• Book News

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    Here are the most challenged books from the last decade.

    By Corinne Segal  September 28, 2020
    The Hub

    Is Chris Hemsworth simply too hot to play a George Saunders hero?

    By Emily Temple  September 28, 2020
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    Here are the best reviewed books of the week!

    By Book Marks  September 25, 2020
    Bestsellers

    Just how odd is this month’s bestseller list? A look at pre-election bestsellers from years past.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 25, 2020
    The Quarantine Tapes

    Lisa Lucas on Equity in Publishing and Becoming Comfortable in Her Anger

    By The Quarantine Tapes  September 25, 2020
    The Hub

    Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift has won the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 23, 2020
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    There’s only one novelist on TIME’s list of 2020’s most influential people. . . again.

    By Emily Temple  September 23, 2020
    Fairy Tales

    Natalie Portman’s upcoming children’s book is a collection of “gender-safe” fairy tales.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 23, 2020
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    Here’s the longlist for the 2020 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 22, 2020
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    What the hell John Boehner? A brief look at political memoir covers.

    By Jonny Diamond  September 22, 2020
    5 Under 35

    Announcing the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Recipients

    By Corinne Segal  September 22, 2020
    Prizes

    WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

    By Literary Hub  September 22, 2020
    The Hub

    $3.2 million worth of rare stolen books have been found under a house in rural Romania.

    By Corinne Segal  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    The first reviews of Their Eyes Were Watching God ranged from positive to hostile.

    By Book Marks  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    These are the best reviewed books of the week.

    By Book Marks  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 18, 2020
    The Hub

    Bryan Washington’s Lot has won the NYPL’s Young Lions Fiction Award.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Here’s the longlist for this year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    An Australian bookstore will stop stocking books by J.K. Rowling.

    By Corinne Segal  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Absolute snack Stanley Tucci is writing a memoir about his life as a foodie.

    By Emily Temple  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    Legendary jazz critic, playwright, and essayist Stanley Crouch has died.

    By Emily Temple  September 17, 2020
    American Presidents

    The first volume of Barack Obama’s memoir is getting a 3 million copy printing this November.

    By Aaron Robertson  September 17, 2020
    The Hub

    All the poets on the longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry are first timers.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 17, 2020
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    There’s a new Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney book coming next spring.

    By Corinne Segal  September 16, 2020
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    Here’s the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

    By Rasheeda Saka  September 16, 2020
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