Words of the Year

The Oxford English Dictionary decided not to name a word of the year, describing 2020 as "a year which cannot be neatly accommodated in one single word," the Guardian reported. However, in a first, the OED named words of the year.

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Mental Floss invited booklovers to see what the world's reading habits look like in 2020."

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"Women are leaders: a booklist about women in government for kids & teens," compiled by the New York Public Library.

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CrimeReads asked: After killing off Sherlock Holmes, why did Arthur Conan Doyle write a true crime story about a bloody mutiny?

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Atlas Obscura explored a small sculpture in Edinburgh that honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

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