Sep. 13, 2024 10:08 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards. The long list of 10 also includes Rachel Kushner's innovative thriller, “Creation Lake,” and novelist-filmmaker...
Sep. 12, 2024 12:26 PM EDT
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Games Gods Play (deluxe ltd. ed.)" by Abigail Owen (Red Tower)
2. “Passions in Death" by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s)
3. “The Cursed (special ed.)" by Harper L. Woods (Bramble)
4. “Vince Flynn: Capture or...
Sep. 06, 2024 11:12 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Kingsolver, this year's recipient of a National Book Award medal for literary achievement, remembers well the years she couldn't imagine receiving such honors.
“I just felt this continuous skepticism, not from readers but from critics and the gatekeepers....
Sep. 05, 2024 13:36 PM EDT
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)
2. “By Any Other Name” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine)
3. “The Book of Bill” by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue)
4. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
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