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Percival Everett's 'James' is a finalist for Carnegie Medal for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's “James” has received yet another literary nomination. Everett's reworking of Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is among the finalists for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence, $5,000 honors for fiction and nonfiction presented by the...
Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion
An entire generation of literary-minded women has not stopped telling itself stories influenced by master storyteller Joan Didion. The same, alas, cannot be said of Eve Babitz, a Hollywood bad girl whose life briefly intersected with Didion’s in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Few...
At age 97, pioneering Black businessman George E. Johnson has finally written his memoir
NEW YORK (AP) — As he approached his mid-90s, pioneering Black businessman George E. Johnson unexpectedly found himself determined — even called — to write his memoir. Johnson's “Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall...
Tina Knowles to tell her story in 'Matriarch,' a memoir scheduled for next year
NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Knowles will have a memoir out next spring with a title that will not surprise her many admirers. The fashion designer and mother of Beyoncé, Solange Knowles and “bonus daughter” Kelly Rowland has a deal with Random House Publishing Group for...
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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Waiting" bt Michael Connelly (Little, Brown) 2. “Counting Miracles” by Nicholas Sparks (Random House) 3. “The Book of Bill” by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue) 4. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St....
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Waiting by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 2. War by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) 3. Framed by Jim Mccloskey & John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 4. Lies He...
Percival Everett's 'James' wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction
NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett's novel “James,” his acclaimed reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won a $50,000 prize that continues Everett's recent wave of literary honors. On Wednesday night, “James” was awarded the Kirkus Prize for fiction....
Entertainment and lifestyle titan Barry Diller will have memoir out next spring
NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Diller has a memoir coming out next spring, covering a life that could fill multiple volumes. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that Diller's “Who Knew” will be released May 20, following his rise from the mail room of the William Morris Agency to...
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Nonfiction 1. From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough, narrated by Riley Keough and Julia Roberts (Random House Audio) 2. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, narrated by the author (Little, Brown & Company) ...
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah’s Book Club by Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough (Random House Publishing Group) 2. Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell (Grand Central Publishing) 3. Lies He Told Me by...
