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Akwaeke Emezi's novel 'Little Rot' is a thrilling but difficult descent into darkness
Los Angeles Times· 2 hours agoLike Akwaeke Emezi’s genre-hopping body of work, the Nigeria-set novel “Little Rot” resists easy...
Liz's Book Club: Kenosha News readers share their picks
Kenosha News· 1 day agoAs Thom Sczygielski of Zion, Ill., a retired Whittier Elementary School teacher, tells us, “It’s...
This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores
Los Angeles Daily News· 6 days agoSee the top-selling releases among hardcover fiction and nonfiction, plus trade paperbacks for the...
Elin Hilderbrand, the Queen of the Beach Read, Is Closing the Book
Glamour via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTo read Hilderbrand is to join a delicious subculture. One that whisks you away to a lightly...
How racism haunts America, and other lessons from Tananarive Due's ghostly speculative fiction
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoScience fiction writer Octavia Butler, who was born and raised in Pasadena, opens her 1993 novel...
Wine and Words — an Evening in the Garden
Tri-County Times· 3 days agoFrom 6 to 8 p.m., attendees will enjoy wine, cheese and conversation in the garden area behind Fenton’s Open Book and La Petite Maison. Author Colleen...
Reverend Richard Coles reopening Kettering venue a 'God moment'
BBC News· 4 days agoBooking Reverend Richard Coles for the first gig at a newly renovated church and arts centre "felt...
Former senator’s memoir confronts sometimes painful, but often instructive, small-town beginnings
Grand Island Independent· 10 hours agoLINCOLN – “Running Naked” is an apt title for a recent memoir by a former Nebraska state senator. Former State Sen. Colby Coash of Lincoln once ran naked across a
‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ director Susan Seidelman takes stock of her groundbreaking career
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoWhich is not to say that Seidelman fell into her career by caprice or good fortune. In 1982,...
Local bestsellers for the week ended June 9 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoBased on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.