De’Shawn Charles Winslow wins 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

De’Shawn Charles Winslow wins 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.

By Dan Sheehan | December 11, 2019

Here's how to livestream Margaret Atwood's birthday party.

Here's how to livestream Margaret Atwood's birthday party.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 11, 2019

Announcing the line-up for this year's Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City.

Announcing the line-up for this year's Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City.

By Literary Hub | December 10, 2019

Here are the new books you should be reading this week.

Here are the new books you should be reading this week.

By Katie Yee | December 10, 2019

Here are some of the most expensive books sold in 2019.

Here are some of the most expensive books sold in 2019.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 9, 2019

This is bad: Chinese “library officials” burn books that contradict party line.

This is bad: Chinese “library officials” burn books that contradict party line.

By Jonny Diamond | December 9, 2019

Best Reviewed
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  • Villa Coco
  • Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
  • Contrapposto
  • Earth 7
  • The Traveler: One Man's Quest for Humanity from the South Seas to Revolutionary Paris
  • Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America

Area book fairy makes books into treasures for local kids, civilization not over yet.

By Jonny Diamond | December 9, 2019

You should read Olga Tokarczuk's Nobel lecture.

By Emily Temple | December 9, 2019

And the Pulitzer Prize in Podcasting goes to...

By Katie Yee | December 6, 2019

Here are the finalists for the 2019 John Leonard Prize.

Here are the finalists for the 2019 John Leonard Prize.

By Eleni Theodoropoulos | December 6, 2019

Rituals, Hacking, Truman Capote, and Nicolas Cage: the week in book deals.

Rituals, Hacking, Truman Capote, and Nicolas Cage: the week in book deals.

By Emily Temple | December 6, 2019

Five Books You May Have Missed in November (That Will Make Good Gifts!)

Five Books You May Have Missed in November (That Will Make Good Gifts!)

From a Hawaiian-Chinese-Norwegian Modern-Day Ninja
to the Alaskan Fishing Village

By Bethanne Patrick | December 6, 2019

A new book suggests Albert Camus was assassinated, but is speculation a good idea?

A new book suggests Albert Camus was assassinated, but is speculation a good idea?

By Aaron Robertson | December 5, 2019

A Seattle man is memorizing <em>Finnegans Wake</em> for some reason.

A Seattle man is memorizing Finnegans Wake for some reason.

By Dan Sheehan | December 4, 2019

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women's 2019 Award!

Announcing the Winners of Reading Women's 2019 Award!

Drumroll, Please

By Reading Women | December 4, 2019

Jeff VanderMeer's

Jeff VanderMeer's "Borne" universe set to become a TV show.

By Jonny Diamond | December 3, 2019

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