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Novelist Murakami hosts Japanese ghost story reading ahead of Nobel Prize announcements
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami hosted a ghost story reading event in Tokyo amid growing attention before the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in literature, an award he is a perennial favorite to win. Murakami said at Thursday's reading that he enjoys scary...
As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists
HONG KONG (AP) — In the last few years, China’s government has promoted increasingly conservative social values, encouraging women to focus on raising children. It has cracked down on civil society movements and made laws to drive out foreign influence. So a 75-year-old Japanese...
Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 2. “Holly” by Stephen King (Scribner) 3. “The Last Devil to Die” by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman) 4. “Tom Lake” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 5....
Book Review: 'SNL' star Leslie Jones drops raw memoir mixed with life advice
Leslie Jones wants to set one thing straight in her memoir: She is undeniable. The word pops up 11 times in the book. Indefatigable is another good word to describe a comic whose career didn’t really take off until she joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” at the age of 47, though perhaps...
After Malaysia bans his book, author says his depiction of Indonesian maid was misunderstood
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government has banned a book following protests over what was perceived as an insulting depiction of an Indonesian maid, and the book's author on Thursday apologized for the offensive material and said it was misunderstood. Boey Chee Ming, a...
The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com
Nonfiction 1. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson, narrated by Jeremy Bobb and the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 2. Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar, Derick Dillard - contributor and Craig Borlase - contributor, narrated by Jill Duggar (Simon & Schuster Audio) ...
Cassidy Hutchinson's new book says Mark Meadows' suits smelled 'like a bonfire' from burning papers
NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide in Donald Trump’s White House says chief of staff Mark Meadows burned papers so often after the 2020 election that it left his office smoky and even prompted his wife to complain that his suits smelled “like a bonfire.” Cassidy Hutchinson, who...
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Code Red by Kyle Mills & Vince Flynn (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) 2. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (Penguin Publishing Group) 3. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) 4....
Book Review: 'The Spice Must Flow' chronicles the legacy of the breakthrough novel 'Dune'
NEW YORK (AP) — The saga of how cult sci-fi novel “Dune” slowly permeated the mainstream over decades is a tale with almost as many twists and turns as “Dune” itself, and author Ryan Britt recounts it in the lively and entertaining “The Spice Must Flow.” As Britt...
Longest, fastest, zaniest: Guinness World Records celebrates the 'crazy, fun, inspiring'
NEW YORK (AP) — Do you know the highest average grossing movie franchise in history? That's easy, “Avatar.” What about the record for the most balloons popped in one minute by a pogostick? Or the longest journey in a pumpkin boat? These and many more superlatives are in the...
