Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 11, 2021

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. 

The classics ...

• Judy Blume has gotten her COVID vaccine! 

• What's the most common work of literature assigned at US colleges? 

... and the fresh faces

• 2020’s print bestsellers 

• Read an excerpt from "Black Buck" 

Politics

 

• James Comey and Angie Thomas have new books out today 

• About all of those "1984" references ...

The Julia Quinn section 

• Romance novelists on why their genre is so hot 

• Bridgerton author: Don't spend $800 on one of my books 

Coming soon (or later) 

• "The Girl Before" will still become a movie, but for TV 

• Sally Rooney will release another novel this fall 

• The Duchess of York is writing a novel for adults  

• Literary movies and TV shows to watch for in 2021