At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye.

• The Brilliance of the Birds: Science writer Jennifer Ackerman shares the latest research into remarkable avian intelligence.
• Margaret Atwood Reviews a ‘Margaret Atwood’ story written by AI.
• We Thought Amazon Killed Local Bookstores. We Were So Wrong.
• George RR Martin on ‘Winds of Winter’ (now 12 years late): ‘You guys don’t have to pester me about it.’
• Britney Spears’ book The Woman In Me is an angry, cautionary tale.
• I Changed My Mind about Reading Problematic Male Authors
• #sobrave Artist pulps 6,000 copies of The Da Vinci Code and turns them into 1984
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s son will publish the author’s last book next year – despite his wish that it not be published.
• What does happily ever after look like? A study of how romance novel covers have changed over time.
• And also: Why it really is OK to judge a book by its cover (and what those covers say about you).
• But: Don’t judge a book by its cover, but what about its opener?
• ‘If he says his favorite book is Catcher In The Rye, then run.’ TikTok creators call out ‘BroTok’.
• The Future Has Arrived: AI is threatening to publishing, but there are a few silver linings.

 

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