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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.) 2. The Writer by J. D. Barker & James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) 3.
Book Review: 'Elphie' a psychological backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West

Book Review: 'Elphie' a psychological backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West

For fans, like me, looking to fill their “Wicked” obsession, “Elphie," the fifth book in the Wicked Years series, provides the perfect escape into the world of Oz, with a new look at Elphaba Thropp, the beloved green heroine, before she was known as
Book Review: 'Baldwin, Styron and Me’ a valuable contribution to current debates about DEI

Book Review: 'Baldwin, Styron and Me’ a valuable contribution to current debates about DEI

The new book “Baldwin, Styron and Me” is an intellectual reflection that serves as a valuable contribution to the current debates about race, equity and identity.
Book Review: Debut poetry collection 'Scream/Queen' views trans identity through horror

Book Review: Debut poetry collection 'Scream/Queen' views trans identity through horror

The LGBTQ+ community has a long, sometimes fraught relationship with the horror genre; there’s a kinship in the Othering, in being feared and hated and cast out from society.
Book Review: 'There Is No Place For Us' shines lights on a homeless population often ignored

Book Review: 'There Is No Place For Us' shines lights on a homeless population often ignored

The public's perception and debate over homelessness is usually fixated on people living on the street, encampments or shelters.
Book Review: 'Lollapalooza' is an entertaining history of festival's role in alternative rock rise

Book Review: 'Lollapalooza' is an entertaining history of festival's role in alternative rock rise

The least enjoyable part of “Lollapalooza: The Unscripted Story of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival” for readers might be seeing the $27.50 ticket price for the inaugural festival in 1991.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett's 'Listening to the Law' will give readers an inside account of the court

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's 'Listening to the Law' will give readers an inside account of the court

NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book coming out in September that her publisher is billing as an invitation for “readers to see the Supreme Court through the lens of her experience.

US book critics honor posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

NEW YORK (AP) — A posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Hisham Matar's novel “My Friends” and a poetry collection by Anne Carson were among the winners Thursday night of the 50th annual National Book Critics Circle awards.
'A Two-Spirit Journey,' memoir championed by Shayla Stonechild, wins Canada Reads

'A Two-Spirit Journey,' memoir championed by Shayla Stonechild, wins Canada Reads

TORONTO — Ma-Nee Chacaby's memoir "A Two-Spirit Journey," which she wrote with Mary Louisa Plummer, has won this year's edition of Canada Reads.
Book Review: Hannah Deitch delivers twisty thrills with debut novel, ‘Killer Potential'

Book Review: Hannah Deitch delivers twisty thrills with debut novel, ‘Killer Potential'

When bestselling psychological thriller writer Paula Hawkins (“The Girl on the Train,” 2015) stamps the cover of your debut novel with “A Thelma & Louise for our times,” your career is off to a fast start.