Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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It was a big week for reading: I finished two books, nearly DNF'ed twice, and we also got the teaser trailer for Hamnet, and the Kirkus Prize finalists were announced. Expand for more information. 👇

Links 🔗
The Hamnet Trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=E2xtmPkuksA
Kirkus Prize Finalists: kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2025-kirkus-prize-revealed

Further Viewing 🍿
August Book Haul: youtu.be/urQP-TvHDpQ
Homeland Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/e8OFrPL82ls
The Times’ 25 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/J3XGhsG23Vw
Booker Review of The South: youtu.be/v3mZT6xhPBU
Is Literature Dead? youtu.be/dWRscXUyw7c
Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/vq9VtT0WXlA

Jump to the Friday Reads: 14:04

Titles Mentioned 📚
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984898876
Flesh, David Szalay: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982122799
The Wilderness, Angela Flournoy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063318779
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307700155
A Guardian and a Thief, Megha Majumdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593804872
Isola, Allegra Goodman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593730089
The Slip, Lucas Schaefer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668030707
I Heard Her Call My Name, Lucy Sante: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593493786
Audition, Katie Kitamura: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593852323
The Land in Winter, Andrew Miller: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798889661566
Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310927
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613
Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593467961

eBook Links 📱
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525657613
Flesh, David Szalay: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982122799
The Wilderness, Angela Flournoy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063318786
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307700155
A Guardian and a Thief, Megha Majumdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593804889
Isola, Allegra Goodman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593730096
The Slip, Lucas Schaefer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668030721
I Heard Her Call My Name, Lucy Sante: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593493779
Audition, Katie Kitamura: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593852330
The Land in Winter, Andrew Miller: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798889661573
Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571318473
Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571318039
Signal Fires, Dani Shapiro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593534731

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