Happy December!

As we wrap up this year, from the bottom of our hearts we just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for supporting, using and downloading the Bookum App - You could have been in anywhere in the internet world, but you are here with us. We truly appreciate you! 

Cheers to 2026, we are still on the "First Page" with Bookum. Let's make history together!

If you have plans to start a book club in 2026, we would love to have your club on Bookum! 

Holiday Treats:

• 📚 Author Talks Podcast, SA Cosby

•  📺 Hamnet Giveaway

• 📖 2025 Best Page Turners

This Week On Bookum:

Alright, pop quiz.

How many businesses get passed down through 4 generations?…

(Okay, time's up. Pass in your papers.)

Answer: 3%

(Pat yourself on the back if you got that right.)

We got the chance to have the generational Cheryl McKissack Daniel on our Author Talks Podcast, who is the CEO of McKissack & McKissack, a 230+ year-old business in the United States.

She is the 5th-generation leader of the company started by Moses McKissack II in 1905.

We discussed her new book "The Black Family Who Built America."

Check out the full conversation below!

And if you are a foodie…

Check out our new Author Talks Podcast with Culinary Historian and 2x James Beard Award–Winning Author Adrian Miller.

We discussed the history of mac and cheese, soul food, Thanksgiving items, and sharing family recipes!

It's truly a treat (I'll be here all week) that you don't want to miss out on!

LASTLY…

If you missed our conversation with S.A. Cosby, stop by the Bookum App community feed as we have dropped quotes, writing tips, and suggested books by S.A. Cosby from the conversation!

Enjoy!

This Week in The Book World:

One thing we don't playth about at Bookum is William Shakespeare.

That's why we are excited to announce that the Hamnet book is turning into a movie!

And even better news: it's out this week!

And even better news than that, we are doing a Book + Movie Tickets giveaway!

Details will be announced next week (Monday) on the Bookum App/on our other social media accounts, but since you are on our newsletter, I wanted to give you the heads up!

Reply back to this email with "Hamnet" for a bonus entry/chance to win the giveaway!

Good luck!

This Week in Publishing:

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Book Year!

We are starting out our Creators' Book Lists of 2025!

We spoke to over 40+ creators on our podcast, and thousands of creators and readers on Bookum!

From those insights, we have found the books that were most talked about in over 5 different categories.

First up: Best Page Turners!

Here are the picks (add them to your TBR on Bookum):

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Dominion by Addie E. Citchens
Audition by Katie Kitamura
The Buffalo Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph

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Footnotes (Aka other articles we are reading and Bookum content):

Dakota Johnson Reveals Her Must-Read Book For December 2025- https://parade.com/news/dakota-johnson-reveals-her-must-read-book-for-december-2025

Total revenue across all book categories in September 2025 was up 14.4% year over year, reaching $1.7 billion - https://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/e-book-revenues-were-down-7-9-in-september-2025