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T.J. Newman returns with a novel that's on par with summer movie blockbusters
Time is a precious commodity and some readers need to be hooked from page one. T.J. Newman 's 2021 debut novel “Falling” (Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster) begins with a sentence that blasts out of a cannon: “When the shoe dropped in her lap the foot was still in it.” The...
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Outlive by Peter Attia, MD and Bill Gifford - contributor, narrated by Peter Attia, MD (Random House Audio) 3. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann, narrated by...
Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli wins Reina Sofia poetry prize
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, was awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize Monday. Considered among Latin America’s best-known writers, Belli’s work has been translated into more than 20...
Rare James M. Cain story 'Blackmail' published for first time
NEW YORK (AP) — The characters are pure noir: Pat, a “dark, heavily handsome thick-shouldered" young man; Myra, a “cheesecakey” woman whose “thick blonde hair" fell “off her bare head to brilliant brassy effect.” And they talk the way crime fiction characters used to...
Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Happy Place” by Emily Henry (Berkley) 2. “Only the Dead" by Jack Carr (Atria) 3. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) 5. “The...
Bestselling Japanese author Haruki Murakami wins Spanish Asturias prize for literature
MADRID (AP) — Bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has won this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for literature, the Spanish foundation that organizes the prizes said Wednesday. The Princess of Asturias Award jury praised the “uniqueness” of the 72-year-old...
Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize for darkly comic memory novel
LONDON (AP) — Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Time Shelter,” a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia. The book beat five other finalists to the prize, which recognizes fiction...
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, narrated by the author (Random House Audio) 3. Outlive by Peter Attia, MD and Bill Gifford - contributor, narrated by Peter...
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Only the Dead by Jack Carr - 9781982181727 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books) 2. Happy Place by Emily Henry - 9780593441206 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - 9781501110375 - (Atria...
Book Review: Brandon Taylor is back with a new campus novel, 'The Late Americans'
“The Late Americans,” by Brandon Taylor (Riverhead Books) Brandon Taylor burst onto the literary scene three years ago, publishing two widely acclaimed books in quick succession. Critics marveled at the way he seemed to have pivoted so effortlessly from a budding career as a...
