Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 30, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026…
Ever since the mid-20th century, novels, movies and TV series have explored our fascination with the secretly troubled lives of people living in the suburbs — perhaps because the majority of Americans, including in the Bay Area, live in suburbs. In narratives from the “dark suburbia” genre, …
Though his novels have been praised by Ursula K. Le Guin and Ann Patchett and adapted into well-regarded films, Willy Vlautin says he began writing fiction for an unlikely reason. “The reason I started writing, I think, is because I made so many people unhappy playing music,” says Vlautin, w…
Some people crave sunny skies and sand between their toes. Others would rather crawl back under the blanket until summer is over. Luckily, there’s no shortage of horror novels out there to keep us busy until the days grow darker and the nights longer. Here are 10 horror novels to look forwar…
A TV veteran and author, Jordan Harper is the author of the gritty crime novels “She Rides Shotgun,” “Last King of California” and the set-in-Hollywood, “Everybody Knows.” His new book, “A Violent Masterpiece,” takes place in the same dark, L.A. landscape. We spoke to him in 2023 about “Ever…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026…
Lillian Li is the author of the novel “Bad Asians.” Her previous novel, “Number One Chinese Restaurant,” was an NPR Best Book, and she’s been published in The New York Times, Granta, One Story, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, and The Guardian. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, not far fro…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Ballad of Falling Dragons. Sarah A. Parker. Avon 2. Ironwood. ...
Lillian Li is the author of the novel “Bad Asians.” Her previous novel, “Number One Chinese Restaurant,” was an NPR Best Book, and she’s been published in The New York Times, Granta, One Story, Bon Appetit, Travel & Leisure, and The Guardian. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, not far from the independent bookstore where she spent four years working. Here, she takes our Book Pages Q&A. Q. ...
A man who has spent the last five decades and more as one of the most amusing, irreverent, satirical, pointed, articulate, sensitive, hilarious and provocative voices of a couple of generations has never liked talking to reporters. That would be Garry Trudeau, whose “Doonesbury” cartoon strip ran in as many as 1,400 newspapers during its Pulitzer Prize-winning run and remains a potent ...
Do you eat while you read? Mindfulness gurus suggest meals are best consumed thoughtfully without distraction. However, your hectic life often demands that if you ever hope to find out who killed the guy on pg. 39, you’ll need to read on your lunch break. But reading while eating (or eating while reading, depending on your priorities in the moment) comes with risks to both your digestion and ...
“Waiting on a Friend” is Natalie Adler’s first novel but, already, I’d argue she can do what greats like Ann Patchett, Patrick Ryan and Celeste Ng do. Their novels don’t fit in any genre but they are both substantive and a breeze to read, have something to say but also lots of humor and feature compelling characters but are driven by those characters actually doing things (i.e., a plot). ...
There’s a remarkable interview with writer Dave Eggers, published in the Harvard Advocate in 2000, just after he turned 30, which is about the time you stop worrying if you’re cool. It’s since become quasi-iconic among the cool, a kind of proclamation against the tyranny of cool and the hipster and the fear of selling out. In 2000, Eggers, Lake Forest native, novelist, memoirist, founder of ...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Sahra Noor’s upcoming memoir is billed as being about a father and daughter, but it’s bound to get lots of attention because of her younger sister, Rep. Ilhan Omar. “Salt in the Snow: A Somali Immigrant Story,” the global health executive’s book, will be published Aug. 4. It’s billed as a “deeply personal memoir about migration, motherhood, and the enduring influence of a ...
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