USA Today: Books
- Jeanine Cummins' migrant book 'American Dirt' is problematic; author's note makes it worse
Tuesday - 01/21/2020 - 09:38 AMJeanine Cummins' "American Dirt" is a harrowing migrant's tale set at the U.S.-Mexico border. It's also a hugely problematic one.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New ACLU audiobook will feature Patrick Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 09:22 AM"Fight of the Century" is a collaboration between the ACLU and authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman timed to the ACLU's centennial.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Love and physics collide in Meng Jin's wrenching Chinese-American tale 'Little Gods'
Sunday - 01/12/2020 - 07:00 AMLove and physics collide in Meng Jin's wrenching debut about a Chinese-American mother-daughter relationship, "Little Gods."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Prozac Nation' author Elizabeth Wurtzel dies at 52: reports
Tuesday - 01/07/2020 - 12:46 PMElizabeth Wurtzel, author of the best-selling memoir "Prozac Nation," has died at age 52, according to media reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Fight Club' author Chuck Palahniuk takes readers to writing school in new book 'Consider This'
Monday - 01/06/2020 - 07:30 AMGetting an MFA in creative writing is expensive. Chuck Palahniuk offers an alternative in his new book of writing advice, "Consider This."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: 'Lost Hills' by Lee Goldberg, 'Such a Fun Age' by Kiley Reid
Saturday - 12/28/2019 - 08:00 AMSuspense writer Lee Goldberg introduces detective Eve Ronin, and Kiley Reid makes her debut with the highly anticipated "Such a Fun Age."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Anthony Daniels shares the pain and 'good bits of his 'Star Wars' journey in 'I Am C-3PO'
Thursday - 12/19/2019 - 07:00 AMBeing a part of 'Star Wars' movies for 40-plus years gave Anthony Daniels plenty of stories top chronicle in his new memoir 'I Am C-3PO.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list
Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 05:37 PMUSA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list ranks the 150 top-selling titles each week based on an analysis of sales from U.S. booksellers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Rick Riordan among winners of Goodreads' best books of 2019
Tuesday - 12/10/2019 - 12:01 AMGoodreads has compiled a list of the top books for 2019 in 20 categories based on ratings, reviews and member votes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse' is the Barnes & Noble book of the year
Thursday - 12/05/2019 - 08:30 AMMore than 20,000 Barnes & Noble booksellers chose Charlie Mackesy's "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" as their book of the year.
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- Christopher Tolkien, son of 'The Lord of the Rings' creator J.R.R. Tolkien, dies at 95
Thursday - 01/16/2020 - 05:16 PM"Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien's son Christopher has died. One academic remembers him as "Middle-earth's cartographer and first scholar."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In novel 'Followers,' Megan Angelo imagines our scary social media future – and present
Tuesday - 01/14/2020 - 12:26 PMIn her debut novel "Followers," Megan Angelo imagines our scary social media future in a thoughtful critique of how we live online.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Where the Crawdads Sing' by Delia Owens is USA TODAY's No. 1 best-selling book of 2019
Friday - 01/10/2020 - 07:00 AM"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens is the No. 1 book on USA TODAY's top 100 books of 2019 list.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What did the U.S. get wrong after the Cold War? A lot, says Andrew Bacevich in new book
Tuesday - 01/07/2020 - 07:00 AMIn his latest book, "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory," Andrew Bacevich ponders what it means to be an American.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fans of Gillian Flynn's 'Gone Girl' will love Tarryn Fisher's new thriller 'The Wives'
Tuesday - 12/31/2019 - 12:09 PMLooking for a wild literary ride? Tarryn Fisher's 'The Wives' checks that box.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fabio pays tribute to 'incredible' romance novelist Johanna Lindsey, who died at 67
Monday - 12/23/2019 - 10:23 PMRomance novelist Johanna Lindsey, whose novel "Hearts Aflame" launched the career of Fabio, has died.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Thrillers 'The Kill Club,' 'A Small Town' and 'Relentless'
Saturday - 12/14/2019 - 07:00 AMMystery and thriller fans will be satisfied this week to crack open Wendy Heard's "The Kill Club" and Thomas Perry's "A Small Town."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Author behind 'Schindler's List' falters with overwrought 'Science and Antiquities'
Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 07:30 AM"Schindler's Ark" author Thomas Keneally is a writer of immeasurable talents, but he falters with his overwrought new novel "The Book of Science and Antiquities."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Author behind 'Schindler's List' returns, 'Story of a Goat'
Saturday - 12/07/2019 - 07:00 AMIndian writer Perumal Murugan returns with magical fable "The Story of a Goat," and "Schindler's Ark" writer Thomas Keneally has a new novel.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A nun with a past investigates church abuse in Olaf Olafsson's chilly 'The Sacrament'
Wednesday - 12/04/2019 - 07:00 AMOlaf Olafsson's chilly mystery, "The Sacrament," is built around a reliably intriguing character type: The nun with a past.
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- 5 books not to miss: New novel from 'House of Spirits' author Isabel Allende, Jill Shalvis
Saturday - 01/18/2020 - 07:00 AM"The House of Spirits" author Isabel Allende returns with historical epic "A Long Petal of the Sea," and Jill Shalvis writes "Almost Just Friends."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Technology takes over in Joanna Kavenna's distressingly dystopian, relevant 'Zed'
Monday - 01/13/2020 - 07:00 AMJoanna Kavenna's new dystopian novel "Zed" is an insightful, unsettling look at how technology impacts our lives.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: 'The Vanished Birds' by Simon Jimenez; 'Little Gods' by Meng Jin
Saturday - 01/11/2020 - 07:00 AMSimon Jimenez makes his debut with "The Vanished Birds," a heart-rending work of science-fiction, and Joanna Kavenna satirizes big tech in "Zed."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Emuna Elon's powerful 'House on Endless Waters' is essential Jewish fiction
Monday - 01/06/2020 - 07:00 AMAn Israeli writer grapples with his family's history in 1940s Netherlands in Emuna Elon's powerful new work of fiction, "House on Endless Waters."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: 'Fight Club' author Chuck Palahniuk's 'Consider This,' 'Hindsight'
Saturday - 01/04/2020 - 07:00 AM"Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk returns with "Consider This," a nonfiction book of writing advice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 20 celebrity books readers loved in 2019
Monday - 12/23/2019 - 03:36 PMFrom memoir and biographies to children's books and cookbooks, 2019 was a big year for books by and about celebrities. Here are 20 of the biggest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 holiday romance novels that will sweep you off your feet, according to Goodreads
Sunday - 12/15/2019 - 06:29 AMGoodreads rounds up 10 modern literary rom-coms that will get even the grinchiest of readers into the holiday spirit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winter reading guide: This season's must-read books
Wednesday - 12/11/2019 - 07:00 AMThis winter brings new books by Chuck Palahniuk, Isabel Allende, Colum McCann, Louise Erdrich, Carrie Underwood, Lindsey Vonn and plenty more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Indian author Perumal Murugan returns to fiction with magical 'Story of a Goat'
Monday - 12/09/2019 - 01:52 PMPerumal Murugan nearly swore off literature after a controversy, but he returns with a magical adult fable called "The Story of a Goat."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Blood and Bone' author continues powerful saga in 'Children of Virtue and Vengeance'
Tuesday - 12/03/2019 - 07:00 AMTomi Adeyemi follows her wildly successful West African-inspired fantasy "Children of Blood and Bone" with "Children of Virtue and Vengeance."
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