Books

April 5, 2020 at 6:00 am

‘The Boy from the Woods’ is the nation’s top fiction bestseller

BESTSELLERSAs reported by Publishers WeeklyHardcover fiction 1. The Boy from the Woods, Harlan Coben 2. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins 3. The Boy, the Mole, the...

April 2, 2020 at 1:28 pm

Women dominate Booker International Prize shortlist

LONDON — For the second year running, most of the shortlisted novels for the International Booker Prize are by women. The contenders for the award,...

Nation & World

April 2, 2020 at 6:00 am

Shake up your self-isolation with these 3 new crime novels

Staying home, admittedly, can be pretty dull. Enliven your self-quarantine with this month's roundup of thrilling crime-fiction picks.

“The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel

April 1, 2020 at 6:00 am

Emily St. John Mandel crafts another ingenious puzzle in ‘The Glass Hotel’

National Book Award finalist Emily St. John Mandel returns with "The Glass Hotel," a brilliant new novel that, unlike her lauded debut, is thankfully not...

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is seen in this undated picture. (AP Photo)

March 31, 2020 at 9:14 am

Donald Trump is famous for his insults, but his don’t compare to Theodore Roosevelt’s, Oregon author argues

American politics is rough, and insults have battered every president in our history. Presidents could dish it out, too, says an Oregon professor who holds...

March 31, 2020 at 6:00 am

N.K. Jemisin chats about ‘The City We Became,’ life in ‘absurd’ times and releasing a book during a pandemic

Three-time Hugo Award-winning author N.K. Jemisin is one of the greatest world-builders in science fiction and fantasy literature. Even she couldn't have predicated life in...

In this photo taken Sunday Dec. 1, 2013, Tomie dePaola laughs as he signs books at the Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, N.H. The beloved children’s author and illustrator has died at the age of 85. DePaola delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy. His literary agent says dePaola died Monday from surgery complications after taking a bad fall last week. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) NYET199 NYET199

March 30, 2020 at 3:58 pm

‘Strega Nona’ author Tomie dePaola is dead at age 85

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful...