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• Tom Robbins, Whose Comic Novels Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 92
• Book Review: ‘After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart,’ by Megan Marshall
• Book Review: ‘The World After Gaza,’ by Pankaj Mishra
• Book Review: ‘Live Fast,’ by Brigitte Giraud
• 4 Gripping New Detective Novels
• Anson Rabinbach, Leading Historian of Nazi Culture, Dies at 79
• 2 Books for Anxious Minds
• Best Legal Thriller Books
• Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center
• How ‘Nickel Boys’ Became One of the Year’s Most Visually Striking Films

• Book Review: ‘Animals, Robots, Gods,’ by Webb Keane, and ‘The Moral Circle,’ by Jeff Sebo
• Book Review: ‘What Fell From the Sky,’ by Adrianna Cuevas, and ‘Oasis,’ by Guojing
• 3 Creepy New Psychological Thrillers
• 5 New Books We Recommend This Week
• 5 Organizing Books to Bring Order to Chaos
• Interview: Elinor Lipman on ‘Every Tom, Dick & Harry’ and Her Reading Life
• 25 Years Ago, Joan Didion Kept a Diary. It’s About to Become Public.
• Book Review: ‘How the World Eats,’ by Julian Baggini
• Book Review: ‘Rogues and Scholars,’ by James Stourton
• Lawsuit Accuses Neil Gaiman of Sexual Assault Facilitated by His Wife
• What Are Book Blurbs, and How Much Do They Matter in Publishing?
• Martha Stewart’s First Book Finds New Fans
• Too Busy Blurbing Books to Write One
• Book Review: ‘Gliff,’ by Ali Smith
• Book Review: ‘Heaven and Hell,’ by Jon Kalman Stefansson
• Book Review: ‘The Ghosts of Rome,’ by Joseph O’Connor
• Book Review: ‘Soft Core,’ by Brittany Newell
• Book Review: ‘The Age of Choice,’ by Sophia Rosenfeld
• Book Review: ‘Three Days in June,’ by Anne Tyler
• Book Review: ‘A Matter of Complexion,’ by Tess Chakkalakal
• A ‘Weary but Fabulous’ Poster Girl for Trans Life Opens Up About Aging
• The Best Romance Novels of 2024 (So Far)
• What Book Should You Read Next?
• Martin Amis: An Appreciation
• In ‘Fires in the Dark,’ Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers
• Book Review: ‘NB by J.C.,’ by James Campbell
• Book Review: ‘Dom Casmurro,’ by Machado de Assis
• The Detective Novel ‘Whose Body?,’ by Dorothy L. Sayers, Turns 100
• Book Review: ‘The Late Americans,’ by Brandon Taylor
• Martin Amis’s Best Books: A Guide

• Book Deals: Week of February 10, 2025
• Coyote Is Among Us: PW Talks with Julian Brave NoiseCat
• WI2025: Children’s Authors to Meet
• WI2025: Adult Authors to Meet
• New Historical Fantasies Reimagine the Past
• Getting Mental Health Representation Right in YA
• New Historical Fantasy Novels About Mermaids
• Bookselling is Resilient: PW Talks with Allison Hill
• 6 New Works of Historical Horror
• Living in a Society: PW Talks with Olivia Waite

• Shanghai Rhythm: PW Talks with Jennifer Haigh
• How ‘Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ by Rebecca Romney Got Made
• Can a Nonprofit Model Work for Bookstores?
• Memory and Loss: PW talks with Ocean Vuong
• Siren Song: PW Talks with Venessa Vida Kelley
• Black Bookstore Power!: PW Talks with Char Adams
• Beyond (S)kin Deep: PW talks with Ibi Zoboi
• This Week’s Bestsellers: February 10, 2025
• WI2025: Colorado Is Indie Bookstore Country
• Falling in Love in Indie Bookstores
• The Amazon Machine Rolls On
• Storytel Acquires 70% Stake in Swedish Publisher Bokfabriken
• Unnamed Press Develops Cross-Media Poetry Line
• WI2025: Indie Booksellers to Gather in Denver for Winter Institute
• WI2025: ABA Offers Pre-conference Program for BIPOC Booksellers
• They Don't Call Them the Big Five for Nothing
• Ted Terry, Whose Career in Christian Retailing Spanned Six Decades, Dies at 82
• In Brief: February 6, 2025
• New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 10, 2025
• Catching a Buzz: PW Talks with Shawn Harris
• Entangled Adds Mayhem and Mischief to Its Lineup
• Children's Book Council Launches Graphic Novel Advocate Award
• Fall 2025 Children's Sneak Previews
• Gains Across the Board Lifts Sales, Earnings at HarperCollins
• Literary Organizations Release Joint Statement Decrying Anti-Trans Executive Order
• Hub City Press to Host Southern Literary Convening This May
• 'Bring Your Twinkle': Editors and Agents Offer Advice at SCBWI Winter Conference Panel
• Religion Book Deals: February 5, 2025
• 7 Spiritual Reads to Ease Loneliness
• Is Old Time Religion a Dinosaur?: PW Talks with Christian Smith
• 3 Faith-Based Books on Being Brave in Tough Times
• Janette Oke Marks Age 90 with New Novel
• Cost Cuts Lower Losses at Comics Publisher IDW
• Dan Strone to Depart Trident Media Group
• Dark Horse Media Downsizes
• Neil Gaiman Sued by Former Nanny for Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking
• Publishers, Authors Guild Sue State of Idaho Over Book Banning Law
• SXSW Launches Book Publishing Imprint
• Children's Job Moves: January 2025
• PRH, Scholastic Continue to Hold Sway on PW Bestseller Lists
• Four Questions for Katherine Paterson
• Bookworm Festival 2025 in Photos
• Protests Over Gaza Prompt the Giller Prize to End Scotiabank Sponsorship
• Compass Rose Publishing Draws Indie Bookseller Support for Inaugural List
• Thirty Years of T.M.I. with 'Grossology'
• Rights Report: Week of February 3, 2025
• Morty Mint, Who Led Both Penguin Canada and Penguin USA, Dies at 80
• Mac Barnett Named 2025–2026 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
• Libraro Aims to Solve the Slush Pile Problem
• Former PRH India Editor Develops AI-Powered Editorial Platform
• Ukrainian Publishers Honored at 2024 Chytomo Awards
• Dystopian Novels See Post-Inauguration Sales Boost
• Spring 2025 Children's Preview: Publishers P-S
• Spring 2025 Children's Preview: Publishers T-Z
• Kelly Yang Takes Flight
• Backing Down on Book Blurbs: PW Talks with Sean Manning
• Book Deals: Week of February 3, 2025
• Spring 2025 Children's Preview: Publishers A-C
• Children’s Editors on the Worst Places They Were Ever Pitched
• This Week’s Bestsellers: February 3, 2025
• Children's Books for Spring 2025: All Our Coverage
• Spring 2025 Children's Preview: Publishers I-O
• Spring 2025 Children's Preview: Publishers D-H
• Where Is the Kid Lit Community Online?
• How ‘Under the Same Stars’ by Libba Bray Got Made
• Messy Love: PW Talks with Ashley Herring Blake
• Granta Launches New Book Imprint with Three Titles in Translation
• Criticism Isn’t Art: PW Talks with Andrea Long Chu
• New Government Report Addresses ‘Copyrightability’ of AI Works
• Marysue Rucci Named Publisher of Scribner
• First Week Sales of ‘Onyx Storm’ Top One Million
• Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore
• Han Zhang Is Bringing Contemporary Chinese Fiction to U.S. Readers
• Rights Report: Week of January 27, 2025
• Karen Shapiro, Sourcebooks IP Children's Editorial Group Manager, Dies at 57
• New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 3, 2025
• High Five Books in Massachusetts Turns Five
• PEN America Reports Most Banned Picture Books of 2023–2024
• Just Announced: 'You’ve Found Oliver' by Dustin Thao
• Authors Guild Rolls Out ‘Human Authored’ Certification Program
• Anne Schwartz Moves to Editor-at-Large Position at Knopf
• The Great Book ‘Nobody’ Will Remember (shelftalker)
• The Final ShelfTalker: An Interview with the Year 2024 (shelftalker)
• Forever Shelf Talking (shelftalker)
• The 2023 Stocking Stuffer of the Year Award! (shelftalker)
• Pajama Night 2023 (shelftalker)
• A Harrowing Coming of Age (shelftalker)
• An Interview with Autumn (shelftalker)
• On the Power of ‘Accountable’ (shelftalker)
• On AI, Textual Integrity, and Bookselling (shelftalker)
• Which Picture Books Are Selling This Season? (shelftalker)

NPR Topics: Books

• Bestselling novelist Tom Robbins dies at 92
• Bonus Episode: "Margery," the medieval memoirist
• Bill Gates gets personal in his new memoir, 'Source Code'
• Are picture books undervalued? Our new 'ambassador' of children's books thinks so
• Are picture books undervalued? This new ambassador of children's literature thinks so
• 'Coming to New York' stories are alive and well in these two new books
• A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
• Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama's new anthology meditates on human connection
• Journalist Lara Marlowe discusses her book 'How Good It Is I Have No Fear Of Dying'
• Neil Gaiman's former nanny files rape, human trafficking lawsuit

NPR Topics: Author Interviews

• In 'Idle Grounds', an idyllic summer with cousins takes a mysterious turn
• Kenneth Turan discusses his new book tracing the history of MGM Film
• In 'Life Hacks for a Little Alien', a little girl finds comfort in an unlikely source
• Are picture books undervalued? This new ambassador of children's literature thinks so
• A pro dominatrix and novelist says empathy, curiosity and bravery are key to both jobs
• From Buffy to Mariah, pop culture got Ira Madison III through his teens
• Virginia Feito discusses her darkly funny new novel 'Victorian Psycho'
• Ali Smith discusses the authoritarian themes in her new novel 'Gliff'
• Robert Littell's 'Bronshtein in the Bronx' imagines Trotsky's time living in the Bronx
• How Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star

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• 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')

• 'Old Enough' is the 'Big Bisexual Book' of the summer. Here's why bi representation matters.
• Dear Bookseller: Why 'The Secret Keepers' is the best book for precocious kids
• Intersex surgery stole their joy. Now they're trying to get it back.
• Why we love P&T Knitwear, the bookstore that keeps New York's Lower East Side well read
• Jay-Z-themed library cards drive 'surge' in Brooklyn Library visitors, members: How to get one
• Amid controversy, Michael Oher of 'The Blind Side' fame attends book signing in Mississippi
• Billy Dee Williams' new memoir is nearly here—preorder your copy today
• Billy Porter reignites criticism of Harry Styles' Vogue cover: 'It doesn't feel good to me'
• Ziwe's book 'Black Friend: Essays' is coming this fall—here's how to preorder it
• False claim Ghislaine Maxwell's father owns textbook firm; he died in 1991 | Fact check
• 'Nobody Needs to Know' by Pidgeon Pagonis, August Wilson biography: 5 new must-read books
• 'Henry Hamlet's Heart' and more LGBTQ books to read if you loved 'Heartstopper'
• How to watch 'The Changeling' on Apple TV+
• OnPolitics: Parents clash with school district over LGBTQ books
• Why parents are clashing with schools over 'Pride Puppy' and other LGBTQ+ books
• 'Ludicrous': John Green reacts after Indiana library removes 'The Fault in Our Stars' from young adult shelf
• 'Killers of a Certain Age' and more great books starring women over 40
• It's Book Lovers Day 2023! Celebrate the joy of reading with top products for bookworms

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NYT > Book Reviews

• Book Review: ‘After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart,’ by Megan Marshall
• Book Review: ‘The World After Gaza,’ by Pankaj Mishra
• Book Review: ‘Live Fast,’ by Brigitte Giraud
• Book Review: ‘Animals, Robots, Gods,’ by Webb Keane, and ‘The Moral Circle,’ by Jeff Sebo
• Book Review: ‘What Fell From the Sky,’ by Adrianna Cuevas, and ‘Oasis,’ by Guojing
• Book Review: ‘How the World Eats,’ by Julian Baggini
• Book Review: ‘Rogues and Scholars,’ by James Stourton
• Book Review: ‘Gliff,’ by Ali Smith
• Book Review: ‘Heaven and Hell,’ by Jon Kalman Stefansson
• Book Review: ‘The Ghosts of Rome,’ by Joseph O’Connor

Salon.com > books

• What can US foreign aid accomplish? Let Fred Burkle explain how much
• Barnes & Noble opening 60 bookstores this year
• The Substack invasion: When the tech bros came for journalism, everything changed
• How economics wrecked the world — and how we can escape from "Ricardo's Dream"
• An updated timeline of the full Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni beef
• Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon
• "I’m not willing to turn my back on the truth": Neil Gaiman denies sexual assault allegations
• 10 grim revelations from the shocking Neil Gaiman sexual abuse allegations exposé
• Reading list for a year of chaos: These books make 2024 make sense (kind of)
• 5 thought-provoking books of 2024

• Fleetwood Mac: Messy tendrils and fascinating side quests help illuminate band's enduring allure
• "Booksellers save lives": James Patterson plays Santa to hundreds of bookstore employees nationwide
• Alanis Morissette's “Ironic”: Putting an end to the debate over whether it is or isn’t
• "I believed Cherilyn was my name": Cher was "shocked" discovering her legal name before changing it
• Cher memoir review: The global superstar's story of grit is purely American

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