The Bookish News We Covered This Week

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NPR's best books of fall, the Booker Prize finalists, and more.

Rebecca Joines Schinsky

September 27, 2025

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Welcome to the Saturday edition of Today in Books. Here’s the highlight reel of the news we covered this week.

📚 These are the most read books on Goodreads this week.

🍁 NPR names the best books of fall.

🏆 Here are the finalists for the 2025 Booker Prize.

🎧 Listen to these 5 new audiobooks on Spotify.

✅ Complete this autumnal reading BINGO board.

And for All Access members, here are all the interesting links we bookmarked that didn’t make the cut for full Today in Books coverage.

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