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10 best books of September 2015, according to Amazon What books being released this month are the cream of the crop? Check out the picks from Amazon's editors!
Bestselling books the week of 9/3, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
Back to Hogwarts: 'Harry Potter' fans celebrate the traditional first day of schoolIn the 'Potter' books, Hogwarts students always head back to school on Sept. 1. Many fans are celebrating today and 'Potter' fanatics have a new book (by Rowling although not set in the 'Potter' universe), a new theme park, and 鈥� a bit further out 鈥� a new movie to look forward to.
William McKinley: As a president, did he move mountains?Historian Scott Miller talks about the legacy of William McKinley, the 25th US president and, suddenly, a newsworthy figure.
'Purity' shows a new Jonathan Franzen: funnier, looser, and more caring'Purity,' Franzen's fifth novel, is the best book the prodigiously talented novelist has written.
10 great books featuring working class heroes nspired by a posthumous story collection from Lucia Berlin: a list of excellent stories starring proletarians too rarely given voice in industrial life.
My letter from Oliver SacksSacks鈥檚 short letter 鈥� sweeping, evocative, articulate 鈥� had come to me in early 1994 when, just a year out of my 20s, I was still trying to be a little of all of those things.
'Founding Grammars' traces the battles Americans have fought over languageAn impassioned history of primary US prose offers 'entertaining historical perspective on these linguistic clashes.'
First Look'Hoverboard' and 'MacGyver' earn place in Oxford's online dictionary. NBD.The Oxford Dictionary inducted a spate of new words into its online dictionary Thursday, including 'manspreading,' 'holodeck,' 'MacGyver,' and聽'Grexit.'
'Kissinger's Shadow' accuses the controversial statesman of militarizing US foreign policyAuthor and historian Greg Grandin makes bold but compelling accusations, blaming Kissinger for setting aggressive precedents that support perpetual war.聽
5 unconventional sports books Here are a handful that are delightfully offbeat books about sports.
Latest Stieg Larsson novel isn't by Larsson 鈥� and some readers are not happy'The Girl in the Spider's Web' brings back characters Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist as they join forces to hack into the US National Security Agency in a plotline that includes stories about hacking, corruption, and national security.
'A River Runs Again' tells five tales of India at the crossroadsJournalist Meera Subramanian beautifully crafts a filigree of cautionary and celebratory stories about India future and past, voiced with dignified passion.
Bestselling books the week of 8/27/15, according to IndieBound* What's selling best in America's independent bookstores this week?
'The Last Love Song' offers a sympathetic, insightful look at the life of Joan DidionBiographer Tracy Daugherty wonderfully chronicles the life and work of American icon Joan Didion.
6 baseball books for the 2015 season鈥檚 stretch drive Here are recent releases for those eager for good late-season baseball reads.
Hugo Awards: Who won, who didn't, in the most controversial voting everWhy weren't there winners announced in five categories for the prestigious science fiction Hugo Awards? The prizes have been engulfed in controversy this year.
'The Love She Left Behind' is a finely drawn, dark comedy of manners, classThe death of a matriarch sets in motion this acerbic British comedy from an acclaimed London screenwriter.
'The Speechwriter' tells the story of a disgraced governor's former scribeThe man who put words into the mouth of former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford takes readers behind the political curtain.
'The Automobile Club of Egypt' depicts an Egyptian family and nation split by ideologyAlaa Al Aswany, author of 'The Yacoubian Building,' tells a finely textured story of politics, class, romance, and family set post-World War II Cairo.