicago’s Banned Books Scholar on the Chilling Effect of Censorship Efforts Across the US
    1 points0 comments11 h ago
  9. Thousands of books once banned by State to go on public view
    48 points9 comments1 d ago
  10. ‘It wasn’t long until he asked me if I’d ever had sex before’: David Walliams accused of preying on young women for sex
    545 points201 comments2 d ago
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