Welcome to the Book Nook! The weekly thread for all book nerds on The Avocado. This is the place to talk about books you’re currently reading, discuss genres, ask for recommendations, and post serious literary criticism.

This week’s prompt: Subgenres. What are your thoughts on them in general? Favorites (or least favorites)? Are their any niche ones that you enjoy? (Thanks to Cigarette for the inspiration!)

Today’s literary birthdays (all information courtesy of Wikipedia):
Wallace Stevens (1879), American poet, National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner (RIP 1955)
Julius “Groucho” Marx (1890), American comedian and humorist
Graham Greene (1904), English novelist (RIP 1991)
Alex Raymond (1909), American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon (RIP 1956)
Chuck Williams (1915), American author and editor of cook books (RIP 2015)
Edmund Crispin (1921), English mystery novelist (RIP 1978)
Jan Morris (1926), Welsh journalist, historian and travel writer (RIP 2020)
Rex Reed (1938), American film critic
Diana Hendry (1941), English poet, children’s author and short story writer
Vernor Vinge (1944), American science fiction writer, five time Hugo Award winner (RIP 2024)
Joe Sacco (1956), Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist

Posting pictures is fine as long as they are book related, but I would like this thread to continue to be a NO GIF/YouTube/social media embed zone. Thanks, and happy commenting!