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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand - 9780316259385 - (Little, Brown and Company) 2. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood - 9780593336878 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 3.
Book Review: Ruth Ware’s 'Zero Days' lacks the urgency of her previous books

Book Review: Ruth Ware’s 'Zero Days' lacks the urgency of her previous books

“Zero Days” by Ruth Ware (Scout Press) The author of “The Woman in Cabin 10” and “In a Dark, Dark Wood” is back with another page-turning thriller.
Book Review: Erudite but accessible, Megan Fernandes’ new book will turn poetry agnostics into fans

Book Review: Erudite but accessible, Megan Fernandes’ new book will turn poetry agnostics into fans

“I Do Everything I’m Told” by Megan Fernandes (Tin House) Megan Fernandes’ new book, “I Do Everything I’m Told,” is a collection of unruly, irreverent love poems — to the speaker’s younger self, her former lovers and the child she aborted.
Book Review: Lorrie Moore brings her maximalist wordplay to a macabre exploration of love and death

Book Review: Lorrie Moore brings her maximalist wordplay to a macabre exploration of love and death

“I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home,” by Lorrie Moore (Alfred A. Knopf) Lorrie Moore has loss on her mind.
Robert Macfarlane wins inaugural Weston International Award for non-fiction author

Robert Macfarlane wins inaugural Weston International Award for non-fiction author

TORONTO — British author Robert Macfarlane has won the inaugural Writers' Trust Weston International Award. The $75,000 prize goes to a non-fiction author who is not from Canada to honour an outstanding body of work.
Elliot Page on balancing trans joy and harsh realities of anti-LGBTQ sentiment

Elliot Page on balancing trans joy and harsh realities of anti-LGBTQ sentiment

TORONTO — Elliot Page is in a bit of an odd position, he says, being one of the most visible transgender men in the world. He's in a better place than ever before. The Halifax-born actor is able to be his full self without reservation.
Family separations at the US border inspired Isabel Allende's newest novel

Family separations at the US border inspired Isabel Allende's newest novel

MIAMI (AP) — The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain: When she saw it during the Trump administration, her first impulse was to help reunify children and parents through her foundation.
Robert Caro's last book on LBJ likely won't be delayed by editor Robert Gottlieb's death

Robert Caro's last book on LBJ likely won't be delayed by editor Robert Gottlieb's death

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Caro's fifth volume on Lyndon Johnson, one of the book world's most long-awaited publications, is unlikely to be delayed by the death of his longtime editor, publishing luminary Robert Gottlieb. “Mr.
Book Review: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza continue as dynamic duo with 'You Were Always Mine'

Book Review: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza continue as dynamic duo with 'You Were Always Mine'

“You Were Always Mine” by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza (Simon & Schuster) I don't know who introduced writers Christine Pride and Jo Piazza but I'd like to thank their literary matchmaker.
Book Review: Claire Legrand debuts adult trilogy with spellbinding 'A Crown of Ivy and Glass'

Book Review: Claire Legrand debuts adult trilogy with spellbinding 'A Crown of Ivy and Glass'

“A Crown of Ivy and Glass” by Claire Legrand (Sourcebooks Casablanca) Lady Imogen Ashbourne is rich, spoiled and obsessed with looks. She's also tremendously weighted with guilt both earned and unearned.