Waiting for a book in paperback? Good luck. Publishers increasingly give nonfiction authors one shot at print stardom, ditching paperbacks as priorities shift.
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These five books might make you a better friend
10 votes -
There is no safe word: How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades
62 votes -
Overlooked no more: Karen Wynn Fonstad, who mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and other fantasy worlds
20 votes -
100 notable books of 2024
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Twenty years after the publication of her fantasy debut, “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke is returning to her richly imagined world of magical England
19 votes -
The return of Ta-Nehisi Coates
12 votes -
It’s official: These thirteen books are now banned from all public schools in Utah
48 votes -
Weeks after Alice Munro’s death, daughter tells of dark family secret
16 votes -
Dear Mr. Borges, which translation should I read?
13 votes -
Science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin made Schrödinger’s cat famous
12 votes -
The Controversialist: Marty Peretz and the travails of American liberalism
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Alice Munro, Nobel laureate and master of the short story, dies at 92
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Jack Conroy, proletarian author and editor, supported important 20th century US poets
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Paul Auster, the patron saint of literary Brooklyn, dies at 77
15 votes -
'James' and 'Demon Copperhead': the triumph of literary reimagining of classic books
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What libraries risk when they go entirely digital
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Percival Everett can’t be pinned down
5 votes -
Fifty-five books Scientific American recommends in 2023
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Spotify's push into audiobooks sparks concern among authors
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Has it ever been harder to make a living as an author in the Anglosphere?
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Independent bookstores are thriving in Texas, and not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community
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In his novels and plays, the Norwegian author Jon Fosse has continually probed the limits of the perceptible world
7 votes -
Strike and Robin return – but JK Rowling really needs an editor
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Review, commentary, analysis based on four books featuring the history and misuse of statistical data
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‘Death Glitch’ looks at what happens after we’ve logged off for good
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Brandon Sanderson is your god
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Where be your jibes now?
6 votes -
Dani Garavelli on the trials for the murder of Nikki Allan
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I was a sensitivity reader – until I realised why I was hired
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US school librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars
8 votes -
“Balkan Cosmology” by Bruce Sterling
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The real nature of Thomas Edison’s genius
6 votes -
To build a delightful library for kids, start with these ninety-nine books
7 votes -
What the Suzuki method really taught
5 votes -
Pajtim Statovci shares his love of Finnish literature and the books that helped him, a child of immigrants, to find his voice
5 votes -
Don’t feel like a dummy for loving the Dummies guides: The history of the Dummies guides
7 votes -
The enduring allure of Choose Your Own Adventure books
7 votes -
The economist who knows the miracle is over
9 votes -
Lars Kepler, pen name of husband-and-wife crime fiction-writing team, recommend books that take readers beyond fictitious murders to the soul of Stockholm
6 votes -
With a reputation for having more authors per capita than any other country, Olaf Olafsson leads a literary stroll through Iceland's capital
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The Billionaire’s Bard: On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson
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The Talented Mr. Bernardini - A young Italian is accused of pulling off the book world’s most perplexing crime. Who is he?
7 votes -
Joan Didion, ‘new journalist’ who explored culture and chaos, dies at 87
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Mel Brooks writes it all down - The comedian will publish his memoirs at the age of ninety-five, and is at work on “History of the World, Part II”
9 votes -
Brian Herbert on Dune: ‘My father could see into the future'
6 votes -
‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
17 votes -
What if everything you learned about human history is wrong?
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Trader Joe wrote a memoir - The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage
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Printer jam: Serious supply issues disrupt the book industry’s 2020 fall season
4 votes