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Our latest newsletter: May 27, 2025

Romance novels to fall in love with:

These are this year's nominees for the best novel of
the year in the field of fantasy and science fiction:

Books that focus with an intense concentration
on a single subject - on "just one thing".

Our pick of the best music books of 2025:

The winners of this year's Pulitzer Prizes:

Novels, short stories, and children's books that feature a setting in Oakland, CA:

Oakland history, travel guides, sports, cooking, children's books, biographies, memoirs, poetry, landmarks, natural history, and much more: