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Mar. 28, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “The #1 Lawyer” by Patterson/Allen (Little, Brown) 3. “James” by Percival Everett (Doubleday) 4. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) ...

Books on the impact of the internet and AI are finalists for the first-ever Women's Nonfiction Prize

Mar. 27, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Books about the dizzying impact of the internet and artificial intelligence are among finalists for a new book prize that aims to help fix the gender imbalance in nonfiction publishing. The shortlisted six books for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction,...

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Mar. 26, 2024 15:35 PM EDT

Nonfiction 1. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy, narrated by the author (Simon & Schuster Audio) 2. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 3. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, narrated by Chris Hill...

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Mar. 26, 2024 11:59 AM EDT

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson & Nancy Allen (Little, Brown and Company) 2. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Celadon Books) ...

Book Review: 'Glorious Exploits' turns classical history into an endearing comedy about tragedy

Mar. 25, 2024 10:44 AM EDT

Best friends Lampo and Gelon are potters by trade, but their souls are filled with poetry. It’s 412 B.C. and the city of Syracuse doesn’t know what hit it when these two hatch up the best worst idea: They’ll put on a play using the Athenian prisoners of war who are starving to death down in...

Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98

Mar. 23, 2024 15:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — "Babar" author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father's popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98. De Brunhoff, a Paris native who moved to the U.S. in the 1980s, died...

Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored

Mar. 21, 2024 20:52 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer,...

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Mar. 21, 2024 13:38 PM EDT

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 3. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 4. “Empire of the Damned” by Jay Kristoff (St. Martin's) ...

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Mar. 19, 2024 16:04 PM EDT

Nonfiction 1. Atomic Habits by James Clear, narrated by the author (Penguin Audio) 2. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel, narrated by Chris Hill (Harriman House) 3. Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg, narrated by the author (Random House Audio)...

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Mar. 19, 2024 12:18 PM EDT

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 2. Identity by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 3. Still See You Everywhere by Lisa Gardner (Grand Central Publishing) 4....