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Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Nov. 01, 2024 08:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jodi Picoult remembers when everyone seemed to praise her novel “Nineteen Minutes," a 2007 bestseller about a school shooting that now tops a list compiled by PEN America of the books most banned in schools. “Not only was it recommended for young adults to read,...

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Sep. 26, 2024 12:15 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Butcher Game" by Alaina Urquhart (Zand) 2. “We Solve Murders" by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman) 3. “The Book of Bill” by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue) 4. “Here One Moment” by Liane Moriarty (Crown) ...

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Sep. 19, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by TJ Klune (Tor) 2. “Here One Moment" by Liane Moriarty (Crown) 3. “Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 4. “The Games Gods Play (deluxe ltd. ed.)” by Abigail...

Florida school district must restore books with LGBTQ+ content under settlement

Sep. 12, 2024 17:57 PM EDT

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached Thursday with students and parents who sued over what they said was an unlawful decision to limit access to dozens of titles containing LGBTQ+ content....

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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...

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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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Aug. 29, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “By Any Other Name" by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) 2. “The Book of Bill” by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue) 3. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 4. “Spirit Crossing" by William Kent Krueger (Atria)...

US-Apple-Books-Top-10

Aug. 27, 2024 11:28 AM EDT

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 2. This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow) 3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 4. Tom Clancy Shadow State by M.P....