Posted on November 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM 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!
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Year-end awards are in; see Amazon's Best Books of 2026, Barnes & Noble's 2026 Book of the Year, and the 2026 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books.
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Spotify Premium subscribers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland can now listen to Scholastic's complete catalogue (Spotify).
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Kelly Jensen opens her roundup of book ban and challenge news with an interview with Maia Kobabe, author of the acclaimed — and often targeted — memoir Gender Queer (Book Riot).
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George M. Johnson — author of another often-banned LGBTQ+ book, All Boys Aren’t Blue — has released their memoir for adults, And If I Die Before I Wake (People).
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Check out the cover designs for Forrest Gander's The Weight of a Frozen Moment and Dune Lines: New and Selected Poems, which both come out in April (Electric Literature).
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