Posted on December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
-
Nobody's Girl — the posthumously published memoir of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a leading accuser of Jeffrey Epstein — has sold a million copies worldwide in just two months; more than half of those sales came out of North America, according to publisher Alfred A. Knopf (The Guardian).
-
The National Book Critics Circle is continuing its new tradition of releasing longlists; here are the titles in the running for the poetry award (Book Riot).
-
Author and media figure Stephen Fry, in his role as Hay Festival president, has launched a campaign to increase the rates of reading for pleasure in the United Kingdom (The Guardian).
Categories: Today in Books