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Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

Apr. 16, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — In Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last. “At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate...

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Apr. 11, 2024 13:16 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Table for Two” by Amor Towles (Viking) 3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 5....

Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22

Apr. 11, 2024 10:31 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader's “final letter to the world,” will come out Oct. 22. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya,...

Ready to serve: The Barefoot Contessa's long-awaited memoir to come out Oct. 1

Apr. 09, 2024 11:17 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The long-awaited memoir from Ina Garten, known to millions as host of “The Barefoot Contessa” and author of numerous cookbooks, will be published Oct. 1. The title, announced Tuesday, is “Be Ready When the Luck Happens.” “There is no recipe...

Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year

Apr. 08, 2024 06:05 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. Kobabe’s coming-of-age story was published...

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Apr. 04, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 3. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “The #1 Lawyer” by Patterson/Allen (Little, Brown) ...

Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laurie Anderson to receive medals from American Academy of Arts and Letters

Mar. 29, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Laurie Anderson and the president of the Harlem School of the Arts, James C. Horton, are being honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The academy announced Friday that Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is receiving a...

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Mar. 28, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “The #1 Lawyer” by Patterson/Allen (Little, Brown) 3. “James” by Percival Everett (Doubleday) 4. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) ...

Books on the impact of the internet and AI are finalists for the first-ever Women's Nonfiction Prize

Mar. 27, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing. The shortlisted six books for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction,...

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Mar. 26, 2024 15:35 PM EDT

Nonfiction 1. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, narrated by Chris Hill...