Interesting Articles

If you run across an interesting article or web site, post it here for everybody to see. As with the Group Announcements, we'd like to keep discussion of the articles to a minimum on this thread.

Very interesting analysis of US readers!

https://wapo.st/42K8GBy

This interview with Andy Hunter, the CEO of Bookshop.org, is a bit long, but that's because it is full of interesting information. It will explain, if you want to know, how Bookshop.org works and why it is a great alternative to the Big A.

https://wapo.st/4kUsBEF Sharing this link as a public service for anyone who used 23and Me.

>4 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you for posting that link, Linda!

Kirkus has posted their list of the Best Books of the Century (So Far): https://www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best-century-so-far/books/

Librarians are dangerous! ;-)

https://bradmontague.substack.com/p/librarians-are-dangerous

>8 jessibud2: Loved the “Librarians are dangerous” blog! Very nicely done.

Karen O

Not an article, a whole magazine: TIME Special Edition "100 Must-Read Fantasy Books." It just got shelved this weekend. Cover says on newsstands until 7/25 (or until sold out in the store, whichever comes first).

>10 ReneeMarie: Even if you don't read fantasy, for the sake of publishing and literature, buy a copy!
And see here for more on that point.

Another year-end treat from the NYT: Frank Bruni’s “The Best Sentences of 2025.” It’s a lovely read!

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/opinion/best-sentences-journalism-writing.htm...

Karen O