Posted on September 17, 2026 at 3:00 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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Here are the 2026 National Book Award longlists for fiction and for nonfiction (National Book Foundation).
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The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman (fiction) and Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church by Kevin Sack (nonfiction) have won the 2026 Dayton Literary Peace Prizes (Associated Press).
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Tara Westover will release a follow-up to her smash hit memoir, Educated; Brothers and Sisters, which comes out April 13, is a reflection on Westover's family's response to the first book (Associated Press).
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Ali Hazelwood is releasing an Audible Original; Bad in Bed comes out October 22 and is Hazelwood's first audiobook to have a full cast (People).
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Merriam-Webster has added 1,400 words and definitions to its online dictionary, including — but obviously not limited to — "looksmaxxing," "parasocial," "yacht rock," and "Mandela Effect" (Merriam-Webster's website).
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We have a guest and book lineup available for former President Barack Obama's upcoming book podcast, called A Great Book With Barack Obama (Book Riot).
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Singapore's government is hoping to fight the rise of doomscrolling by launching a challenge: those who record reading sessions on a website can earn money for it (The Guardian).
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