Readers' Top 66 Horror Novels of the Past Three Years ( www.goodreads.com )
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/742101...
Books That Should Be Friends: 5 Perfect Book Pairings ( bookriot.com )
This got me wondering - do you pair up books like this?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, read by Stephen Fry. Free download ( archive.org )
TikTok is changing the way books are recommended and sold ( www.economist.com )
Project Gutenberg, Microsoft, and MIT have worked together to create thousands of free and open audiobooks using new neural text-to-speech technology ( www.zdnet.com )
Would you recommend I listen to any of the books?...
Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson ( www.goodreads.com )
Though some of you might already be familiar with the Cosmere, to those who aren't I think this would be a fantastic introduction, if you like fantasy....
Novels from Canada, Ireland, US, UK finalists for Booker Prize for fiction ( www.aljazeera.com )
Novels from Canada, Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom that explore families, communities and a world in crisis make up the six finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction....
On The Road - Jack Kerouac - 1957 ( pdfhost.io )
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/413449...
Zeal, Wit, and Fury: The Queer Black Modernism of Claude McKay ( lareviewofbooks.org )
cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/612037...
Shame - Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie - 1983 ( pdfhost.io )
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/452228...
Do you like reading books like this? Too politicial? ( lemmus.org )
First attempt at a Little Free Library, going live 9/9! ( lemmy.one )
Found in a library book ( oaklandlibrary.org )
Things found in library books.
University presses taking a stand against book bans and attempts to censor libraries -- up 813% in the past two years. ( www.cambridgeday.com )
FantasticFiction - A Website that allows you to sign up and follow your favourite authors, get notifications etc ( www.fantasticfiction.com )
Don’t know if people know of this site or not but just in case you don’t, it’s pretty damn good. All they require is an email address (I used an anon one with no issues). You can follow up to 100 authors and get alerts when new stuff is announced and published....
Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: archive.ph/WYdpt...
What are you currently reading, and general thoughts so far? ( kbin.social )
Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist....
Down and out in Paris and London ( sh.itjust.works )
The adventure starts at the fringes of society....
The Booker Prize 2023 longlist ( thebookerprizes.com )
The longlist has been announced! It features work from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognised by the Booker Prize for the first time...
How do you find "Malazan Book of the Fallen"? (now on sale, but probably available in a library near you) ( www.humblebundle.com )
Getting a "Little Free Library" for my birthday: ( littlefreelibrary.org )
I’m being gifted a “Little Free Library” for my birthday and I’m super excited to get started....
The riverbank booksellers of Paris refuse to move for the 2024 Summer Olympics ( english.elpais.com )
e-book from Evie Snow, free today ( sunny.garden )
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/7269459...
Just in case anyone is interested, Humble Bundle has a Tad Williams bundle containing 21 ebooks for $18. The offer ends in about 1.5 days. ( www.humblebundle.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3365555...
Publishing a copy-lefted book ( sh.itjust.works )
I’m planning to publish a book in the following months, but I’m not entirely sure if the procedure is the same for both copyrighted and copy-lefted books. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m publishing one with the latter license (i.e. Creative Commons). I’m planning on using Lulu.com for this first book, but I was wondering if...
