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25,902,158 subscribers — This is a moderated subreddit. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres, or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Weekly Recommendation Thread, Suggested Reading page, or ask in r/suggestmeabook.

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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

PostScorePosted
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’129824d ago
In Roald Dahl's 'Matilda', my theory is that Mrs Wormwood was once as intelligent and precocious as her daughter34367d ago
Salman Rushdie will receive a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement30046d ago
Authors unite against ‘AI slop’ at inaugural book fair27437d ago
People from outside the U.S., are you all dealing with a literary crisis among children as well?19274d ago
A new study, conducted by the National Institute for Early Education Research finds that parents and other caregivers are reading less often to their preschool-aged children than before the pandemic15553d ago
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams reveals how truly dystopian things are7853d ago
How to deal with every new title being potentially AI?6317d ago
What do y'all mean by "author talks down to you" in a text? (genuine question, re: rf kuang)5586d ago
What is your comfort book, and how do you experience it as a comfort?4585d ago

Posting rules

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  • What's That Book Called?
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  • Unmarked spoilers
  • Homework help request
  • Image-Only/Video-Only
  • Low Quality Book List
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Pull this with the API

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curl
curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=books&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: ts_live_YOUR_KEY"

See /docs/posts for pagination, filtering with q=, and full response shape, or /docs/subreddits for the rules endpoint used above.

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