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Books we loved in 2025, plus what's already on our TBR for 2026
It's a new year, which means there are new books to read — hundreds of them.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in January?
The KUOW Book Club is kicking off the 2026 reading lineup with David Guterson's Pacific Northwest classic "Snow Falling on Cedars."
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KUOW Book Club wrapped: 13 books, more than 3,000 pages read in 2025
Move over Spotify nerds. We're wrapping up the year in reading.
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Before passing in Lake Forest Park, Octavia Butler was the 'most eloquent and elegant' voice of a movement
The KUOW Book Club read "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. Morris joined KUOW's Katie Campbell to talk about her biography of the literary legend.
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New biography shows how Octavia Butler deserved better early in her career
The KUOW Book Club is reading "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month. I'm your reading guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into the first half of the book and Octavia Butler's early career.
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Ditch the gift cards and gimmicks. These Seattle readers say books are the best gifts this holiday season
Seattleites are readers, and if you have one on your holiday shopping list, this is what other Seattle readers recommend.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in December?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler" by Susana M. Morris this month.
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With 'No Time to Spare,' Ursula K. Le Guin strikes at the heart of a changing world
The KUOW Book Club has been reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month. We conclude this month's reading with Le Guin's blog posts "About Anger" and "Without Egg."
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Could reading more help men feel less alone? 'The Boys in the Boat' author Daniel James Brown thinks so
Men are, apparently, reading less, at least according to a plethora of headlines over the past few months and years. Despite the questionable nature of this literary crisis, it's enough of a thing to have writers, publishers, and various pontificators wringing their hands over how to get men reading again.
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Susan Orlean shares all in her new memoir. Turns out her 'Joyride' revved up in Portland
When Susan Orlean started her now storied writing career in Portland, she had to clarify: Portland, Oregon, not Maine.
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Ursula K. Le Guin inspires moody musings with pieces from the late author's blog
The KUOW Book Club is reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month. Here, we get into a couple of items from the first half of the book.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in November?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters" by Ursula K. Le Guin this month.