"This is how I used to start book reports when I couldn’t find the CliffsNotes," one critic tweeted. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2021-08-11 06:45:20 UTC ]
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is partnering with Good Housekeeping magazine to launch a new initiative celebrating writers of fiction aged 35 and under. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 23:54:31 UTC ]
Today, dear readers, is Paperback Book Day! It’s the anniversary of the day that the first Penguin paperback was published in England. Good! Personally, I’ll take paperbacks over hardcovers any old day. Don’t @ me! They’re more affordable. They’re lighter. And they don’t wear book jackets that,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-30 16:26:11 UTC ]
“The World Gives Way,” “The Chosen and the Beautiful” and “Sword Stone Table” borrow from familiar stories but offer surprising readings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-07-30 16:00:03 UTC ]
With sales in nonfiction categories all falling again, unit sales of print books declined 4.9% last week compared to the week ended July 25, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
In “The Cult of We,” reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell document founder Adam Neumann’s excesses. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-07-22 16:16:49 UTC ]
"The notion of 'a book' is just a convenient fiction which we books go along with because it serves the needs of the bean counters in publishing, not to mention the ego of the writers. But the reality is far more complex.” So explains “the Book”, one of the narrators of Ruth Ozeki’s fourth novel... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-09 19:27:08 UTC ]
The top 15 bestsellers last week were all fiction, led by Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood,' which sold more than 48,000 copies in its first week on sale. Overall, unit sales increased 4% over the week ended July 4, 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
There is something beautiful about African languages carrying science, fictionalised of course, into imagined futures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-07-07 15:04:17 UTC ]
Having been responsible for much of Orion’s non-fiction output for more than a decade, Amanda Harris’ switch to agenting came as a surprise to some. She discusses her first 18 months at YMU, and explains why it has been a rewarding endeavour. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 10:03:00 UTC ]
Sales of adult fiction rose 28.1% last week and young adult fiction jumped 49.6%, driving a 6.4% increase in total unit sales of print books last week over the week ended June 27, 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
Today, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced that Joy Williams will receive the 2021 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, which honors an American writer whose body of work is distinguished for both its mastery and originality of thought and imagination. Williams, a previous... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-06-30 17:19:46 UTC ]
Learn about queer topics and history from a graphic history, a collection of letters, a memoir and more LGBTQ nonfiction books for Pride. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-06-29 10:38:00 UTC ]
Immerse yourself in history from highwaymen to Hollywood starlets with 25 of the best queer historical fiction books to get lost in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-06-25 10:33:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books rose 4.8% last week over the week ended June 12, 2020, as adult fiction sales rose 23%. 'The President's Daughter' by James Patterson and Bill Clinton was the week's top seller. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author Tracy Clark says today’s fictional detectives can be women of color—and they can save themselves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of adult fiction titles jumped 28% last week over the comparable week in 2020. Seven of the top 10 overall bestsellers last week were brand-new novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of adult books rose 25.8% last week over May 30, 2020, and for the first five months of 2021, adult book sales jumped 32.4% over the comparable period a year ago at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
If you want to do some serious reading to reflect on humanity and its many aspects, these 5 contemporary literary fiction books are for you, including A Burning By Megha Majumdar. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-05-28 10:38:00 UTC ]
New novels — by turns salty, sweeping and sweet — will transport you to 1930s Italy, 19th-century England and San Francisco a hundred years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-05-27 13:55:12 UTC ]