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'Our Spoons Came from Woolworth's' is a quirky delightThe reprint of this novel gives readers a chance to discover an unpredictable English novelist who never turned away from the black comedy of life.
'The Dogs of Littlefield' is one of the funniest new books of the yearA paradisal suburb is set on its ear by a proposed dog park, with acerbic laughter as a result.
Why JK Rowling's empire is lowering the drawbridgeThe renowned author's digital publishing house, Pottermore, has retained a monopoly on the sale of Harry Potter e-books and audio titles ever since its launch. But times they are a-changing, and the company's strategy is undergoing seismic shifts.
#1000BlackGirlBooks aims to connect black girls with books they can relate toA sixth-grader from New Jersey has started #1000BlackGirlBooks, a social media campaign and book drive to collect books in which black girls are the main characters.
'Bookishly Ever After' is a YA novel that entertains 鈥� and then challengesFor high school geek Phoebe, real life can鈥檛 possibly measure up to bestselling fiction. What happens if she fails at her first attempt at romance outside a book?
J.K. Rowling will receive PEN free speech prizeThe Harry Potter author will be presented the 2016 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service award May 16 at the literary and human rights group's annual gala in New York.
'Ostend' evokes Belgium in the summer of 1936, as Europe stood on the brinkIn this novelistic telling of history, Joseph Roth and Stefan Zweig 鈥� whose friendship is characterized by both admiration and resentment 鈥� encounter a series of other authors and cultural figures displaced by the intellectual unrest that preceded the carnage of World War II.
Bestselling books the week of 1/28/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at indie bookstores across the country?
Beatrix Potter: Newly-found story by 'Peter Rabbit' author will be released this fallA story by Potter titled 'The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots' was recently found and will be released by Penguin Random House in September.
My 'Updike year' 鈥� why I appreciate the man more now than everUpdike's works accompanied me to the doctor and the dentist, to campouts and picnics, summer vacations and office lunch hours.
'The Dictator' completes the Robert Harris trilogy about the great CiceroHarris brings Cicero to life with wit, verve, and vanity.
'Sailor and Fiddler' is Herman Wouk's nonchalantly charming memoir'Sailor' and 'Fiddler' are both in the same key: anecdotal, glancing, casual, and far more concerned with sharing fun facts about Wouk鈥檚 career than divulging anything especially intimate.
3 Super Bowl books to celebrate the 50th anniversary For in-depth retrospectives of the first 49 Super Bowls, these recent releases are hard to beat.
4 audiobooks for armchair travelers This month's audiobooks are set in France, San Francisco, the islands of the Pacific, and Botswana
Far out! How starry-eyed American utopians saw the worldThe author of 鈥楶aradise Now鈥� discusses the legacy of 19th-century super-dreamers.
'The Past' ruefully explores childhood memories of a beloved family homeA family of adult siblings must decide whether their money can stretch far enough to fix the roof of their grandparents' cottage or whether it鈥檚 time to let Kington go.
Scholastic pulls slavery bookThe controversy has sparked a debate about producing children's literature that offers a nuanced view of slavery and that is able to ask uncomfortable questions without stifling a conversation on one of the nation's darkest chapters.
Bestselling books the week of 1/17/16, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
'Their Promised Land' follows the author's grandparents in wartime EnglandThe descendants of German Jewish emigre families, Bernard and 'Win' both pride themselves from the beginning on their assimilated British status.
'The Road to Little Dribbling': yet another chance to walk with Bill BrysonBryson walks the length of his adopted country, lamenting as he goes.
