NYTIMES (NYT > Top Stories) - 35 Novels Coming This Fall
New fiction from Marlon James, Barbara Kingsolver, John Green, John Grisham and much more.
NYTIMES (NYT > Top Stories) - Reading Jonathan Franzen’s ‘The Corrections,’ 25 Years Later
Jonathan Franzen’s novel, which put a Midwestern family under the microscope, came out a week before 9/11. Why are we still talking about it?
NYTIMES (Dwight Garner) - Book Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James
Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.
NYTIMES (Mitch Therieau) - A Simple, One-Word Trick to Turn Everyday Life Into Grand Fantasy
How “lore” turns fact into fiction — and vice versa.
AI:The article explores the concept of "lore," examining how the term is used to transform historical facts and everyday realities into narrative-driven fiction or grand fantasy worlds.Open
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Author Kurt Andersen on “The Breakup”
Author Kurt Andersen, bestselling author of “Evil Geniuses” and “Fantasyland,” joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book “The Breakup,” which follows a couple reunited to take their 17-year-old on a tour of colleges. The book reimagines the U.S. in the future as a country impacted by civil war and rapidly advancing technology. Andersen opens up about why he decided to make a return to fiction for his latest work.
AMERICANTHINKER - A hugely popular chick-lit romance reveals a simmering hatred for men
By Andrea Widburg Jane Austen, who was the progenitor of chick-lit and wrote one of the most appealing men in romance novel history, is rolling in her grave.
NYTIMES (Tina Jordan, Edward Vega, Karen Hanley and James Surdam) - How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence
Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.
AI:The New York Times editorial staff engaged in a lighthearted exercise where book editors attempted to identify specific suspense novels from their "50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century" list using only their opening sentences. This feature explores the narrative importance of introductory lines in driving reader engagement and hook-driven storytelling within the thriller genre.Open
NYTIMES (Tina Jordan) - Edge of Your Seat
A superfan of thrillers recommends some of her favorites.
NPR (Colin Dwyer) - 13 new books in August will get you through the dog days of summer
This month brings riveting novels about dogs, Hollywood stars, small towns and characters with bigger woes than just the sweltering summer heat and humidity.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Dodgers Acquire Kal-El Of Krypton
LOS ANGELES, CA — In a stunning move to further bolster an already imposing starting lineup, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced shortly before Monday afternoon's trade deadline that the club had officially acquired Kal-El of Krypton.