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 weeks prompt: Fan fiction. Do you read fan fiction? If you do, two questions: What are some good portals for the fan fiction curious? What are some fanfics or fan works you’ve read that are equal to, or in some cases surpass, the canon work? Thanks to Kim Cardassian for the prompt idea!

Suggestions for prompts are always welcome!

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!

Today’s literary birthdays:
Nicolas Malebranche (1638), French philosopher (RIP 1715)
François Fénelon (1651), French novelist, theologian and poet (RIP 1715)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), English poet (RIP 1891)
Thomas Alexander Browne (1826), English-Australian adventure novelist and short story writer (RIP 1915)
Paul Claudel (1868), French poet and playwright (RIP 1955)
Charles Fort (1874), American author of books on anomalous phenomena (RIP 1932)
John Middleton Murry (1889), English critic, poet and novelist (RIP 1957)
Constance Heaven (1911), English romance novelist (RIP 1995)
Richard Hofstadter (1916), American historian (RIP 1970)
Barbara Cooney (1917), American illustrator and author of children’s books (RIP 2000)
John Graves (1920), American author of books about Texas life (RIP 2013)
Chalmers Johnson (1931), American political scientist (RIP 2010)
Charles Wood (1932), English playwright (RIP 2020)
Piers Anthony (1934), English-American science fiction and fantasy novelist and short story writer
Chris Bonington (1934), English author of books on mountaineering
Bill Emmott (1956), English economist