News of note for readers: November 20, 2024

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!

• Orbital by Samantha Harvey has become the first Booker-winning novel to hit number one on the UK bestseller chart in the same week that it won the prize (The Guardian).

• Here's why Amazon Music subscriptions now enable users to also pick one free audiobook per month (Book Riot). 

• Texas lawmakers are signaling support for a new public school curriculum using holistic lesson plans based on the Bible (Literary Hub).

• Elizabeth Scott’s Living Dead Girl has become the fourteenth book banned in every single Utah school (Book Riot).