Posted on November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Thomas King, an author who has long claimed Indigenous ancestry and whose work focused on the injustices against North America's Indigenous peoples, says he actually doesn't have Cherokee ancestry, according to a genealogist (The Guardian).
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Bookshop.org has chosen its best fiction of 2025.
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Part of librarian Amanda Jones's legal victory in a defamation lawsuit included a public apology from a defendant, which she shared online (Instagram).
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Kelly Jensen unpacks a judge's permanent injunction that blocks the Trump administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services (Book Riot).
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Author Marilynne Robinson has received the Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence (Literary Hub).
Categories: Today in Books