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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “James” by Percival Everett (Doubleday) 2. “Wind and Truth" by Brandon Sanderson (Tor) 3. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 4. “The House of Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) ...
The truth behind Santa Claus, as seen by grown-ups: To tell or not to tell?
NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, it's a family story they can chuckle about NOW. But Lisa Highfill wasn't laughing that December day almost 20 years ago. She had just parked the car in the garage when her then-8-year-old son let loose with something he had found out while at school. ...
Kiran Desai to publish first novel since 'The Inheritance of Loss' came out nearly 20 years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A new novel from Kiran Desai, her first fiction since the Booker Prize-winning “The Inheritance of Loss” came out nearly 20 years ago, will be published next fall. Desai's “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is scheduled for release in September by Hogarth,...
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Briar Club by Kate Quinn (William Morrow) 2. Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Publishing Group) 3. The House of Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) 4. The Wedding People...
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Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habitsby James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. Revenge of the Tipping Pointby Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the author (Little, Brown & Company) 3. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, narrated by Sean...
Pope in autobiography reveals an apparent bombing plot during his 2021 visit to Iraq
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn’t make it. According to excerpts of his upcoming autobiography, suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq, but were killed before striking. ...
Rarely seen story by crime fiction master John D MacDonald offers clues to his best known work
NEW YORK (AP) — Crime writer John D. MacDonald, a master of the genre, was so prolific that sometimes even he couldn't keep up with what he was doing. He might have dozens of stories in submission at once and would leave some unfinished or unpublished as he moved on to a new idea....
Book Review: 'The Rivals' is Jane Pek’s fine new mystery novel of online dating, love and death
Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark cybersphere of tech systems in “The Rivals,” the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane Pek. Pek, who introduced Claudia in her 2022 debut book, “The Verifiers,” has given the...
Charles Dickens' characters come alive in a Dutch town enamored with the English author
DEVENTER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch city of Deventer transformed Saturday into a pocket of 19th-century England, with 950 people in costumes bringing characters from Charles Dickens’ books to life. Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge and Miss Havisham were among the characters at...
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died....
