This Week's Bestsellers: January 27, 2020 2020-01-25 00:00:00

Did Gene Luen Yang Make Me Love Basketball? 2020-01-24 08:00:50A sports averse bookseller finds a lot to love in ‘Dragon Hoops.’

Spring 2020 Announcements: Religion & Spirituality 2020-01-24 00:00:00

WI15: Looking Back on a Wild Winter Institute 2020-01-24 00:00:00From controversy surrounding a book by a keynote speaker to new technology offerings, there was no shortage of topics at the ABA’s annual gather

Marvel Trade Books: Going Big, Young, and Strong 2020-01-24 00:00:00

Custom House Gets New Leadership 2020-01-24 00:00:00

What the Book Biz Can Learn from Napster 2020-01-24 00:00:00A digital exec examines how publishers can navigate the streaming space.

New Titles from Self-Publishers: January 2020 2020-01-24 00:00:00

First Lines: January 2020 2020-01-24 00:00:00Our monthly look at some of the best first lines by BookLife authors

The 2020 ALA Midwinter Meeting Gets Underway in 2020-01-24 00:00:00Librarians gear up for what figures to be an eventful year with a slate of inspiring authors and speakers.

Indie Scouting Report: January 2020 2020-01-24 00:00:00

Top 10 Religion and Spirituality Books for Spring 2020-01-24 00:00:00

Books - The Huffington Post

Jessica Simpson Erased John Mayer's Number After He 2020-01-22 15:23:43The singer said she was “was floored and embarrassed" after Mayer's 2010 comments to Playboy: "He made it easy for me to walk away."

This Is The Controversy Behind Oprah's Latest Book 2020-01-21 18:31:13Jeanine Cummins' book has been lauded by Stephen King and Lauren Groff, but also lambasted as "problematic," "harmful" and "brownfacing."

Trump Turns MLK Day Tweet Into Tribute To 2020-01-20 16:03:00The president cared more that Jan. 20 marked the third anniversary of his inauguration than the commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

Explosive Book Alleging Underage Sexual Relationship With French 2020-01-12 10:18:06Vanessa Springora's “Consent” is also being hailed by child-protection activists as a possible watershed moment for France.

'Art Of The Deal' Co-Author Spells Out How 2020-01-11 05:27:41Tony Schwartz said it will be dominating the president's “consciousness for the vast majority of every waking day.”

Elizabeth Wurtzel, 'Prozac Nation' Author And Memoirist, Dead 2020-01-07 16:47:12Wurtzel, who had breast cancer, gave new breath to the memoir and was a new voice for those struggling with clinical depression and addiction.

A Broadway Fan's Diva Muses Take Center Stage 2020-01-07 10:21:52John Robert Allman's "A Is for Audra" celebrates Patti LuPone, Idina Menzel, Barbra Streisand and more.

Bill Konigsberg Aims To Spark Dialogue About Mental 2020-01-02 14:11:30HuffPost has a first look at the cover for "The Bridge," due out in September.

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Sunday Reading: On the Precipice 2020-01-12 06:00:00From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces by Richard Rhodes, Eric Schlosser, Louis Menand, Robin Wright, Isaac Chotiner, and Dexter Filkins that con

“The Crying Book” Reveals How Tears Can Help 2020-01-08 16:01:55Katy Waldman reviews “The Crying Book,” by the poet Heather Christle, which examines the science, sociology, and history of weeping.

Douglas Stuart Reads “Found Wanting” 2020-01-07 06:00:00On the Writer’s Voice podcast, Deborah Treisman hosts the author Douglas Stuart, who reads his short story “Found Wanting,” from the

Douglas Stuart on Growing Up Queer Before the 2020-01-06 06:00:00The author Douglas Stuart discusses “Found Wanting,” his story from the January 13, 2020, issue of The New Yorker.

Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2020-01-06 06:00:00“Zed,” “Return to the Enchanted Island,” “Music: A Subversive History,” and “Supreme Ambition.”

“Found Wanting,” by Douglas Stuart 2020-01-06 06:00:00Fiction by Douglas Stuart: “He reached behind my left ear and caressed my earlobe, as though he were tucking my hair behind it. I was rigid with

Tommy Pico Filibusters Mortality with Poetry 2020-01-06 06:00:00“Feed” is personal history, literary history, American history, and breakup art, Dan Chiasson writes.

Sunday Reading: Writers’ Journals 2020-01-05 06:00:00From The New Yorker’s archive, excerpts from the diaries and journals of the writers Mavis Gallant, Flannery O’Connor, John Cheever, and R

An Instant Classic About Learning Ancient Greek 2020-01-02 06:00:00Mary Norris writes about “La Lingua Geniale,” a book on classical Greek by the Italian journalist Andrea Marcolongo, which was recently tr

Andrea Lee Reads “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami 2020-01-01 06:00:00Andrea Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami, from a 1992 issue of the magazine.

Jamil Jan Kochai Reads “Playing Metal Gear Solid 2019-12-31 06:00:00On the Writer’s Voice podcast, Deborah Treisman hosts the author Jamil Jan Kochai, who reads his short story “Playing Metal Gear Solid V:

Jamil Jan Kochai on the Intimate Alienation of 2019-12-30 06:00:00The author Jamil Jan Kochai discusses “Playing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” his story from the January 6, 2020, issue of The New

Christian Science Monitor |

‘Our Wild Calling’ argues for emotional connection with 2019-12-31 15:39:40Richard Louv makes the case that animals not only have emotions, but that humans are enriched by interspecies contact.

‘Celestial Bodies’ reveals cracks in the patriarchy 2019-12-31 15:18:47Omani novelist Jokha Alharthi follows three generations of a family trying to make their way as traditional roles and expectations crumble.

‘Disney’s Land’: The amusement park that changed everything 2019-12-31 14:54:11Richard Snow embarks on an entertaining biography of Disneyland in all its pixie-dust-coated, nostalgia-tinged majesty.

Copernicus blazed a trail for early astronomers to 2019-12-31 14:32:24Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo each played a role in furthering the study of the heavens, as L.S. Fauber amply demonstrates in “Heaven on Earth.&rdq

Future present? How science fiction sees our world 2019-12-31 08:53:59Science fiction writers, gazing into the future, envision space-based cargo movers and robots that may eliminate the need for humans to work.

The New York Review of Books

The Middle East: Trump Blunders In 2020-01-17 08:30:42As the United States under Trump lurches between withdrawal of its troops from Iraq and Syria and sending more, between reasonable restraint in its us

Do the Democrats Have a Foreign Policy? 2020-01-17 04:00:58A paradox of American presidential elections—especially during the primaries—is that unless a war is looming or underway, voters pay littl

Why Macron Refuses to Retire in France’s Pensions 2020-01-17 02:00:47Macron’s overhaul of pensions is a response to what the French conservative right has wanted to accomplish for two decades, without success. De

Love in Plague Time 2020-01-16 09:00:47It is 1348. Berna has stolen a book from her father’s library, and now she is getting the gardener to cut her a rose from the grounds of their m

Australia: The Fires and Our Future 2020-01-16 05:52:17Australia is no stranger to bushfire. In 1994, in Sydney, I lost a house to one, and in 2002, just north of Sydney, I fought off another. But I’

William Barr: The Carl Schmitt of Our Time 2020-01-15 02:00:47For Carl Schmitt, laws and constitutions didn’t arise from moral principles. At their basis, there was always a sovereign authority, a decision-

How China Threatens Human Rights Worldwide 2020-01-14 10:00:08The Chinese government is not the only threat to human rights today, but it stands out for its reach and influence. The cause of human rights today fa

The Center Blows Itself Up: Care and Spite 2020-01-13 10:10:12The simultaneous embrace of markets, and of rules and regulations, represents the soul of what’s sometimes called “centrism.” It&rsq

‘A Doubtful Freedom’ 2020-01-12 17:00:47That the United States has been a “nation” since its founding—struggling through slavery, civil conflict, labor strife, economic dep

‘Three Christs,’ Schizophrenia & Us 2020-01-12 02:00:48Arguably, there is no Other, in all contemporary film and literature, that is as firmly lodged in the category of Outsider as the contemporary schizop

‘That Single Fleeting Moment’: Merce Cunningham in Images 2020-01-11 02:00:32Merce Cunningham: Redux, James Klosty’s exceptional collection of over 270 photographs of Cunningham, as well as of the dancers, composers, and

A Lark in West Indian London 2020-01-10 02:00:06That plot, roughly, involves the “lark” or quixotic idea of buying a home together. Each of the novel’s main characters has encounte

Books : NPR

'Interior Chinatown' Puts That Guy In The Background 2020-01-25 07:53:32Charles Yu's new novel follows a TV actor who often gets stuck playing generic Asian men. Yu says he was inspired by shows that set episodes in China

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo On 'Children of the Land' 2020-01-25 07:53:00The Mexican-born poet talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his new memoir and the struggles his family faced as undocumented immigrants.

'Night Theater' Is An Intriguing But Uneven Drama 2020-01-25 07:00:03Vikram Paralkar's novel takes place over one eventful night at a clinic in a small Indian village, where three murdered people confront a doctor; if

How Super Sniffer Dogs Are Helping Detect Disease 2020-01-25 06:11:37Our canine buddies can do more than play fetch. Turns out dogs' incredible sense of smell is a secret weapon in medicine.

'American Dirt' Author Jeanine Cummins Answers Vocal Critics 2020-01-24 05:17:00NPR's Rachel Martin talks to author Jeanine Cummins, who responds to criticism from Latino writers who say her new novel — American Dirt &mdash

Latinx Critics Speak Out Against 'American Dirt'; Jeanine 2020-01-24 05:17:00Latinx writers and critics are speaking out against Jeanine Cummins' new book American Dirt, calling its depiction of the migrant experience inauthen