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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “The Black Bird Oracle” by Deborah Harkness (Ballantine) 3. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 4. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little,...
Publisher plans massive ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ reprints to meet demand for VP candidate JD Vance's book
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016. A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 650,000 copies...
Cartoonist Roz Chast to be honored at the Brooklyn Book Festival, which runs from Sept. 22-30
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore, Attica Locke and Edwidge Danticat will be among hundreds of writers attending this September's Brooklyn Book Festival, for years one of the literary world's most anticipated gatherings. Others expected range from poets Jenny Xie and Terrance Hayes to...
'Cher: The Memoir, Part One' to come out in November. Part Two is set for 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Cher has long known only one person could take on the job of telling her story. And she's telling it in two parts. Dey Street Books announced Wednesday that “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” will come out Nov. 19, with the second volume to follow in...
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Nonfiction 1. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance, narrated by the author (HarperAudio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and the author (Penguin Audio)...
Book Review: Call the script doctor! 'Feh' explores the toxic storyline of a religious education
A few years ago, the writer Shalom Auslander was hospitalized with a potentially fatal case of pancreatitis after taking a banned performance-enhancing drug to lose weight. His psychiatrist said he was trying to kill himself. Auslander, then unemployed, in his 40s, with a wife and two children,...
Ernest Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday in his beloved Key West
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author's award-winning novels and adventure-filled life. Hemingway Days...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “A Death in Cornwall" by Daniel Silva (Harper) 2. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 3. “The Summer Pact" by Emily Giffin (Ballantine) 4. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) ...
Educators wonder how to teach the writings of Alice Munro in wake of daughter's revelations
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories. A professor of English at McGill University in Montreal, and author of numerous critical studies of Canadian fiction, he has thought of Munro...
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Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene, narrated by Richard Poe (HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean...
