Posted on September 15, 2026 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!
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Read an excerpt from Kate Atkinson's Our Noble Selves, which came out today (Literary Hub).
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You can also read an excerpt from Anger Is Only a Shadow by Elizabeth Acevedo; her first young adult book in six years hit shelves today (People).
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Emily Temple has crunched the numbers — 470, to be exact — to create an ultimate fall reading list out of forty-plus existing ones (Literary Hub).
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The 2026 National Book Award Longlist for Young People’s Literature is out (Book Riot).
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A new report unpacks just how much censorship in public libraries is expanding beyond which books are on the shelves — which is, on its own, terrifying (PEN America).
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Take a look at what happened to the libraries in Bend, Oregon, when they decided to ditch the Dewey Decimal System and arrange their collections more like bookstores (Fast Company).
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