New York Times bestsellers: Week of November 29, 2020

Posted on 11/20/2020 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 November 22,...

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Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Book battles: Star Wars novels and political memoir

Posted on 11/20/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A writer who adapted two Star Wars movie scripts into novels is suing Disney over royalties (or the lack thereof)....

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Memoir, Pop culture, Scandal, The Guardian, The New York Times

Obituaries: George Cockcroft and Jill Paton Walsh

Posted on 11/19/2020 at 11:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The literary world has recorded two new deaths. George Cockcroft, who wrote the cult classic The Dice Man under the...

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Tagged As: Obituary, The Guardian, The New York Times

What publishing industry insiders think about a possible Trump memoir

Posted on 11/18/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s a given that presidents will write memoirs, and rumors have been circulating lately that Donald Trump could be offered...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Politics, The New York Times

The best-of-2020 lists are coming …

Posted on 11/14/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times is counting down until it releases its list of the best books of 2020. And you...

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Tagged As: Book lists, The New York Times

New York Times bestsellers: Week of November 22, 2020

Posted on 11/13/2020 at 07:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of November 22,...

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Scholars discover almost 200 more copies of Newton's "Principia"

Posted on 11/12/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might imagine that Isaac Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy appealed to a fairly niche audience. And you’re still...

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Tagged As: History, The New York Times

The story behind Megan Rapinoe’s memoir, "One Life"

Posted on 11/11/2020 at 10:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe’s memoir, One Life, came out yesterday. In the leadup to its release, she made the media...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Pop culture, The New York Times

The possible real-life Holly Golightly has died

Posted on 11/10/2020 at 09:54 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The real-life Holly Golightly has died. The New York Times learned recently that Marguerite Littman died at age ninety on...

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Tagged As: Obituary, The New York Times

Excerpts from “The Cold Millions,” “White Ivy,” and “To Be a Man”

Posted on 11/07/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We recently shared NPR’s interview with The Cold Millions author Jess Walter, and now we have a sample from his...

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Tagged As: Excerpt, Historical fiction, Short story, The New York Times