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'Demon Copperhead' author Barbara Kingsolver to receive National Book Award for lifetime achievement
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....
Fictional sleuth Sam Spade will be back on the job in upcoming novel by Max Allan Collins
NEW YORK (AP) — The story of one of the great fictional sleuths, Dashiell Hammett 's Sam Spade, will be continued by prize-winning crime writer Max Allan Collins. The publisher Hard Case Crime announced Thursday that Collins' “The Return of the Maltese Falcon” will be released...
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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) ...
Salman Rushdie's memoir of his attack is among 12 books up for a top nonfiction prize
LONDON (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s account of a stabbing attack that blinded him in one eye is among contenders announced Thursday for a prestigious nonfiction book prize. Rushdie’s memoir “ Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder ” is among 12 books on the long list for...
Noel Parmentel Jr., a literary gadfly with some famous friends, dies at 98
NEW YORK (AP) — Noel E. Parmentel Jr., an essayist, pundit, filmmaker and man about town who satirized politicians across ideology, dated and helped promote a young Joan Didion and otherwise charmed and infuriated New York’s literary elite, has died at age 98. Parmentel's...
Daddy Yankee's memoir, 'ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story,' will be out in April
NEW YORK (AP) — Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning “King of Reggaeton,” hopes his memoir will inspire others to believe in themselves. HarperCollins Publishers announced Wednesday that it will release Daddy Yankee's “ReaDY! The Power To Change Your...
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Nonfiction 1. Good Energy by Casey Means, MD, and Calley Means, narrated by Casey Means, MD (Penguin Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean Pratt and...
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 2. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 3. Daydream by Hannah Grace (Atria Books) 4. The Villa by Nora Roberts (Penguin Publishing Group)...
Book Review: Matt Haig extols the magic of Ibiza in 'The Life Impossible'
“Reality is not always probable, or likely.” That’s the quote from the late Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges that prefaces Matt Haig’s new novel, “The Life Impossible.” If you fundamentally take issue with it, don’t bother turning the page. But if you’re willing to...
Book Review: Ellen Hopkins' new novel 'Sync' is a stirring story of foster care through teens' eyes
I’m always amazed at how Ellen Hopkins can convey so much in so few words, residing in a gray area between prose and poetry. Her latest novel in verse, “Sync,” does exactly that as it switches between twins Storm and Lake during the pivotal year before they age out of the...
