The best nonfiction book deals in cooking, lifestyle, and more, all hand picked by Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-24 10:39:00 UTC ]
From a look at fonts to mental illness and understanding sexuality, these nonfiction manga titles are must-reads. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-24 10:35:00 UTC ]
Mat Johnson’s latest book delivers a biting satire of American politics and class issues — from the vantage point of outer space. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-22 13:00:32 UTC ]
Kathryn Harlan, author of the new story collection 'Fruiting Bodies,' picks 10 books that represent fabulism at its best. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year, a Neon Hemlock Press novella won a Nebula. But what is this publisher, where did it come from, and what does it put out? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-21 10:36:00 UTC ]
New and upcoming books by Rhys Bowen, Kate Forsyth and others imagine the heroic efforts of everyday people during World War II Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-20 14:33:02 UTC ]
Forefront Books and the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives are teaming up to form Frederick Douglass Books, a publishing imprint meant to “establish a pathway for Black and Brown authors” into the publishing industry, the two organizations announced in a press release last week. The imprint... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-16 13:04:40 UTC ]
Ruth Ozeki has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness' (Penguin), which comes with a £30,000 ($36,500) cash award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
These hidden gems are all great works of imagination set near and far that you need to add to your TBR ASAP. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-15 10:36:00 UTC ]
A recent report from NPD BookScan found that U.S. print book sales of LGBTQ fiction reached nearly 5 million units in 2021, doubling 2020 sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two previously unseen short stories by Jackson, rated by Stephen King as one of the great horror fiction writers, are to appear in US magazine the StrandTwo previously unpublished short stories by Shirley Jackson, the queen of gothic fiction, have been released.Charlie Roberts and Only Stand and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-09 14:05:30 UTC ]
Do you want a historical fiction book club but you don't know where to start? Read inside for some tips and ideas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-08 10:33:00 UTC ]
In 2014, book critic Dwight Garner published a lament in the New York Times for a seemingly forgotten literary masterpiece, the oral history All God’s Dangers. Published in 1974 by then-Harvard doctoral candidate Theodore Rosengarten, the autobiography was narrated by Nate Shaw, an illiterate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-06 08:51:52 UTC ]
These novels remind us that people have made horrible mistakes since the beginning of time. (They also contain love, joy and triumph!) Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-05-27 20:30:21 UTC ]
Rethinking old myths and accepted narratives comes with risks, but the results can be thrilling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-05-27 20:30:15 UTC ]
Sometimes in interviews I catch myself speaking of my book of short stories about the Iraq War as though it is a kind of literary journalism. I want people to think about their recent history, imagine the lives of soldiers, and get a sense of what it’s like to go to war. And I do […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-05-17 08:53:40 UTC ]
Twist and shout: Get ready to treat yourself and mix it up with these 20 must-read genre-blending historical fiction books, including Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-05-12 10:40:00 UTC ]
Susanna Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’ is one great book that’s hard to categorize. What hard-to-classify novels do you enjoy? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-07 12:00:25 UTC ]
“The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.” I’ve always found these words by E.L. Doctorow a compelling argument for the unique power of fiction to enliven the past. Yet when thinking about the lives of people of color in America, you can’t count on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-04-29 08:49:53 UTC ]
Fiction writers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu join hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell live from the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, where they talk about pop culture in the literary sphere, the blurring of the line between literary and popular fiction,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-04-28 08:56:36 UTC ]