Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com
The pandemic/apocalypse genre is having a moment, and it can actually be emotionally uplifting to dive in.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
New collections by Bernard MacLaverty, Gwen E. Kirby, Gish Jen and Morgan Thomas.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
Set along the frontier between the United States and Mexico, “Perpetual West,” by Mesha Maren, unfolds in a culture where the prospect of disappearance and death is a constant fear.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
From prewar Europe to Nazi-occupied France to Tudor England, this trio of novels will pilot you to different (and equally complicated) times.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
Danya Kukafka’s book focuses less on the mythos of the murderer and more on the humanity of his victims.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
Tochi Onyebuchi’s novel “Goliath” imagines what gentrification might look like in a nearly uninhabitable future America.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
“Fuccboi,” by Sean Thor Conroe, follows a sometimes-tender, sometimes-offensive delivery boy struggling to produce meaningful art.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from NYT > Books
To underscore the importance of food diversity, Dan Saladino traveled the world to showcase some of the treasures we risk losing.Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
A police officer takes pity on a child murderer, a poor mother has real money troubles and Sophie Hannah’s detectives fail to get away from it all Jacqueline Roy Simon & Schuster, £14.99, pp400 Continue reading...Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
A nameless student listens to her landlady’s embittered life story in a spare, oddly enthralling novel indebted to Rachel Cusk’s Outline Pressed to name the most influential novel of the past decade, you could do worse than Rachel Cusk’s...Monday, January 24, 2022 from NYT > Books
Two books, “How Civil Wars Start,” by Barbara F. Walter, and “The Next Civil War,” by Stephen Marche, examine if the United States is facing upheaval.Monday, January 24, 2022 from NYT > Books
Set in the mid-18th century, Olga Tokarczuk’s enormous novel is about a charismatic self-proclaimed messiah who attracts and repels crowds and authorities in equal measure.Monday, January 24, 2022 from NYT > Books
“Report From Engine Co. 82” was the first of his 16 books. He also started Firehouse magazine and was the founding chairman of the New York City Fire Museum.Monday, January 24, 2022 from NYT > Books
“Watercress,” illustrated by Jason Chin and written by Andrea Wang, won the Caldecott Medal.Monday, January 24, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The award-winning writer takes over the role intended to encourage engagement with high quality fiction Colm Tóibín has been named as the new laureate for Irish fiction, taking over from Sebastian Barry . The three-year role is intended...Monday, January 24, 2022 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
In 'Go Back to Where You Came From,' journalist Wajahat Ali recounts a life of physical and political struggles with humor and optimism.Monday, January 24, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Debates about the human-like attributes of animals miss the point. Can we respect them regardless? The government has finally caught up with what most animal behavioural scientists have been saying for years by formally recognising...Monday, January 24, 2022 from Books on HuffingtonPost.com
Want to be a fly on our bookshelf? These are the novels, short stories, essays and cookbooks that writers and editors are reading this year.Monday, January 24, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
A museum’s warning notice provides a gleeful invitation to transgress Horniman Museum, Summer 2019 Continue reading...Monday, January 24, 2022 from NYT > Books
Set in 2050, after its author has died, “A Previous Life” is a metafictional comedy about literature and sex.Monday, January 24, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
The playwright’s fascinating book shows how a decade-long struggle with the condition profoundly affected her sense of self A writer does not need to smile – on the page, words can do the smiling. This is something you are aware of...Monday, January 24, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Modern mores and a certain type of twentysomething male energy clash colourfully in the vibrant voice of this debut novel Lately, the prospects for young, straight, male American novelists of unruly talent who aspire to more than...Sunday, January 23, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Xiaomi released the InkPalm Mini 1 a couple of years ago and they have just released the second generation model. This e-Reader employs an 5.2 inch E INK Carta HD e-paper screen that is flush with the bezel, with a layer of glass. It has...Sunday, January 23, 2022 from NYT > Books
Ana Iris Simón wrote “Feria” to depict a way of life she fears is vanishing. She didn’t expect its message to be embraced by conservatives in her country.Sunday, January 23, 2022 from NYT > Books
The author of “Chemistry” returns with a wry and awkward heroine who prefers the company of machines to her fellow humans.Sunday, January 23, 2022 from Poetry | The Guardian
Publishers and other institutions are turning cowardly and brittle when faced with social media frenzies A few years ago, when I was still getting to grips with the vagaries of Twitter, I inadvertently took part in a social media...Sunday, January 23, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Spats, KGB threats, dodgy Soviet plumbing… a London gallerist’s vivid memoir of organising a Francis Bacon show in the USSR really brings the artist to life In July 1986, James Birch, a young London gallerist with vague designs on global...Sunday, January 23, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Good e-Reader has become an official distributor of Bigme. This means that we now have dealer pricing and all of the products on our store, now have discounts. One of the benefits of this new relationship is that many of the products...Saturday, January 22, 2022 from The eBook Reader Blog
It’s time for another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to help get the weekend off to a good start. Amazon also has a couple of offers where you can earn credits for reading/buying Kindle ebooks. It’s one of...Saturday, January 22, 2022 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
David Sanchez's 'All Day Is a Long Time' is a relentless work of autofiction — in all the right ways.Saturday, January 22, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Xiaomi has just released a new large screen dedicated e-reader called the Moaan Mix 7. This device has a 7 inch e-paper display and it has great resolution and solid hardware. It is running Google Android 11, so you can sideload in all...Saturday, January 22, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Kobo has just unveiled a new sideload system for all of their modern e-readers. This will allow you to load in your own books on the Kobo, without having to register or sign-in to a Kobo account. This also will allow users to not have to...Saturday, January 22, 2022 from NYT > Books
It’s a TV bumper crop.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Jing Tsu talks about “Kingdom of Characters,” and Kathryn Schulz discusses “Lost and Found.”Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Jean-Henri Fabre, known for his popular books on insects, was a man of many hobbies.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Her debut novel, “Sister Wolf,” won a 1981 National Book Award. Her later books explored the Manhattan theater scene and the New England occult.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
In “Putting the Rabbit in the Hat,” the actor currently thriving as Logan Roy in “Succession” recounts his Scottish upbringing, his years in the theater and his experiences in Hollywood.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Stephen Hunter’s new novel, “Targeted,” features the retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger — who’s still a crack shot — in his 12th adventure.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
In “Lost in the Valley of Death,” Harley Rustad follows the long and winding road that led Justin Alexander Shetler to India’s Parvati Valley.Friday, January 21, 2022 from The eBook Reader Blog
It’s time for another round of software updates for Kobo ereaders, and pretty much all Kobo models are included. The new firmware version is 4.31.19086. For the most part it seems to be a fairly minor update that expands on...Friday, January 21, 2022 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
Dana Stevens and James Curtis, authors of "Camera Man" and "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life," argue for the silent film star's enduring appeal.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
“Loyalty” and “The Counterclockwise Heart” — set in 1774 Boston and a fairy-tale kingdom divided against itself — explore how misinformation stokes fear and incites violence.Friday, January 21, 2022 from Guardian Unlimited Books
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some brilliant new paperbacks, including a moving family history, exciting debut novels and a memoir about gay bars Continue reading...Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Fiction by Mina Seçkin, Lisa Harding, Neel Patel and Renée Branum tells of transnational family and loss.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Friday, January 21, 2022 from NYT > Books
James R. Gaines’s “The Fifties” describes a decade when opposition to a stifling national consensus was costly and courageous.Friday, January 21, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
The vast majority of e-readers and e-notes have plastic or aluminum shells, which aren’t that great for the environment. Shiftall is a new company based in Japan, who is doing something much more sustainable. They have just...Friday, January 21, 2022 from Books Features - Los Angeles Times
Finalists for the prizes, whose winners will be announced March 17, include books by Hanif Abdurraqib, Torrey Peters, Sam Quinones and Sarah Hall.Thursday, January 20, 2022 from Good E-Reader - eBooks, Publishing and Comic News
Barnes and Noble released the Nook Glowlight 4 a month ago and it is already on sale. The normal price is $149.99 and it is now available for $129.99. This deal is available on their website and will be honored in all of their...Thursday, January 20, 2022 from Books | Mail Online
This sequel to Welsh's award-winning debut, The Cutting Room, again features dissolute gay auctioneer Rilke