What Did You Miss This Week in Books?
It’s been a newsy week in the world of books and reading, and I’ve got a smorgasbord of stories that didn’t make the cut for the full Today in Books treatment. Let’s catch up!
💸 Publishing models that rely on gig workers are bad for everyone.
❤️🔥 Get your happily-ever-after with 10 of the best completed historical romance series.
🏳️⚧️ Here’s a timeline of JK Rowling’s transphobia.
🍭 That bonkers Wonka event in Glasgow is being turned into a musical satire.
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🎨 Meanwhile, in Kansas City, a new immersive children’s literature museum looks phenomenal.
📚 Libraries are struggling to afford the demand for ebooks.
🤣 22 of the funniest novels since Catch-22.
🎥 We may be past Peak Streaming, but the adaptation craze was still in full swing at the London Book Fair.
🏆 The shortlist for the Carnegie Medal for children’s books is out.
🤖 Authors push back on the growing number of AI scam books on Amazon.
🌈 Allstora, a new online bookstore founded by RuPaul, reverses decision to stock anti-LGBTQ titles
🙋♀️ Do you know these Pulitzer-winning women and their books?
💻 Meet the woman who helped libraries across the U.S. “surf the internet.”
📺 Apple TV+ has cornered the market on “Prestige Dad TV,” and adaptations are a big part of how they did it.
🚀 The best sci-fi books of 2024 so far.
👽 All your burning questions about 3 Body Problem, answered.
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