Readers share their tips on discovering new authors and reading more widelyIn addition to the excellent advice provided in your article on reading (The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books, 25 April), I would add the following. The old adage of not judging a book by its cover can both be helpful and not. Thrillers nearly all look alike, as do romances, teen fiction, fantasy and horror. One relatively small publisher has eschewed this policy by publishing its fiction in blue paperback jackets with white writing, and its nonfiction in white cover with blue text.Anyone wanting access to some of the best world writing should check out Fitzcarraldo Editions. Its website provides excellent summaries of the works, and its roster of authors is varied, geographically and stylistically. Initially drawn in by the unpretentious nature of the book jackets, I have discovered authors such as Annie Ernaux, Svetlana Alexievich, Olga Tokarczuk and Jon Fosse – all Nobel prize winners.John DallimoreLondon Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Ali Hazelwood tops our trade paperback list with ‘Deep End,’ a kinky, character-driven new adult romance. Plus TJ Klune reintroduces fans to ‘The Bones Beneath My Skin,’ and Rick Steves and the Points Guy hit the road (but not together). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Atria’s reimagined Washington Square Press imprint releases its first frontlist hardcover titles this month after many years focusing on paperback reprints. Its editorial director ran us through some of the changes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Last year, burned out from going straight into a full-time lectureship after a pandemic PhD, I needed the kind of intellectual rest that only one thing brings: re-reading an old favorite novel. For me, that was Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy, the fantasy series that got me through my... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2025-02-11 12:10:00 UTC ]
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Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller, ‘The Crash,’ tops our trade paperback list. Plus Neko Case plays confessor, brings the flood of emotions in her new memoir, and MSNBC host Chris Hayes sounds the alarm against ‘The Sirens’ Call.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Freida McFadden’s latest psychological thriller, ‘The Crash,’ tops our trade paperback list. Plus Neko Case plays confessor, brings the flood of emotions in her new memoir, and MSNBC host Chris Hayes sounds the alarm against ‘The Sirens’ Call.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Your roundup of new YA books out this week in hardcover and paperback is here. Your TBR is about to grow. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Generations of middle graders have learned about bodily functions from author Sylvia Branzei and illustrator Jack Keely’s 1995 'Grossology: The Science of Really Gross Things!' and its multimedia spinoffs. Now Grosset & Dunlap has released a redesigned, commemorative hardcover edition, plus... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-02-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s difficult, perhaps, not to feel that this past month has felt longer than a typical January, its natural disasters, sudden shifts, and political upheavals making this month seem as though a whole year or more had already rushed by. As February approaches, there is an inevitable sense of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The indie publisher hopes to get ‘The Tulsa Race Massacre: The Department of Justice Review and Evaluation,’ which was released as a federal report on January 17, into bookstores by mid February. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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'Beg, Borrow, or Steal,' Sarah Adams's her third contemporary rom-com set in Rome, Ky., debuts at #3 on our trade paperback list. Plus January's Read with Jenna selection debuts at #12 on our hardcover fiction list and Amanda Gorman and Loveis Wise celebrate 'Girls on the Rise.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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