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An assortment of book covers featured in the 2024 edition of Books We Love

All hail the queen of rom-coms

Nora Ephron, the queen of romantic comedies. Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images **hide caption

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All hail the queen of rom-coms

Our 2025 pop culture resolutions

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Our 2025 pop culture resolutions

President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife Rosalynn and their daughter Amy along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration, Jan. 20, 1977, in Washington.

President Jimmy Carter waves to the crowd while walking with his wife Rosalynn and their daughter Amy along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House following his inauguration, Jan. 20, 1977, in Washington. Suzanne Vlamis/AP **hide caption

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Carter, who was considered a liberal president, was also fiscally conservative

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up a copy of his book Faith: A Journey For All at a book signing event at Barnes & Noble bookstore on March 26, 2018.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up a copy of his book Faith: A Journey For All at a book signing event at Barnes & Noble bookstore on March 26, 2018. Drew Angerer/Getty Images **hide caption

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Our 2025 pop culture predictions

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Our 2025 pop culture predictions

A woman looks at books in a library in 2024.

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THE MOST-BORROWED BOOKS OF 2024

Anita de Monte Laughs Last, Do What Godmother Says, The God of the Woods, The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Little Rot, Nightwatching, Pony Confidential, The Seventh Veil of Salome, A Talent for Murder, We Solve Murders

Connie Chung says booze and bawdy jokes helped her break into journalism's boys club

Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl (A24); Ted McGinley in Shrinking (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in Shogun (FX); James McAvoy in Speak No Evil (Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary (Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).

Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in Babygirl (A24); Ted McGinley in Shrinking (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in Shogun (FX); James McAvoy in _Speak No Evil (_Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in Abbott Elementary (Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).**hide caption

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50 wonderful things from 2024

An enlarged cartoon of Tintin and his dog Snowy pictured on display at Paris' Pompidou Cultural Center.

An enlarged cartoon of Tintin pictured on display at Paris' Pompidou Cultural Center in 2006. The Belgian cub reporter is among the characters and works entering the public domain in 2025. Jacques Brinon/AP **hide caption

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Michael Palma's new translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy retains the original's rhyme scheme.

Michael Palma's new translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy retains the original's rhyme scheme. Liveright **hide caption

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12-23 New Dante Translations

Is "The Godfather: Part II," the perfect sequel?

The "Kiss of Death" in "The Godfather: Part II", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novel 'The Godfather' by Mario Puzo. Seen here from left, John Cazale (back to camera) as Fredo Corleone and Al Pacino as Don Michael Corleone. Photo by CBS via Getty Images **hide caption

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Is "The Godfather: Part II," the perfect sequel?

Owner Jamie Fortin opened Friends to Lovers book store on Nov. 14. Three days later, a fire closed her to close the shop.

Owner Jamie Fortin opened Friends to Lovers book store on Nov. 14. Three days later, a fire closed her to close the shop. Suhyoon Wood with AEDP **hide caption

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Suhyoon Wood with AEDP

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story

Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

Deer Run Home

Touch the Sky

The Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole, Khamgaon, India on November 11, 2024.

Shahu Patole prepares food in his mother's kitchen in Khamgaon, India. He's the author of the cookbook Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. Maya Levin for NPR **hide caption

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Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert have been married since 1993.

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'Does This Taste Funny?' is a Colbert family cookbook

Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy by Sacha Mardou

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Dreaming of a Black Utopia in Trump's America

Dreaming of a Black Utopia in Trump's America

Cahokia Jazz, Colored Television, Creation Lake, The God of the Woods, James, The Letters of Emily Dickinson, Long Island, Martyr!, Tell Me Everything, A Wilder Shore

Maureen Corrigan picks her favorite books from an 'unprecedented' 2024

American poet Yolanda Cornelia 'Nikki' Giovanni leans on her desk beside a typewriter, in front of a wall decorated with photos, 1973. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American poet Yolanda Cornelia 'Nikki' Giovanni leans on her desk beside a typewriter, in front of a wall decorated with photos, 1973. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images/Hulton Archive **hide caption

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A detail from the cover of Sprout & Co Saladology: Fresh Ideas for Delicious Salads