booksSunday, July 19, 2026
Today's book world is split between a thrilling archival discovery and a heavy philosophical question. A historian found Galileo's handwritten notes in a 16th-century astronomy text, while a Guardian piece with three outlets covering it asks whether we need a plan for potentially conscious AI. Also, authors share their beach reads, and Choose Your Own Adventure gets a Halloween entry.
A discovery in Florence offers a fresh window into how Galileo built his heliocentric model.
Historian Ivan Malara found Galileo's handwritten notes in a copy of Ptolemy's The Almagest at the National Central Library of Florence. The marginalia, including a Psalm transcription, show how Galileo worked through the geocentric model before developing his heliocentric one.
The AI consciousness question gets a book-adjacent treatment, with three outlets covering the same Guardian essay today.
William MacAskill and Lucius Caviola argue in the Guardian that AI consciousness is possible and we need an ethical plan now. Three outlets are covering it today, making it the most-discussed piece in this roundup.
Two pieces offer practical book recommendations for the beach and for young readers.
Authors like Helen Fielding and Andrew Sean Greer tell the Independent what they're reading on holiday. A light, practical list for summer.
Choose Your Own Adventure releases 'Fairy House Halloween' in October, a younger-skewing interactive book with ten possible endings. A seasonal pick for kids.
10 Marvel Superheroes Who Need Their Own Live-Action TV Showwww.tvline.com
Green Lantern #37 Preview: Don't Feed the Trolls (Literally)bleedingcool.com
20 Ways of Surfacing from the Blues: Sydney Smith’s 200-year-old Strategies for Raising Low Spirits in a Letter of Advice to a 13-year-old Girlwww.themarginalian.org
Can you guess the origin of 7 tiny species on a fictional archipelago?www.newscientist.com
Michael and Clare Morpurgo: ‘I’ve seen it probably a thousand times – their eyes widen. It’s a moment you don’t forget’observer.co.uk
The Sound of Stories Audiobook Fair - July Editionbooks.bookfunnel.comThe 2015 movie Stanley Tucci called the “antidote” to the role he couldn’t stand playingfaroutmagazine.co.uk
Six years waiting to make things right. The post The 2015 movie Stanley Tucci called the “antidote” to the role he couldn’t stand playing first appeared on Far Out Magazine .
The most successful films of 2026www.sffchronicles.com
As this year is only one week old, there are not many new films out yet, so the currently most successful films are either from last year, or they are very likely soon to be forgotten.
Netflix's Best 2-Part Fantasy Adaptation Got Even Better When It Diverted From the Bookcollider.com
Netflix's Shadow & Bone made a bold move by introducing the Crows early, expanding the story and giving fans a new perspective on the beloved series.
The Death of Grass by John Christopher (1956)www.sffchronicles.com
A virus sweeps the world, destroying the entire supply of first rice, and then grass. The knock-on effects kill off most animals and then the great majority of the human population. In the UK, law... Read more
IDW’s “300th” Issue of ‘TMNT’ Is A Mostly Positive Presentationphilspicks.wordpress.com
Comics company IDW Publishing will mark a key moment for one of its most popular series this coming Wednesday when it releases Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20. The latest issue in the series’ “re-launch,” it will also mark the series’ 300th issue, by the math of those at the com
#BlogTour | #BookReview: All For You by Louise Jensen @HQstories #AllForYou #damppebblesdamppebbles.com
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The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics by Steve Benenobservant-madaboutbooksmw.wordpress.com
💙📚 #BookSky #TheImpostors #SteveBenen Published in 2020 and still relevant today.
Review – Falling Into Youromanticread.com
#NewBookAlert: Falling Into You, book 3 in the Colburn Brothers series by Jill Shalvis, is out now! What you'll get: 💗I-hate-you to I-Want-You to I-Love-You 💗Childhood sweethearts 💗He’s always loved her 💗Second Chance at first love 💗Secrets 💗Next door neighbors #booksky #ro
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