Oct. 01, 2024 14:08 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's memoir a bout his near-fatal stabbing, “Knife,” and Percival Everett's revisionist historical novel, “James," are among the finalists for the 75th annual National Book Awards. Others nominated include author-filmmaker Miranda July for her explicit novel on...
Sep. 16, 2024 20:44 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among six finalists shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction this year, organizers said Monday.
Five of the six authors are women — the largest number in the prize's 55-year history.
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Sep. 13, 2024 10:08 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is a fiction nominee for the National Book Awards. The long list of 10 also includes Rachel Kushner's innovative thriller, “Creation Lake,” and novelist-filmmaker...
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...