HarperFiction has netted While Justice Sleeps by US politician and lawyer Stacey Abrams, a “powerful” political thriller about a young law clerk who is left to unravel a conspiracy in the heart of Washington. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 14:24:23 UTC ]
In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read a historical fiction with a POC or LGBTQ+ protagonist. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-01-11 11:31:00 UTC ]
The trade fiction imprint Raven will release its first list in spring 2022 and will focus on sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy (Bluebird) has weighed in in the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Non-Fiction number one, ending the seven-week streak of Barack Obama's A Promised Land (Penguin). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-05 13:42:46 UTC ]
When my wife and I were expecting our first child, a friend described it as “the ultimate deadline.” Many writers I’ve known since have determined to finish their books before a baby arrives. Some do, of course, but the deadline wasn’t so ultimate in my own case. I was five years into my first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-05 09:49:10 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has named The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood (HQ) as its first Fiction Book of the Month for 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-04 20:03:32 UTC ]
I can’t attend, for the road between my poem and Damascus is cut off for postmodern reasons. –“I Can’t Attend,” by Ghayath Almadhoun * No ISBN sequence can keep track the world’s recent homeless, but the books won’t stop coming. As the refugee crisis grows unremittingly, with people out of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-29 09:48:26 UTC ]
“GUYS ARE LIKE school admissions,” Claire Wang’s mom tells Claire in Parachutes, a new YA novel by Kelly Yang. “Get in first. Then worry if you like them back.” The analogy is cheeky yet revealing: colleges and boyfriends function on a model of scarcity, and thus attainment is far more important... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-12-26 16:00:45 UTC ]
From talking tigers to automaton dragons and UFOs, find some of the best 2020 under the radar SFF books you may have missed, including Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-21 11:37:00 UTC ]
If you’ve used the internet to read book or film reviews in the last decade, you’ve probably heard of the Bechdel test. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel introduced the test in her comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 as a means of assessing the ways women are portrayed in fiction. The test... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-21 09:50:22 UTC ]
Need a new novel? Classic adventures, satire, and dystopian science fiction top this year's round-up of reader book recommendations for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-18 22:08:27 UTC ]
Need a new novel? Classic adventures, satire, and dystopian science fiction top this year's round-up of reader book recommendations for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-18 22:08:27 UTC ]
Need a new novel? Classic adventures, satire, and dystopian science fiction top this year's round-up of reader book recommendations for fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-12-18 22:08:27 UTC ]
Winter takes center stage in books by George R.R. Martin, Peter Hoeg, Tove Jannson, Tanya Tagaq and more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-18 14:00:00 UTC ]
Find the best historical fiction series that both engages and entertains, with lively and diverse characters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-18 11:38:00 UTC ]
Finding solace and humor in gems from by P.G. Wodehouse, Daisy Ashford, Barry Pain and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-16 14:00:00 UTC ]
As editor of the magazines Analog and Omni, he was a champion of a new generation of authors, including George R.R. Martin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-12-14 19:27:29 UTC ]
Year's End: An already exceptionally busy year for nonfiction gets even hotter as US adult nonfiction print sales move 257 million units. The post Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ Breaks NPD BookScan’s Nonfiction Records appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-12-10 16:54:32 UTC ]
In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read nonfiction books about anti-racism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-09 11:31:00 UTC ]
Icon is to publish a trio of books exploring the "hidden depths to the way we see the world". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 07:02:22 UTC ]