Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 16, 2022

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.

Linguistics class 

• Words that deserve to return to everyday English 

• Survey: Anxiety is British kids' top word during health discussions 

Save the date 

• Ian McEwan will release the novel Lessons this fall 

• Two-time Attorney General William Barr is releasing a memoir

• Celeste Ng's next novel comes out in October 

Multimedia

• Pew: More Americans reported reading ebooks in 2021 

• Tom Hanks will star in a new adaptation of A Man Called Ove

• There'll be at least 2 star-studded recordings of Ulysses for its centenary

Crime and punishment

• Which cases would Nancy Drew tackle in the internet era?

• British court overturns sentence of man ordered to read classic lit

The Anne Frank story

• Some historians express doubt about Anne Frank betrayal theory 

• Author explains why knowing who betrayed Anne Frank matters