Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 19, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Shocking!

• What effect did Fifty Shades of Grey really have on society?

• The man who slices books in half for easier reading ... was serious

• American Dirt draws high praise and heavy criticism

Happy endings

• How an unknown narrator landed the Harry Potter audiobook deal

• Famed art detective recovers 15th-century poetry collection

Industry facts and figures

• Penguin Random House is leaving unlimited-access reading services

• OverDrive: 2019 was another record year for digital book checkouts

• Study: Libraries' boycott of Macmillan is having a financial effect

Series updates

• Read an excerpt from the Hunger Games prequel 

• Lee Child will hand over Jack Reacher to his brother