Entertainment Weekly

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BY Jesse Ball PAGES 253 GENRE Novel FEW WRITERS CAN RESIST THE road trip—the chance encounters of strangers who’d never otherwise collide; the claustrophobic intimacy that’s forced among families and friends; the revelation that meets majestic lan

Woman's Weekly

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Growing up, sisters Rajni, Jezmeen and Shirina were never close, but, respecting their mother’s dying wishes, they travel to India together to carry out the final rites. In a life-affirming read that’s emotional and humorous, we see tensions play out

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BRITISH NOVELIST LISA Jewell first hit it big writing so-called chick lit (a term, for the record, that she actively dislikes). But nearly two decades after her breakout debut novel, the rom-commy best-seller Ralph’s Party, she’s set her sights on wr

The Millions

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This month marks the entrée of two newcomers. The post The Millions Top Ten: September 2017 appeared first on The Millions.

The Atlantic

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Welcome back to the Books Briefing. This week’s edition focuses on characters who spend their time taking care of other people—a role that sometimes renders their own needs invisible. In the novels below, the sometimes beautiful, sometimes fraught dy

WHO

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The best-selling author of Before I Let You Go has just released her new novel, Truths I Never Told You, about a woman who unravels a family mystery. Rimmer, 39, tells WHO about the book that … … first captured her imagination as a young child It

The Millions

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This year I read too many wonderful books to name all of them here, but some highlights were: Katie Kitamura’s intoxicating A Separation, which is such a wild and yet disciplined exploration of the idea of the traveler and of grief. Anuk Arudpragasam

TIME

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The narrator of Courtney Maum’s third novel, Costalegre, is desperate for her mother’s attention. It’s 1937, and 15-year-old Lara Calaway is moping around the southwestern coast of Mexico. Her mother Leonora, a wealthy modern-art collector, has invit

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In this latest of the best-selling FBI Thriller series, agents Savich and Sherlock are solving their most twisted case yet, involving a missing CIA analyst and a kidnapper with powerful connections. For nearly a decade, Taddeo followed three American

The Millions

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Benjamin Dreyer graduates to our Hall of Fame, making room for new Colson Whitehead, while Sally Rooney pulls off the extremely rare double listing. The post The Millions Top Ten: July 2019 appeared first on The Millions.

India Today

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At the centre of Poomani's novel, Heat, is Chidambaram, a boy who, in an act of daring and planning beyond his years, strikes down his elder brother's killer, Vadakkuraan. A powerful land-grabber, Vadakkuraan is always surrounded by his own armed men

Cricket Magazine

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A house painter named Mr. Popper dreams of being an Antarctic explorer. When he gets a penguin, his dream comes true. Soon one penguin turns into two, and soon a dozen penguins are in the household. It’s too expensive to take care of ten babies, so M

TIME

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CERTAIN BOOKS LEAVE READERS FEELING THEY KNOW EVERY MINUTE detail of a character’s inner life, as if they were lifelong companions and daily confidants. Paul Auster’s massive new novel, 4 3 2 1, is such a book. The concept behind the 866-page tome b

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The two-time Pulitzer Prizewinning author turns his attention to the settling of the Northwest Territory in the late 18th century. McCullough focuses on the story of five pioneers, drawing upon their journals and letters to create a thrilling portray

Entertainment Weekly

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BY Valeria Luiselli PAGES 375 GENRE Fiction HOWEVER WE DECIDE WHAT defines a Great American Novel in 2019, it must feel a lot like what’s inside Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive. Not only because the narrative unfolds across a literal r

Writing Magazine

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‘I hadn’t intended to write The Death of Mungo Blackwell for at least three more years. My agent had been actively shopping my indie-published series for middle grade readers with no success. The market just wasn’t acquiring middle grade. My agent re

The Millions

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No matter how busy I get with teaching or writing, I squeeze in some time for leisure reading. It’s imperative. And I don’t guilt myself for doing so! The post A Year in Reading: De’Shawn Charles Winslow appeared first on The Millions.

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the best-selling individual novel of all time, with sales of 120m. Second with 85m sales is: a. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown b. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger c. The Lion, the Witch and the War

Literary Hub

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Scott Turow’s latest book, Testimony, is available now from Grand Central.  What was the first book you fell in love with? The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, which I read during one of my many malingering periods of absence from grade school at the

Woman's Weekly

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This powerful story explores the dangerous journey taken by people trying to cross illegally from Mexico to the US. A mother and son flee their home after a cartel massacre, becoming migrants on the run. Their journey is as emotional and harrowing as

You South Africa

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EMMANUEL CASTIS sure knows how to sweep a woman off her feet. The Trackers actor proposed to his long-term partner SHARLENE ECONOMOU, at the luxury Komati George Lodge in Mpumalanga in front of her family and friends last month. The couple have been

Writing Magazine

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‘When I read the submission draft of How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, I was drawn by the immediacy of Lala’s story, the awful brutality that she, her mother and grandmother all endure in different ways, and their stoicism and honesty and ca

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Born in Wellington, she now lives in Melbourne, working as a newspaper journalist. This is her first novel. This novel was inspired by… “My career as a journalist and by my extended family. My great, big, fat, political, union, social-justice family

Literary Hub

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In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 16 announcement of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award winners, NBCC board members review the 30 finalists. Today, NBCC board member Jane Ciabattari offers an appreciation of fiction f

Woman

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It’s Christmas 1845, and the Bronte sisters are back as amateur detectives when they discover the bones of a child have been found in the walls of a local house. It’s not long before they’re on to a trail of other lost children. An absolute treat for

SFX

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Novels getting another run-out this month include Alastair Reynolds’s SHADOW CAPTAIN 5 September, Gollancz), the follow-up to his Firefly-esque pirates-inspace book Revenger. It continues the adventures of sisters Adrana and Fura Ness, as they’re pur

The Millions

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After six months of smashing success on our list, The Practicing Stoic surely becomes the first philosopher's resource to grace our Hall of Fame. The post The Millions Top Ten: November 2019 appeared first on The Millions.

Literary Hub

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Eileen Myles’ Afterglow is available now from Grove Atlantic. What was the first book you fell in love with? Little Women: because there was both a female writer, Jo, in it and there was a rich boy, Laurie, I longed to be. Name a classic you feel gui

New Zealand Listener

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Bernard Beckett began writing The Tunnel of Dreams a few years back as bedtime reading for his twin boys, completing a section each day. The novel opens with twins Arlo and Stefan deciding to investigate an abandoned house late at night. They spot a

Literary Hub

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Alexander McCall Smith, best known for the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, sees his latest book, My Italian Bulldozer, hit American shelves today. What was the first book you fell in love with? When I was a very young boy I had a book called G