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The HousemaidFreida McFadden
Book News and Reviews
The latest book, ebook, and audiobook publishing news and book reviews from the best book websites on the web.
NYT > Books
- Philip Yancey, Prominent Christian Author, Admits to Extramarital Affair
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- New Novels to Read This Year
- Book Review: ‘The Architect of New York,’ by Javier Moro
- New Nonfiction Books to Read This Year
- Richard Pollak, 91, Dies; Edited Magazine That Criticized the Media
- Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Will Publish a New Book
- The Most Anticipated Book Adaptations of 2026: Movies and TV Shows
- Book Review: ‘The Spy in the Archive,’ by Gordon Corera
- Book Review: ‘Watching Over Her,’ by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
iTunes Best Selling Audiobooks
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The First Time I Saw Him (Unabridged)Laura Dave
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Gone Before GoodbyeHarlan Coben & Reese Witherspoon
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The Housemaid's SecretFreida McFadden
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (Unabridged)James Clear
- Kirkus Buys ‘AudioFile’ Magazine
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- Buzzy Titles Buoy Holiday Book Sales
- Two Longtime Tor Execs Retire
- New Lawsuit Challenges Utah’s Book Removals
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- Supply Chain Disruptions Hobble Strong Holiday Sales Season
- Children's Job Moves: December 2025
- Follett and OverDrive’s Sora App Partner for Expanded PreK–12 Reach
NPR Topics: Books
- 'American Reich' author details a national surge in bigotry and white supremacy
- A 200-year-old book distributor is closing. Here's what that means for public libraries
- Put these 12 eye-opening books on your 2026 reading list
- 'Everything I knew burned down around me': A journalist looks back on LA's fires
- Feeling cooped up? Get out of town with this delightful literary road trip
- 'The Definitions' novel takes a haunting look at identity, language and control
- Already tired of winter? This new book could change your perspective
- Making a resolution to read more this year? Consider 1992's 'Waiting to Exhale'
- What being around death taught this hospital chaplain about life
- A critic's year-end 'ghost list' wanders from Italian movie sets to 'Demon Hunters'
NPR Topics: Author Interviews
- 'American Reich' author details a national surge in bigotry and white supremacy
- What does U.S. history tell us about what's unfolding in Venezuela?
- 'Everything I knew burned down around me': A journalist looks back on LA's fires
- 'Live to see the Day' explores what drives people to chase impossible goals
- Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben on their new novel, 'Gone Before Goodbye'
- What being around death taught this hospital chaplain about life
- Just because she won a Nobel doesn't mean Malala didn't break some rules in college
- New book explores the world of Palantir's CEO and the rise of the surveillance state
- Ian McEwan discusses his new novel, 'What We Can Know'
- Author Jennie Godfrey talks about her debut novel, 'The List of Suspicious Things'
iBooks Best Selling Ebooks
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The First Time I Saw Him (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick)Laura Dave
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Heated RivalryRachel Reid
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The Long GameRachel Reid
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Protecting BreeSusan Stoker
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Dark JoyChristine Feehan
GANNETT Syndication Service
- Jesmyn Ward, James McBride among authors nominated at 10th annual Kirkus Prizes
- Feeling sad, lonely? Making friends as an adult is hard. Your front porch can help.
- Voice of the Bills, John Murphy, who suffered a stroke last season, opens up in new book
- Epilogue Books serves up chapters, churros and coffee in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Richard E. Grant discusses 'A Pocketful of Happiness' with USA TODAY's Book Club: Watch for free
- Melissa Joan Hart was almost fired from 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' after racy Maxim cover
- 'Divine Rivals' is a BookTok hit: What to read next, including 'Lovely War'
- 'Star Wars' exclusive: Read a Boba Fett excerpt from new 'Return of the Jedi' collection
- Book bans: In 3 years, 60 texts have been challenged in Iowa schools. A new law could ban more.
- Why we love Bright Side Bookshop in Flagstaff, Ariz. (and why they love 'Divine Rivals')
Good e-Reader
- Krono e-reader will be available for purchase soon
- Turn Your E-Ink Reader into a Multilingual Learning Tool: The Promova Guide
- The Evolving Role of Reading Glasses: A Blend of Style and Function
- Clicks turns your iPhone into a Blackberry
- The Kindle is on sale for under $100
- HarperCollins is using AI for book translations
- Kindle Colorsoft 16B and Kindle Colorsoft Kids all on sale
- The Top 10 New Audiobooks for January 2026
- What new Pocketbook e-readers will come out in 2026?
- TCL Nxtpaper Pro A1 wants to compete against the Kindle Scribe
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NYT > Book Reviews
- Book Review: ‘The Architect of New York,’ by Javier Moro
- Venezuelan Opposition Leader Machado Will Publish a New Book
- Book Review: ‘The Spy in the Archive,’ by Gordon Corera
- Book Review: ‘Watching Over Her,’ by Jean-Baptiste Andrea
- Book Review: ‘Advance Britannia,’ by Alan Allport
- Book Review: ‘This Is Where the Serpent Lives,’ by Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Do You Know the Notable Buildings Mentioned in These Books?
- Book Review: ‘Why We Drink Too Much,’ by Charles Knowles
- Book Review: ‘American Reich,’ by Eric Lichtblau
- Book Review: ‘Calamity Before Jane,’ by Noah Van Sciver
Salon.com > books
- 10 culture comforts to beat the post-holiday blues
- “Edward Scissorhands” exposes the cost of being the “exceptional” disabled person
- Cynthia Erivo’s memoir confronts family estrangement, identity and the costs of fame
- Patti Smith opens the final door of her life story
- One writer’s plan to rescue baseball from itself
- Paul McCartney’s Wings spread again with new book and anthology
- Tim Curry’s demons made his villains unforgettable
- Britney Spears says father of kids’ tell-all memoir trades “white lies” for cash
- Horror has always been about us
- Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t ready to go, but he was ready to die
BN Review Archives - B&N Reads
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- The Right to Fiction: Jordy Rosenberg on “Confessions of the Fox”
- Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece
- The Neighborhood
- Varina
- The Female Persuasion
- Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage
- The Sparsholt Affair
- Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House
- At War with a Story: The Uncanny Fiction of Barbara Comyns
