Latest Fiction News
The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?
NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, it's a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn't laughing that December day almost 20 years ago. She had just parked the car in the garage when her then-8-year-old son let loose with something he had found out while at school. ...
Kiran Desai to publish first novel since 'The Inheritance of Loss' came out nearly 20 years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly 20 years ago, will be published next fall. Desai's “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is scheduled for release in September by Hogarth,...
Rarely seen story by crime fiction master John D MacDonald offers clues to his best known work
NEW YORK (AP) — Crime writer John D. MacDonald, a master of the genre, was so prolific that sometimes even he couldn't keep up with what he was doing. He might have dozens of stories in submission at once and would leave some unfinished or unpublished as he moved on to a new idea....
Book Review: 'The Rivals' is Jane Pek’s fine new mystery novel of online dating, love and death
Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark cybersphere of tech systems in “The Rivals,” the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane Pek. Pek, who introduced Claudia in her 2022 debut book, “The Verifiers,” has given the...
10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, there was still time to read books. U.S. sales held steady according to Circana, which tracks around 85% of the print market, with many choosing the relief of...
Book Review: Weike Wang’s 3rd novel 'Rental House' finds beauty and humor in a marriage of opposites
Vacation rental with the in-laws — for many, it’s a setup for disaster. In Weike Wang’s “Rental House,” it’s certainly that. It’s also an opportunity for Wang, a wildly gifted writer, to explore the upside and downside of education, marriage and family. Add to the mix an interracial...
Authors of 'The Personal Librarian' celebrate book's 1 millionth sale and work on new novel
NEW YORK (AP) — The bestselling author team of Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray has a new novel in the works, while celebrating a milestone for its best-known publication, “The Personal Librarian.” Benedict and Murray are writing a historical thriller set in 1930s...
Movie Review: Brave, mesmerizing Amy Adams triumphs over frustratingly odd script in ‘Nightbitch’
The question sounds so basic and friendly. But it’s actually loaded, as many mothers can attest. “Do you just love getting to be home with him all the time?” asks the younger, more put-together woman in the supermarket. “Must be so wonderful.” Wonderful, of course — and...
Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror from the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and served as the model for Arkham Asylum in fictional Gotham City. For novelist Robin Cook, who interned there in the 1960s, it’s the perfect...
Movie Review: Daniel Craig is a revelation in 'Queer,' a trippy tale of longing
One of the first real signs that “Queer” is going to be an unconventional movie is when Daniel Craig in a linen suit saunters through Mexico City during the early '50s and the soundtrack blasts a song by Nirvana. It's a pretty nifty way to explain this story of a man unmoored by...
