USA Today: Books
- 'Blood Gun Money' review: Journalist Ioan Grillo gets to the root of firearm proliferation
Monday - 02/22/2021 - 09:00 AMIn his third book, "Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River," Ioan Grillo tackles the issue of proliferating firearms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 50 Black young adult novelists you should read, from Angie Thomas to Walter Dean Myers
Friday - 02/19/2021 - 10:28 AM"There is no one Black experience," says LaKeshia N. Darden, chair of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury. Meet 50 Black YA authors to start reading now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Patricia Lockwood explores life online, and off, in 'No One Is Talking About This'
Sunday - 02/14/2021 - 08:00 AMPatricia Lockwood ("Priestdaddy") explores life online, and off, in her first novel, "No One Is Talking About This."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dylan Farrow makes her debut as a novelist, acknowledges 'elephant in the room' Woody Allen
Thursday - 02/11/2021 - 04:50 PMFarrow talks about her debut young adult fantasy fiction novel "Hush" and shares how the "escapism" of the book has helped her work through trauma.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The (Other) You' review: Joyce Carol Oates' latest bleak collection will bum you out
Tuesday - 02/09/2021 - 08:00 AMIf you're a fan of Oates, you'll be a fan of her latest story collection, "The (Other) You," even if these stories bum you out.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Delightfully smutty story collection 'Kink,' Laird Hunt's 'Zorrie'
Saturday - 02/06/2021 - 07:00 AMGarth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon edit "Kink," a sexy anthology of literary short fiction, and Laird Hunt releases touching novel "Zorrie."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The Three Mothers' honors women who raised Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Baldwin
Wednesday - 02/03/2021 - 05:29 PMAnna Malaika Tubbs' debut biography celebrates Black motherhood and fights the erasure of Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ethan Hawke chats new novel, optimism about country's future: 'It does feel like the sun is rising'
Monday - 02/01/2021 - 07:00 AMEthan Hawke's fourth novel, out Tuesday, "A Bright Ray of Darkness," is imbued with elements of his real life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: Kristin Hannah's 'The Four Winds,' 'Mike Nichols: A Life'
Saturday - 01/30/2021 - 07:00 AMBest-selling author Kristin Hannah returns with a new novel, "The Four Winds," and film writer Mark Harris releases a biography of Mike Nichols.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lawrence Wright's 'The Plague Year' to publish in June
Wednesday - 01/27/2021 - 09:52 AMWright interviewed more than 100 people, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx.
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- 5 books not to miss: Romantic 'Honey Girl,' Hermione Lee's Tom Stoppard bio
Saturday - 02/20/2021 - 07:00 AMBiographer Hermione Lee tackles the towering career of Tom Stoppard, and Morgan Rogers' "Honey Girl" is sure to charm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee': Absorbing bio details dismantles myths surrounding Marvel comics icon
Wednesday - 02/17/2021 - 11:21 AMAllegations of abuse, creative theft and dashed dreams of success. Here's a look inside the pages of incendiary new bio "The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Best-selling author Mark Dagostino fights COVID-19, shares video from hospital bed
Thursday - 02/11/2021 - 06:02 PMMark Dagostino has helped write memoirs including Chip and Joanna Gaines' "The Magnolia Story."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Historical romance series to binge-read after Bridgerton, per Goodreads
Thursday - 02/11/2021 - 07:30 AMGoodreads put together a list of 10 historical romance series for USA TODAY readers that are sure to make us blush.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As the daughter of immigrants, here's why Priyanka Chopra's memoir means so much to me
Monday - 02/08/2021 - 07:00 AMPriyanka Chopra's memoir, "Unfinished," is out on Feb. 9, 2021.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Young reader's edition of Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' book out in March
Wednesday - 02/03/2021 - 01:15 PMStarting in March, readers can get Michelle Obama's 'Becoming' in a young readers edition and as a paperback.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Kristin Hannah's 'The Four Winds' is a 'stirring' tale of love and hardship in Dust Bowl-era America
Tuesday - 02/02/2021 - 05:10 PMKristin Hannah's "The Four Winds" is epic and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love that is likely to lead to a film adaptation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Boffo new bio of Mike Nichols' brilliant career from film scholar Mark Harris
Monday - 02/01/2021 - 09:00 AMMark Harris, a proven scholar of Hollywood, writes brilliantly of one of the greats of stage and screen in his boffo bio, "Mike Nichols: A Life."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Shady Baby': Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade pen children's book inspired by 2-year-old daughter
Thursday - 01/28/2021 - 05:13 PM"It was finally time to put my wisdom and realness into a book," read the adorable announcement post from 2-year-old Kaavia James Union Wade.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can't wait for 'Bridgerton' Season 2? Look to Julia Quinn books for possible spoilers
Wednesday - 01/27/2021 - 12:36 PMAnthony Bridgerton will play a leading role in "Bridgerton" Season 2. Here's what we know about his story from the Julia Quinn "Bridgerton" books.
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- Brian Stelter's Trump book 'Hoax' to get updated, expanded paperback release in June
Sunday - 02/21/2021 - 11:37 AMCNN media correspondent Brian Stelter is reworking his book "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth," adding 20,000 words.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Review: Talib Kweli's 'Vibrate: A Rap Story' speaks to the history of Black liberation
Tuesday - 02/16/2021 - 07:01 AMBrooklyn-raised MC Talib Kweli invites readers into his life as a student of hip-hop, Black liberation and Pan-Africanism in "Vibrate Higher."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 books not to miss: 'The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee,' Bill Gates on avoiding climate disaster
Saturday - 02/13/2021 - 07:00 AM"True Believer" paints a revelatory portrait of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, and Bill Gates offers solutions to impending climate disaster.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 must-read Black History Month book recommendations
Tuesday - 02/09/2021 - 09:33 AMWe've curated a list of 10 recently published, critically-acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction by Black authors to read this February.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A 'renaissance' is upon us: Interest in poetry on the rise after year of pandemic, chaos
Monday - 02/08/2021 - 07:28 PMPoetry is having a moment. The art form has seen a rise in interest over the course of the pandemic and that trend is seeming to continue.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 10 must-read Black History Month book recommendations: Cicely Tyson, Angie Thomas and more
Wednesday - 02/03/2021 - 04:49 PMWe've curated a list of 10 recently published, critically-acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction by Black authors to read this February.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Single? A new book wants to tell you 'How to Not Die Alone'
Tuesday - 02/02/2021 - 11:56 AMRomanticizers better sit down. Along with those who have heard "you just haven't met the right person yet." Logan Ury talks "How to Not Die Alone".
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Our ancestors watch over us': A Cherokee family endures in Brandon Hobson's 'The Removed'
Sunday - 01/31/2021 - 07:01 AMThe family crises pile up fast and early in Brandon Hobson's fourth book, "The Removed"
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - David Duchovny talks new novel 'Truly Like Lightning,' reveals its connection to 'The X-Files'
Friday - 01/29/2021 - 07:00 AMDavid Duchovny gets candid on his new novel "Truly Like Lightning," how his "X-Files" character would tackle the 2020 monolith mystery and more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Seth Rogen's first book, 'Yearbook,' a collection of true stories and essays, is out May 11
Wednesday - 01/27/2021 - 03:12 PMActor, comedian, filmmaker and proud stoner Seth Rogen has a deal with Crown for his first book, "Yearbook," out May 11.
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