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Newbery medal for best children's book is given to Erin Entrada Kelly's 'The First State of Being'
NEW YORK (AP) — Erin Entrada Kelly's “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's outstanding children's book. The Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture story went...

Book Review: 'This Beautiful, Ridiculous City' captures New York in an emotional graphic memoir
Kay Sohini’s move from India to New York was an escape, rebirth and reunion all wrapped in one, leaving behind an abusive relationship and broken family to start anew in the melting-pot city that already felt like an old friend because it's where her heroes penned their most famous works. ...

Percival Everett's 'James' awarded Carnegie Medal for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — For author Percival Everett, libraries have long been a source of knowledge and discovery and pleasure, even of the forbidden kind. “I remember making friends at age 13 with the librarian at the University of South Carolina, and she used to let me go through the...
Books by Percival Everett and the late Alexei Navalny are among finalists for critics circle prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham's acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are among the nominees for National Book Critics Circle prizes. Along with finalists in eight...
Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science
NEW YORK (AP) — Books about a family's exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 prizes for their exemplary blends of art and science. The fourth annual Science + Literature...

We hear you. Barbra Streisand and Elton John are among nominees for audio book awards
NEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand, Kate McKinnon and Elton John are among the nominees for the 30th annual Audie Awards, presented by the Audio Publishers Association. Streisand's self-narrated “My Name Is Barbra” is a finalist for best audio book and for best...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “James” by Percival Everett (Doubleday) 2. “Four Ruined Realms (deluxe ed.)" by Mai Corland (Red Tower) 3. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 4. “Never Say Never" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) ...

The Kellogg Foundation CEO shares her own life story to foster more racial healing
La June Montgomery Tabron believes many Americans have a desire for racial healing. They just don’t know how to start. “It may sound mysterious or challenging,” said Montgomery Tabron, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s first woman and first Black CEO. “But it’s actually quite...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Let Them Theory” by Mel Robbins (Hay House) 2. “The Muscle Ladder" by Jeff Nippard (Victory Belt) 3. “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press) 4. “Good Energy” by Casey Means (Avery)...
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Nonfiction 1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Audible Studios) 2. Atomic Habitsby James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest, narrated by Abby Craden...
