Weekend reads: Week of October 25, 2025

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't share on our reader blog this past week but thought were worth highlighting.

• The hunt for the world's oldest story (The New Yorker)

• Barf, funk, tug, and other etymological mysteries (Literary Hub)

• If you want to read more, you'll have to face reality first (Book Riot)

• How Philip Pullman's heroine changed her life — and mine (The New York Times)

• Study: Gen Z wants more animation and less sex onscreen (Variety)