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Booksellers seek to block Texas book ban on sexual content ratings in federal lawsuit

A group of booksellers and publishers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a new Texas book ratings law that focuses on sexual content.

 

Drew Barrymore to host 74th National Book Awards with Oprah Winfrey as special guest

Actress and book lover Drew Barrymore will be hosting the 74th annual National Book Awards, the National Book Foundation announced Tuesday.

 

Jada Pinkett Smith's memoir 'Worthy' is coming this fall—here's how to preorder it

Jada Pinkett Smith recently announced that her new memoir "Worthy" is coming this fall, which will set the record straight on public controversies.

 

Seiichi Morimura, 'The Devil's Gluttony' author, dies at 90 after pneumonia case

Renowned Japanese mystery writer Seiichi Morimura died Monday follwoing a case of pneumonia. He was 90.

 

Old men near the sea: See video of over 100 Ernest Hemingway look-alikes gather in Key West

Ernest Hemingway may command few literary equals, but it turns out bearing a passing resemblance to the famed novelist can be more easily achieved.

 

Richard Russo's 'Somebody's Fool,' Laura Lippman's 'Prom Mom': 5 new books

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo returns to North Bath in new novel "Somebody's Fool" and more of this week's must-read new releases.

 

Leo season is here! These are the books you should gift your lions, including 'Siren Queen'

It's Leo season! Celebrate your favorite lion by gifting them "Siren Queen" by Nghi Vo and these other fire-sign friendly books.

 

Old men near the sea: See video of over 100 Ernest Hemingway look-alikes gather in Key West

Ernest Hemingway may command few literary equals, but it turns out bearing a passing resemblance to the famed novelist can be more easily achieved.

 

Barack Obama's summer 2023 music, book recs: SZA, Ice Spice, Peso Pluma make the cut

Nine books and 41 songs, including tracks from rising stars Peso Puma and Ice Spice, made the former president and tastemaker's recommendations list.

 

Henry Winkler's memoir 'Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond' arrives this fall—here's how to preorder it

Henry Winkler's first-ever memoir, 'Being Henry: The Fonz… and Beyond,' arrives this fall. Here's how to preorder Winkler's latest book.

 

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