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r/books

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
She was fired for teaching English literature in an English class. Now she’s suing.64134d ago
Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books58635d ago
The value of men’s book clubs amid the male loneliness epidemic52674d ago
$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use28253d ago
An Australian public library has had a book returned an estimated 150 years late after being found behind a wall during a home renovation25825d ago
Claude, ChatGPT: AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books24515d ago
Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books24102d ago
The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures13813d ago
East of Eden | John Steinbeck (10/10)6776d ago
Rare instances of the movie being better than the book?6455d ago

Posting rules

  • Discussion is the Goal
  • Uncivil behavior
  • Recommendation Requests
  • What's That Book Called?
  • Promotional
  • Distribution or solicitation for pirated material
  • Unmarked spoilers
  • Homework help request
  • Image-Only/Video-Only
  • Low Quality Book List
  • Full Rules and Guidelines

Pull this with the API

1 credit per page — this exact request:

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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