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Edward Abbey on How to Live and How to Die: Immortal Wisdom from the Park Ranger Who Inspired Generations
The summer after graduating high school, knowing he would face conscription into the military as soon as his eighteenth birthday arrived, Edward Abbey (January 29, 1927–March 14, 1989)...
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The Price of American ‘Safety’
A number of new books recount the horror America created and then left in Afghanistan. Can anyone grasp the realities of occupation and the “war...
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From Sophy Roberts to Bettina Anton: new books reviewed in short
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How a real-life shock helped inspire ‘Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets’
Author Christopher Farnsworth talks about becoming the author of books featuring the character Jesse Stone. Subscribe to continue reading this article....
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First known cookbook by a Black American woman gets new edition 160 years later
The oldest published cookbook by a Black American woman — that we know of is out in a brand new edition this February. Malinda Russell wrote...
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The Best New Cozy Mysteries, According to Goodreads
The editors over at Goodreads have looked at this year’s cozy mysteries and compiled a list they think their 150+ million members would like. They...
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What to Read Before and After Seeing Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse
Readings on the Life, Works, and Legacy of Art Spiegelman Join Lit Hub at Film Forum on Friday, February 21st, at 7:10 p.m. ET, where...
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Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like Elden Ring
“I can’t write every day. Some days I wake up and don’t feel like doing it, so I see a movie, or play...
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The Art and Politics of Legendary Cartoonist Ollie Harrington
More than half a century before Aaron McGruder’s first introduced The Boondocks as a comic strip (and later television series) and decades before the...
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‘Little Mysteries’ author Sara Gran created ‘the best detective in the world.’ No joke
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The Sociopolitical Impact of A Passage to India
E. M. Forster’s novel captured not only the tensions between colonizers and colonized but also the fraught internal politics that shaped India’s...
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New novel asks: How much can a male friendship take?
In a pivotal scene in the new novel Dream State, by Eric Puchner, buds Garrett and Charlie are in college, walking home from a Halloween...
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The inattention pandemic
The tyranny of social media has made us all minor celebrities: exhausted and narcissistic. The Sirens’ Call, by the American television host Chris...
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Here There Be Monsters: The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes
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Tony Horwitz's widow Geraldine Brooks writes a beautiful memoir of grief
To us readers who admired Tony Horwitz's writing, infused with his animated and wry first-person voice, his sudden death in 2019 was hard to take in....
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The Palantir Guide to Saving America’s Soul
In the spring of 2014, a trans-anarchist Google engineer petitioned the White House to arrest our national decline. The plan was snappy: “1. Retire all government employees...
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16 Books People Are Anxiously Waiting To Be Adapted For Film Or TV
"A rich blend of a fantasy world, steamy romance, and political thriller." Book adaptations don't always work, and there are plenty of examples of them...
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The relationship at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance
NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black...
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Iowa Rushes, Advances Librarian Criminalization Bill
In a year in which there are dozens of anti-library, pro-book banning bills being floated in state legislatures across the country, including several...
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How to Read the Jack Reacher Books in the Correct Order (Hint: It’s Not What You Think)
By fall 2025, there will be 31 Jack Reacher books featuring the eponymous ex-military policeman and his gripping adventures. As a one-man A-team,...
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What Happens When There’s a Crime in Antarctica?
R.S. Burnett on life and death in the polar extreme. In 2018, news outlets around the world reported the story of Russian scientific engineer Sergey...
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Hear the Jazz-Funk Musical Adaptation of Dune by David Matthews (1977)
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Indiana Cuts Dolly Parton Imagination Library from Budget
In a state racing to pass as many anti-library and anti-education bills as possible in a single legislative session, cutting Dolly Parton’s...
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4 Reese's Book Club Books That Will Make You Ugly Cry
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Breaking and Entering: How Deon Meyer’s New Novel Snuck Past Genre Boundaries
What really defines the sub-genres of crime? Here’s a confession: I don’t think about genre when I’m writing. Especially not during the...
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Living in the Wedge of Light and Darkness: ‘The Consequences’
The word consequence does not appear in the King James Bible. Oh, there are punishments reaped and fates that are sowed—but consequences, that very...
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5 famous authors who used pseudonyms (and why they did it)
Many writers (myself included) are more than willing to fight for their byline. Having your name on your work not only ensures you get paid,...
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The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2025 Duff Cooper Prize, recommended by Minoo Dinshaw
It's a nonfiction book prize that values "style, rigour, argument, meatiness, readability, freshness, oddity and individuality," says Minoo Dinshaw,...
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Five stunning new picture books that celebrate Black culture
While the new administration takes aim at DEI initiatives, there’s one place where diversity is alive and well: Children’s literature. At a time...
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In his book 'Stuck,' Yoni Appelbaum tells of how many Americans have lost mobility
Americans have lost their mobility, the thing that once made the country distinctive, open and prosperous, writes Yoni Appelbaum in his new book, Stuck. He...
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A Love Letter, an Invitation and a Thank You to Toni Morrison: The Story Behind a New Picture Book (Exclusive)
Before Andrea Davis Pinkney was Toni Morrison's colleague, before they became friends, before the literary giant was her mentor, Morrison's books graced the shelves of...
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Protected: We planted a river
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The Year in Review 2024 by Liz Bourke
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Authors Interviewing Characters: Janice Deal - Women Writers, Women's Books
THE BLUE DOOR How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong? This is the question that haunts...
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Ten Classic British Novels
Since Five Books was set up in 2009, we've interviewed more than 2,000 experts on all manner of subjects. Here's our roundup of the ten classic...
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The Biggest Bookish News of the Week
Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up!Thomson Reuters Wins AI...
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The Geopolitics Of Space Colonization: Future Power Relations In The Inner Solar System – Book Review
A political scientist, Bohumil Dobos’ book titled The Geopolitics of Space Colonization: Future Power Relations in the Inner Solar System delves into...
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Stephen King's top 10 favorite books of all time - with one as his number one
Despite being a master of horror and suspense, Stephen King's literary interests reach far beyond his own genre of horror. In a unique tribute to...
themirror.com
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Hulu cancels major fantasy show based on popular book series
A Court of Thorns and Roses, the first novel in a five-book series of the same name, is about a young huntress named Feyre who...
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Why was Agatha Christie almost expelled from the Detection Club? - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Kelly Oliver My new mystery series set in the late 1920’s and1930’s features the original London Detection Club, including founding members Agatha...
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Thomas Berry Nominated for Author of the Year Award - Cast Your Vote Today!
Thomas Berry of South Plainfield is a nominee for the 2025 Author of the Year from the International Impact Book Awards. His recent civil war novel,...
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Don’t Call ‘SNL’ Star Joe Piscopo A Stand-Up. He’s An Entertainer.
Joe Piscopo knows what you think of him. He’s heard the disses on The Simpsons (and, weirdly, in a Tom Petty song) but he’...
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Julie Chan Is Dead
Zhang debuts with a witty and insightful thriller about the pitfalls of influencer culture. Julie Chan and her twin sister, Chloe, were four years...
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Joanna Gaines's "Beautiful" New Project Has Fans in a Frenzy
The star is a published author (again!). To Fixer Upper fans, it may seem like star Joanna Gaines never takes a break and for the...
goodhousekeeping.com
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The authors of a new book explain pseudoscientific conspiracies, and why we love them
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen, authors of "Pseudoscience," about why people want to believe in things like Bigfoot, palm reading,...
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for February 16, 2024
Today’s Featured Book DealsIn Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book DealsPrevious Daily Deals...
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Book review: Dot Bardarson nostalgically revisits her young family’s 1960s cannery summers
Updated: 1 hour ago Published: 1 hour ago “Boardwalk Footsteps: Memoir of an Artist at a Remote Alaskan Cannery” By Dot Bardarson; Cirque Press, 2024;...
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Living Against time : Virginia Woolf on the Art of Presence and the “Moments of Being” That Make You Who You Are
“Whatever has happened, whatever is going to happen in the world, it is the living moment that contains the sum of the excitement, this moment...
themarginalian.org
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Stephen King's favorite books of all time - including one he calls 'the best ever'
Stephen King is a prolific reader, and he has frequently shared lists of the books that have inspired him throughout his career. Here's a look...
the-express.com
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Book review: When emancipation wasn’t the end
“Slavery after Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present” by Mary Frances...
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