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Our Reads Editors Are Still Texting About Books, So We’re Back With Another Transcript of Their Thoughts

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Design: theSkimm | Photos: Knopf, 831 Stories, Berkley
October 16, 2025

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Margo and Caroline here. A huge part of our friendship is texting each other random thoughts about random books at pretty much all hours of the day. So to keep you in the loop, we’re sharing excerpts from a couple of our exchanges (with incredible book recs, if you ask us) over the last month.

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Design: theSkimm | Photo: Knopf
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Design: theSkimm | Photo: Harper Perennial
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Design: theSkimm | Photo: Scribner
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Design: theSkimm | Photo: Back Bay Books
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Design: theSkimm | Photo: 831 Stories
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Design: theSkimm | Photo: Berkley

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