Weekend reads: Week of September 26, 2026

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

• As Russian strikes destroy millions of books, Ukraine’s literary future hangs in the balance (The Associated Press) 

• As Wattpad takes a corporate turn, users miss its cringe years (The Walrus)

• The women who sold books door to door (JSTOR Daily)

• These New York City book crawls were made for walking (The New York Times)

• How Anne Rice channeled grief into Interview With the Vampire (The New York Times)

• The joy of eavesdropping as a bookseller in an English seaside town (Literary Hub)