All Booked

After the Holocaust, Jewish survivors from Eastern European towns collaborated on memorial books known as 'yizker bikher', which recorded not only the dead but also the daily life, culture and personalities of the destroyed communities. The books, often organized by survivors who had emigrated to places like the United States and Israel, served as both mourning and reclamation, inscribing that 'nothing be forgotten'. Scholars continue to study them as vital historical and cultural records.

A Spanish-language survival narrative is drawing readers with its premise: when resources run short and every decision could be the last, the fight to stay alive reveals people's true nature. The story, shared on a fiction platform under literature and books tags, is being promoted as a tale of resistance and endurance.

A group of creators called Wanderers Hub filmed themselves attempting the 'Scary Red Book Challenge' at 12 AM, describing it as a big mistake. The Red Book Challenge is a horror-themed trend in which participants open a mysterious red book and follow its prompts, supposedly summoning scary outcomes. The video has drawn large engagement from horror and challenge content fans.

Distributed Proofreaders, the volunteer project that digitises and proofreads public-domain books for Project Gutenberg, is drawing renewed attention. The site lets crowds of volunteers correct scanned pages online, helping add thousands of free ebooks to the public archive. Readers are discussing its long-running role in preserving literature and how it still relies on community labour.

Israelis living abroad are reportedly booking flights home to cast ballots in Israel's election, in a mobilization compared to the 2008 'Great Schlep' campaign that urged young Jewish Americans to visit Florida and sway the US vote. The story has drawn attention as election day nears, with discussion focused on how diaspora voters weigh the cost and effort of returning and what their turnout could mean for a close race.

The Löffelholz Codex, a handwritten workshop book compiled around 1505 by Martin Löffelholz, a knight and patrician of Nuremberg, has been made available online in a dedicated English-language digital edition. The manuscript documents tools, mechanisms and workshop techniques of the period, and readers are discussing its illustrations of early machinery and craft practices from Renaissance Nuremberg.

Frank Miller says he is relieved that fewer comic book movies are being made. In comments reported by Variety, the celebrated comics creator behind Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns suggested the genre's dominance has faded, a view likely to spark debate among fans and Hollywood observers as superhero films lose box office momentum.

A discussion of Jules Verne's lost novel is drawing attention. Verne, the nineteenth-century French author famous for his adventure fiction, left behind at least one long-unpublished manuscript that was unknown to readers for decades before being rediscovered and released. The story is prompting interest in how the work compares with his published books and what it reveals about his vision of the future.

A reader has gone through a 1,200-page book about the Nazis and shared the experience, drawing wide attention and more than 700,000 engagements. The item sparked discussion about long-form books on Nazi history and why readers take on such demanding works, with people responding to the reviewer's account of working through the lengthy volume.

A former Meta researcher has admitted torrenting a dataset of pirated books, then deleting it, citing 'all this litigation' surrounding AI training data. The disclosure adds to ongoing legal battles over whether tech companies used copyrighted works without permission to train large language models. Authors and publishers are suing over such practices, and the case is fueling debate about copyright, fair use and AI development.

Jewellers are promoting gram gold special jewellery ahead of Karwa Chauth, the Hindu festival when married women fast for their husbands' wellbeing and often receive or buy gold. A jewellery seller advertising affordable per-gram gold pieces with a booking phone number has drawn huge attention online, with viewers responding in the hundreds of thousands as shoppers look for festive gold purchases.

Jared Kushner is pushing back against claims made in a newly published book examining his business and foreign financial dealings, dismissing the allegations as 'insane'. The denial comes as scrutiny intensifies over the finances of the Trump family circle and questions about conflicts of interest involving Gulf investors and other foreign partners, fueling heated debate across US political media.

A new biography of filmmaker Frank Capra, titled "Frank Capra: A Life" by Sam Wasson, has been published, with an excerpt featured by CBS News. The book explores the life of the director behind classics such as "It's a Wonderful Life," offering readers a detailed look at his career and personal story.

Author Min Jin Lee, known for Pachinko, has released a new novel centring on whether education is worth personal sacrifice. In interviews, including with WBUR, she explores how families and individuals weigh ambition, learning and the price they pay for them. Early discussion focuses on the book's themes of aspiration and the costs immigrant families endure.

A Hindi-language horror story episode is circulating online in which a character named Chotu steals a ghost's magical book at a haunted school involving a haunted teacher. The installment has drawn over 160,000 likes, indicating a large audience following the serialized haunted-school storyline and reacting to the theft of the magical book and its consequences.

The Book Lovers Study Club hosted a Witches' Garden Party, an event announced by The Anniston Star. The gathering combined the club's reading interests with a themed outdoor party, drawing local attention. Few details about the programme or attendance have been made available.

A judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal concerning its reporting on a birthday book linked to Jeffrey Epstein. The ruling ends, at least for now, the president's legal effort to challenge the newspaper's coverage. The case has drawn attention because it touches on press freedom and Trump's broader disputes with media outlets over their reporting on his ties to Epstein.

A 1920 woodcut titled 'Ich bin Alle Taten' from the series Kreuzigung: Spielgang, Werk VII is drawing renewed attention after the New York Public Library released it through its public domain image archive. The expressionist print, tagged with symbolism, avant-garde and theatre imagery, is being shared among people interested in early 20th-century German art and book illustration.

A cook has made Yotam Ottolenghi's baked chicken meatballs with orzo from his cookbook Simple, sharing the results online. The meatballs followed the recipe closely, using scallions, dill, cilantro, pistachios, garlic, turmeric and cumin, but the cook tripled the spinach and still found it felt lacking. Fellow food lovers are discussing tweaks and whether the dish needs more greens or seasoning.

The author of 'Exit Party' will take part in a discussion about her novel, which is being developed as a television series. The book-to-screen adaptation is the main point of interest, and the author is expected to talk about the story and the process of turning it into a show. Further details about the publisher, network, or release date were not given.