See reviews of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novels

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On the same day that NPR posted its review of Hurricane Season, it was revealed that the book had made...

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Congrats to the 2019 Wishing Shelf Book Awards winners!

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The week is ending on a high note for a handful of lucky authors! The Wishing Shelf Book Awards has...

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NY Times: Read these books after finishing "Tiger King"

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If our personal Facebook feed is any indication, the Netflix docuseries Tiger King is the go-to quarantine activity right now....

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New York Times bestsellers: Week of April 11, 2020

Posted on 04/03/2020 at 07:46 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of April 11,...

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Here's the 2020 International Booker Prize shortlist

Posted on 04/02/2020 at 07:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The story of the International Booker Prize longlist was the number of small presses represented. The story of the shortlist?...

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Amazon's First Reads for April 2020

Posted on 04/01/2020 at 08:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for April 2020's First Reads. First Reads provides early access to editors' picks from Amazon...

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Quarantine reading from throughout history

Posted on 03/31/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many of us use books as an escape from reality, so for them, “plague reading” would simply mean fiction they...

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New York Times bestsellers: Week of April 4, 2020

Posted on 03/27/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of April 4,...

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Need books about solitude that aren't necessarily about quarantines?

Posted on 03/27/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Events that change the world, of course, always influence literature as well. Perhaps you’re not in the mood to read...

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New York Times bestsellers: Week of March 28, 2020

Posted on 03/20/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of March 28,...

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