Posted on December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM 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!
-
The National Book Critics Circle is continuing its new tradition of releasing longlists; here are the titles in the running for the nonfiction honor (Book Riot).
-
Kelly Jensen continues her look back at the post-World War II comic censorship in America, in the introduction to her weekly roundup of book challenge and ban news (Book Riot).
-
Check out the cover and design process for A Holy Dread by R. A. Villanueva (Electric Literature).
-
Congratulations to Sandra Kollender, author of Snoopy, un Chien Qui Fait du Bien (Snoopy, a Dog Who Does Good), for winning a French prize for nonfiction about animals (The New York Times).
-
Sue Bender, author of Plain and Simple: A Woman’s Journey to the Amish, died August 3 at age ninety-one (The New York Times).
Categories: Today in Books