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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 3. “Only the Brave” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 4. “A Calamity of Souls” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) ...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch co-authors book on laws. 'Over Ruled' to be released Aug. 6
NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch will have a book out this summer on a subject he has commented upon often — the volume of laws in the U.S. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that ”Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law"...
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Nonfiction 1. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson, narrated by Will Patton and the author (Random House Audio) 3. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by...
Jayne Anne Phillips' novel 'Night Watch,' Eboni Booth’s drama 'Primary Trust' among Pulitzer winners
NEW YORK (AP) — Stories of race, slavery and the Civil War, real and invented, were winners this year for the Pulitzer Prizes. Jayne Anne Phillips' “Night Watch,” a mother-daughter saga set in a West Virginia asylum right after the war, was cited for fiction. Jacqueline Jones...
Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Colm Tóibín’s 'Long Island,' the sequel to 'Brooklyn'
NEW YORK (AP) — Colm Tóibín's “Long Island,” the Irish novelist's follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. “Long Island,” published Tuesday, continues the story of Eilis Lacey, who left Ireland for New York...
Pulitzer Prizes in journalism awarded to The New York Times, The Washington Post, AP and others
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times and The Washington Post were awarded three Pulitzer Prizes apiece on Monday for work in 2023 that dealt with everything from the war in Gaza to gun violence, and The Associated Press won in the feature photography category for coverage of global migration to the...
Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger’s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships
Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friendships played in her chaotic upbringing marked by her parents’ heroin use and her father’s untimely death when she was only...
Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'
Usually when I see a book described as an “ambitious debut” I read it as a cop-out. Isn’t a debut inherently ambitious? What does that even mean? “The Skunks” is what that means. And Fiona Warnick makes it look effortless. A coming-of-age novel with a...
Asian American Literature Festival that was canceled by the Smithsonian in 2023 to be revived
NEW YORK (AP) — A festival celebrating Asian American literary works that was suddenly canceled last year by the Smithsonian Institution is getting resurrected, organizers announced Thursday. The Asian American Literature Festival is making a return, the Asian American Literature...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 3. “A Calamity of Souls” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 4. “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese (Grove)...
