Posted on July 24, 2024 at 8:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!

  • Hugo Award organizers have disqualified 377 votes for one particular finalist, saying these votes are fraudulent; some were cast under what were described as "obvious fake names" (Book Riot).

  • Celebrate the release day of Sarah Manguso’s novel Liars by reading an excerpt of it; the novel follows a woman who achieves writing success in spite of the challenges of marriage and motherhood, only to be confronted with her husband’s departure and the messy aftermath of that (Literary Hub).

  • Following her endorsement as 2024 presidential nomineee, Vice President Kamala Harris's memoir has seen an incredible sales boost; The Truths We Hold saw, at one point, a 60,378 percent sales increase on Amazon as well as the seat at the top of several sales charts (Rolling Stone).

  • Political columnist Walter Shapiro, who also wrote the books One-Car Caravan and Hustling Hitler, has died at the age of seventy-seven (The New York Times).

Categories: Today in Books

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