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12 novels and nonfiction books to read and add to your TBR for spring
2+ week, 4+ day ago (774+ words) These are challenging times by any metric, but here's something that's also true: 2026 is shaping up to be a great year for books. Some of our most talented writers are delivering novels, nonfiction and poetry in the coming months. If…...
‘On the Road’ scroll is coming home to Lowell: Zach Bryan wins $12.1M record bid for original draft of Jack Kerouac novel
2+ week, 2+ day ago (882+ words) LOWELL " After a quarter-century in the collection of late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, the original draft of Jack Kerouac's most iconic book is returning to the author's home city. When Kerouac first wrote "On the Road" in April 1951, he…...
5 books we can’t wait to read in March
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (167+ words) MINNEAPOLIS " There's a little bit of everything coming to libraries and bookstores in March. Dirt-spilling superstar memoirs? Showbiz survivor Liza Minnelli has you covered. Bound-to-be-bestselling thrillers? Tana French is on it, with the return of a beloved character last seen…...
‘Infinite Jest’ at 30: Why its editor says it’s ‘more valuable than ever’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (962+ words) Years ago, I taught English as a Second Language at a pair of schools in Southern California that drew learners from around the world. The students were an absolute'joy, enthusiastic about being in America and eager to learn all about…...
3 authors win $10,000 prizes for blending science and literature
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (199+ words) These gifted storytellers shine a scientific and poetic light on the beauties and terrors of nature and what they reveal to us about our deepest selves, our humanity, and our existence on this planet," Doron Weber, vice president and program…...
Lili Taylor, Keith McNally and Andrew Ross Sorkin are among Gotham Book Prize finalists
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (217+ words) By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press The Gotham Book Prize, launched in 2020 by bookstore owner-philanthropist Bradley Tusk and political strategist Howard Wolfson, honors fiction or nonfiction about New York City. Each of the 11 nominated books touch upon a different facet of…...
The pain, and joy, of Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ writing journey
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (346+ words) By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press National Writer "The Flower Bearers" comes out nearly two years after "Knife," Rushdie's account of the 2022 assault that hospitalized him and blinded him in one eye. Griffiths' book is framed around Rushdie and her close…...
Author Tod Goldberg is fascinated by characters who make poor decisions
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (555+ words) Q. Please tell readers about your new book, "Only Way Out." Q. What was it like doing a stand-alone novel after working for years on your Gangsterland books? I'm a real evangelist for Daniel Woodrell. His best-known book, "Winter's Bone," is a…...
Rushdie still at top of his game with ‘Eleventh Hour’
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (309+ words) Call him a master wordsmith, formal innovator, Booker prize winner, Nobel laureate-in-waiting, a sorcerer. Call him Sir Salman Rushdie. He slips into a story as gracefully as Laurence Olivier vanished into a Shakespearean role. Rushdie's towering talent is evident throughout…...
Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) Iranian American Daniel Nayeri's "The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story" won for young people's literature and Argentine Gabriela Cabez'n C'mara's "We Are Green and Trembling," translated from Spanish by Robin Myers, was cited for translated literature....