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Nights and Weekends

By BookPage | Becky Libourel Diamond | 8/12/2025 1:00 AM

With recipes fit for both hectic weeknights and slow Saturdays, Alexis deBoschnek’s Nights and Weekends offers fresh inspiration to home chefs, seven days a week. ... Read full Story

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Zhang Yueran and Jeremy Tiang: The collaboration behind Women, Seated

By BookPage | Lauren Bufferd | 8/11/2025 1:00 AM

Author Zhang Yueran and translator Jeremy Tiang share how their sharp new book about class in China made its way to American readers. ... Read full Story

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4 sweeping biographies that spotlight the lives of literary titans

By BookPage | Julie Hale | 8/7/2025 1:00 AM

Ignite your book club with works about Audre Lorde, Jane Austen, Simone de Beauvoir and John Steinbeck. ... Read full Story

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The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

By BookPage | Dolly R. Sickles | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Full of suspense and humor and heart, Ally Carter’s espionage romance The Blonde Who Came in From the Cold is satisfying and sexy. ... Read full Story

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The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

By BookPage | Laura Hubbard | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Carissa Broadbent’s The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is an exquisite mix of deep romance, lush world building and tense action. ... Read full Story

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Departure 37

By BookPage | Chris Pickens | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Cold War technology haunts the present in Scott Carson’s deft and suspenseful Departure 37. ... Read full Story

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Onstage or on camera, there’s nowhere to hide

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 8/5/2025 1:00 AM

Two actors find themselves way over their heads in Alexis Soloski’s and Dan Fesperman’s excellent thrillers. ... Read full Story

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Historian Jennifer Wright reveals how America learned to party

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 8/4/2025 1:00 AM

Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time offers an extensively researched, highly entertaining window into the colorful life of Gilded Age party girl Mamie Fish. ... Read full Story

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7 debut novels to shake up your 2025 TBR

By BookPage | the editors of BookPage | 8/4/2025 1:00 AM

A novel is possibility. A debut novel? Possibility squared. These seven first-time novelists, including Rob Franklin and Maria Reva, will open up your reading horizons. ... Read full Story

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The Conjuring of America

By BookPage | Destiny O. Birdsong | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

The Conjuring of America explores how the folk magic of Black women is woven into the very fabric of American identity, shaping who we are and how we live. ... Read full Story

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Sloppy

By BookPage | Vanessa Willoughby | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

With humor and razor-sharp wit, Rax King’s sophomore essay collection, Sloppy, shows that engaging in painful self-reflection is a worthwhile venture. ... Read full Story

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Looking for Group

By BookPage | Katie Garaby | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

Two gamers try to move their online romance into real life in Alexis Hall’s absolutely darling and very nerdy Looking for Group. ... Read full Story

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Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

By BookPage | Alexis Hall | 7/29/2025 1:00 AM

Alexis Hall’s Looking for Group may be a romance novel, but it’s also an ode to friendship and connection in all its forms—whether online or IRL. ... Read full Story

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Pariah

By BookPage | Carole V. Bell | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Fueled by adrenaline and the absurdities of contemporary politics, Dan Fesperman’s zeitgeisty Pariah follows a disgraced comedian-turned-CIA asset. ... Read full Story

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Love You to Death

By BookPage | Alice Cary | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Christina Dotson’s debut thriller, Love You to Death, is a fearless and funny spin on Thelma and Louise. ... Read full Story

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The Confessions

By BookPage | Linda M. Castellitto | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Former tech journalist Paul Bradley Carr’s The Confessions is an entertaining, thought-provoking techno-thriller about an AI gone rogue. ... Read full Story

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The Feather Detective

By BookPage | Priscilla Kipp | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

The Feather Detective chronicles the pioneering work of the U.S.’s first forensic ornithologist: the brilliant, feisty Roxie Laybourne. ... Read full Story

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You Have a New Memory

By BookPage | Harvey Freedenberg | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Aiden Arata’s intelligent collection of essays, You Have a New Memory, blends memoir, criticism and reportage to produce a vivid portrait of life in the online age. ... Read full Story

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To Sketch a Scandal

By BookPage | Maya Fleischmann | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

To Sketch a Scandal is a heartwarming and intimate queer historical romance about embracing authenticity in the face of repression. ... Read full Story

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Mayra

By BookPage | Amanda Diehl | 7/22/2025 1:00 AM

Nicky Gonzalez’s debut horror novel, Mayra, is a love letter to Florida, in all its weirdness and wildness. ... Read full Story

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CT announces ban on ICE arrests in state courthouses

by CT Mirror | Sep 16 2025

entertainment

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody's 2025 Emmys Prep Was Full of Laugh Attacks, Tunes, and Skincare

by ET Online | Sep 16 2025

exercise

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

by thehealthy.com | Aug 28 2025

food

Take Ground Beef From Dry To Creamy With One Key Ingredient

by The Daily Meal | Sep 16 2025

health

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Quadruples for Cannabis Users, Large Study Finds

by Healthline.com | Sep 15 2025

how_to

Amazon's October Big Deal Days Returns. The Secret to Shop It Without Prime

by CNET | Sep 16 2025

knowledge

Here’s What the Hole in a Safety Pin Is Really For

by Reader's Digest | Sep 09 2025

long_island

Long Islanders rally to support orphaned MacArthur HS student

by greaterlongisland.com | Sep 16 2025

mental

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

by thehealthy.com | May 28 2025

metro

Park Slope townhouse sells for $13.9M, a new neighborhood record

by 6sqft.com | Sep 16 2025

music

Watch Keke Palmer Kiss Sean Evans on ‘Hot Ones’ After He Said He Had a ‘Crush’ on Her

by Billboard | Sep 16 2025

new_jersey

Trump administration’s moves to stifle dissent cause alarm

by NJ Spotlight | Sep 16 2025

odd_fun

Impulse purchase from car wash earns Illinois dad $1M lottery prize

by United Press International, Inc. | Sep 16 2025

technology

Best VPNs for torrenting: 5 top picks for speed, privacy, and security

by PCWorld | Sep 16 2025

travel

DuPage, Chicago’s often overlooked neighbour, can add an extra dimension to the Windy City Experience

by The Travel Magazine | Sep 16 2025

Word of the Day

debunk

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 16, 2025 is:

debunk • \dee-BUNK\ • verb

To debunk something (such as a belief or theory) is to show that it is not true.

// The influencer remained enormously popular despite having the bulk of their health claims thoroughly debunked.

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Examples:

“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025

Did you know?

To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.

Nights and Weekends

Zhang Yueran and Jeremy Tiang: The collaboration behind Women, Seated

4 sweeping biographies that spotlight the lives of literary titans

The Blonde Who Came In from the Cold

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

Departure 37

Onstage or on camera, there’s nowhere to hide

Historian Jennifer Wright reveals how America learned to party

7 debut novels to shake up your 2025 TBR

The Conjuring of America

Sloppy

Looking for Group

Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

Pariah

Love You to Death

The Confessions

The Feather Detective

You Have a New Memory

To Sketch a Scandal

Mayra

The NYT Bestsellers

Amazon Best Sellers

CT announces ban on ICE arrests in state courthouses

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody's 2025 Emmys Prep Was Full of Laugh Attacks, Tunes, and Skincare

Here’s How Many Steps You Really Need To Walk, Says a Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiologist Based on New Research

Take Ground Beef From Dry To Creamy With One Key Ingredient

Type 2 Diabetes Risk Quadruples for Cannabis Users, Large Study Finds

Amazon's October Big Deal Days Returns. The Secret to Shop It Without Prime

Here’s What the Hole in a Safety Pin Is Really For

Long Islanders rally to support orphaned MacArthur HS student

Special Olympics Advocates: Don’t Leave This Community Out of Mental Health Discussions

Park Slope townhouse sells for $13.9M, a new neighborhood record

Watch Keke Palmer Kiss Sean Evans on ‘Hot Ones’ After He Said He Had a ‘Crush’ on Her

Trump administration’s moves to stifle dissent cause alarm

Impulse purchase from car wash earns Illinois dad $1M lottery prize

Best VPNs for torrenting: 5 top picks for speed, privacy, and security

DuPage, Chicago’s often overlooked neighbour, can add an extra dimension to the Windy City Experience

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Impulse purchase from car wash earns Illinois dad $1M lottery prize

2.Watch: Hilda Baci cooks up nearly 20,000-pound serving of jollof rice

3.Cheating scandal nearly sinks World Stone Skimming Championships

4.Look: Loose boa constrictor found slithering across Pennsylvania road

5.Watch: Cows escape pasture, block road in Oregon neighborhood

6.Pennsylvania police pursue pigs on the loose near country club

7.Watch: Connecticut city breaks record for world's largest pizza party

8.Illinois player learns of their own lottery win from the rumor mill

9.Peru wins viral “World Cup of Breakfasts” with pan con chicharrón

10.Watch: Florida woman punches alligator to rescue her dog