New York Times bestsellers: Week of June 30, 2019

Posted on 06/21/2019 at 09:01 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of June 30,...

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Peek at the set of the latest "Little Women" movie adaptation

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 04:42 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Have you checked out the first photos from the latest adaptation of Little Women yet? Vanity Fair had the honor...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation

Author Karin Slaughter discusses literature and libraries

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 02:33 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Crime writer Karin Slaughter has truly made it big in the publishing world, with bestseller status well-established and film and...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Mystery, Thriller, Writer's Digest

What should you read in summer 2019?

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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On a lighter note — literally — we’re just about ready to celebrate the summer solstice. How else to mark...

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(Un)happy anniversary, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"!

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 10:26 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde was published on this day 129 years ago, in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine....

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Tagged As: Classic literature, History, Literary Hub

Don't worry; Netflix won't cancel "Good Omens"

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 09:08 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Over 20,000 people have signed a petition seeking to cancel the show Good Omens because they believe it promotes Satanism...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Fantasy, The Guardian, TV adaptation

PEN America condemns death of Uighur writer

Posted on 06/19/2019 at 06:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

PEN America is among the many organizations condemning the death of an author held for several months in a Chinese...

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Tagged As: Politics, The Guardian

3 tie-in "Downton Abbey" books to hit shelves in September

Posted on 06/19/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Downton Abbey fans who also love reading should be celebrating today. Entertainment Weekly got to reveal the cover of a...

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See the rough draft of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway"

Posted on 06/19/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Virginia Woolf’s full first draft of Mrs. Dalloway is now available as its own book, exactly as it appeared —...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, The New York Times, Women in literature

Amazon’s best books of 2019 (so far)

Posted on 06/19/2019 at 12:15 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released its picks for the best books of the first half of this year. You can browse individual...

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