Some newspapers across the country, including Chicago Suntime At least one version Philadelphia Inquirer A joint summer book list has been published, including makeup books by famous writers.

Chilean American novelist Isabel Allende has never written a book Tide Dreamdescribed as the author's "first novel" in the "Summer Reading List 2025".

Percival Everett, who won the 2025 Pulitzer Novel Award, has never written a book RainmakerIt is said that in the "near future western United States, artificially induced rainfall has become a luxury."

Only 5 of the 15 titles in the list are real.

Ray Bradbury, coincidentally hates computers Have done it Write Dandelion wineJess Walter wrote Beautiful ruinsS and Françoise Sagan wrote classics You are so sad.

According to Victor Lim Chicago Sun Age Parent company Chicago Public Media, the list is part of a licensed content provided by publisher Hurst Newspapers’ unit King Features.

There is no secondary line for this list. But writer Marco Buscaglia claims to be responsible for it and says it is produced by artificial intelligence, as reported by the website 404 media. Buscaglia wrote in an email to NPR: "For me, a huge mistake, with Sunshine Time. They believe what they buy is accurate, and I betray this trust. It's 100%. ”

Writers and readers are upset when a user posts photos of a list on social media.

"As a subscriber, I'm angry!" xxxlovelit wrote on reddit. "If hard copy paper also wants to include only AI slope, what is the point of subscribing to paper paper??"

On Bluesky, author, former librarian and book riot editor Kelly Jensen lamented: “This is the future of book proposals when the library was allocated and demolished.

"We are looking at how to print it," Lim said. "This is a licensing content that is not approved or approved. Sunshine Time Newsroom, but it is unacceptable for anything we offer to readers inaccurately. We value it Our readers trust our reports and take this very seriously. We will provide more information soon after our investigation. ”

The date for the Fake Summer Reading List is May 18, two months later Chicago Suntime It was announced that 20% of employees accepted the acquisition, "as the nonprofit owner of the document, Chicago Public Media handled financial difficulties."

For Gabino Iglesias, the author and NPR book contributor, the fake book list illustrates the issues that plagued all media these days: "How many full-time book reviewers are there in the United States? Very few," he said.

Meanwhile, Iglesias says there are a lot of people writing or talking about books online and on podcasts.

Iglesias said he was one of many writers trying to file a class action lawsuit to protect his work from AI.

He joked that if people really want to read fake books described on the list, he and many other authors are ready to take on it.

He smiled and said, "Paid writers, and then we can write these fake books that don't exist."

Jennifer Vanasco edited the story.