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Oct. 10, 2024 12:20 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Counting Miracles" by Nicholas Sparks (Random House) 2. “When the Moon Hatched" by Sarah A. Parker (Avon) 3. “Intermezzo” by Sally Rooney (FSG) 4. “Beach Read (deluxe ed.)" by Emily Henry (Berkley) ...

Book Review: Louise Erdrich writes about love and loss in North Dakota in ’The Mighty Red’

Sep. 30, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louise Erdrich (“The Night Watchman,” 2021) returns with a story close to her heart, “The Mighty Red.” Set in the author’s native North Dakota, the title refers to the river that serves as a metaphor for life in the Red River Valley. It also carries a...

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

Aug. 29, 2024 16:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It's just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people's problems, problems that aren't our...

Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds among finalists for $50,000 Kirkus Prizes

Aug. 28, 2024 10:42 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the enslaved Jim's perspective, is among the fiction finalists for the 11th annual Kirkus Prize. Kirkus Reviews, a leading book review publication, announced...