The crime-fighters-but-make-them-older trend continues with Deanna Raybourn’s “Kills Well With Others.”

The sequel to “Killers of a Certain Age” could repurpose that title because the quartet of sixtyish hitwomen from “Certain” is back in “Kills Well With Others.” And, as they say in movie trailers, this time it’s personal. ...Read more

Karen Russell’s “The Antidote,” her first novel since Pulitzer Prize finalist “Swamplandia,” does not make it easy on reviewers.

This is partly a factor of the Dust Bowl-era novel’s structure, which is divided into chapters narrated by about 10 characters (including a scarecrow and, in one chapter, a cat). Their voices are not as ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- If you’re looking for a copy of a Neil Gaiman novel, don’t bother checking at Avant Garden Books & Coffee in Anoka, Minnesota. The store has removed Gaiman from its shelves.

Gaiman is one of several authors who have been in the news recently for reasons other than their writing. Last month, lawsuits were filed against Gaiman ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 8, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

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1. "Onyx Storm (...Read more

DETROIT — Detroit-born author Bridgett M. Davis' latest book "Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy" is a memoir that goes beyond the dynamic relationship between two siblings and explores generational trauma and looks at the effect societal stressors have on the health of Black Americans.

In "Love, Rita," Davis ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The L.A. Times Festival of Books is back and it's celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The weekend will feature readings, signings, screenings and panels with authors and speakers from all walks of life. This year's lineup includes "Wicked" director Jon M. Chu, comedian Chelsea Handler, exoneree Amanda Knox, Pulitzer Prize-winning ...Read more

“He points the scanner at the back of her skull, and the scanner gives a beep, indicating that the neuroprosthetic on Retainee M-7493002 [username: Sara T. Hussein] hasn’t been tampered with overnight.”

Where are we? It’s no hotel, that’s for sure.

As Laila Lalami’s sixth book, “The Dream Hotel,” opens, her protagonist is ...Read more

If you’re reading this article on your phone or computer, you might agree that modern technology is certainly handy, but in Laila Lalami’s latest novel, “The Dream Hotel,” that ease and efficiency gives way to a nightmarish new reality.

“It’s so convenient, and it’s one way that we connect with other people who are also using ...Read more

As a second-grader, I won honorable mention in a creative writing contest with a solemn, ink-blotted story about the Crucifixion. My prize was a crate of children’s classics, among them “Little House in the Big Woods,” “English Folk and Fairy Tales " and a richly illustrated “Pinocchio.” These works formed the nucleus of a collection...Read more

Christopher Farnsworth says it seemed like just another email from his agent.

But then Farnsworth, the author of thrillers such as “The President’s Vampire” and“Killfile,” opened it, and everything changed. That email was offering him the possibility of taking over the Jesse Stone series created by the late Robert B. Parker.

“It ...Read more

Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham looks inward in a deeply personal new book reflecting on his sister’s murder in a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church.

Graham’s sister Cynthia Graham Hurd was killed in the June 2015 shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Dylann Roof, who is white, was convicted and sentenced to...Read more

If there were any doubts about the human capacity to marginalize and suppress, Elaine Weiss’ “Spell Freedom” is an excellent reminder.

From the lead-up to 1954 — when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Brown v. Board of Education decision, declaring segregation unconstitutional — to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ...Read more

Detroit-born author Bridgett M. Davis' latest book "Love, Rita: An American Story of Sisterhood, Joy, Loss, and Legacy" is a memoir that goes beyond the dynamic relationship between two siblings and explores generational trauma and looks at the effect societal stressors have on the health of Black Americans.

In "Love, Rita," Davis writes about ...Read more

The eighth Sean Duffy novel by terrific Irish writer Adrian McKinty is a dusted-off story we’ve heard a million times.

Don’t care.

Burned-out star detective with spotty record pushes papers and waits a couple years until his pension fully vests. Bosses beg him to take on one last case. Like the “one final heist” plot of countless crime...Read more

It’s perhaps inevitable that Holly Brickley’s “Deep Cuts” will be likened to other noteworthy (feeble pun intended) books that incorporate music — most recently “Daisy Jones and the Six,” possibly “High Fidelity,” etc. But being compared favorably to previous bestsellers isn’t the only thing that makes “Deep Cuts” stand ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

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1. "Battle ...Read more

Alan Page is widely recognized for his past careers off the bench as a Minnesota Viking and on the bench as a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, but the Pro Football Hall-of-Famer has been carving out a name for himself in another arena: children’s book author.

Page recently released “Baking Up Love” ($18.99, Page Education Foundation), the...Read more