Best Sellers Indian Novels: For bookworms, books hold a special place not only in their library but also in their heart and life. These novels offer insights into life by talking about empathy, knowledge, emotions, self-love, compassion and courage and also help in understanding the world through the eyes of fiction. Not to mention, the […]
The Indiana Authors Awards competition has announced winners in nine categories for 2024. The prestigious competition selects works by authors with close ties to Indiana whose works have been published in the last two years. The winners presented a diverse array of stories in the fiction, genre, middle grade, drama and young adult categories. One […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 10-17, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager based on weekly sales statistics from over 260 independent Canadian stores. Canadian Fiction “This Summer Will Be Different” is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Vikings, Jenna Marie Wakani) This summer will be different by Carley […]
While book bans in school libraries usually generate a flood of headlines, a new poll shows that only a tiny fraction of Americans — about three percent — are personally involved in the debate. According to a survey by the Knight Foundation, two-thirds of Americans oppose a book ban in public schools, with strong opposition […]
One of the great things about speculative fiction is that it can tackle big issues without being as bogged down by the minutiae of the everyday world as so-called realism. This week we have two great books that fall into this category, novels that create vivid, quirky worlds that linger in the memory. Rachelle Atallas […]
They say life is stranger than fiction, but that’s nowhere near the level of science fiction. From utopia to dystopia, robots to AI, aliens to sentient beings, science fiction makes any reality, no matter how far-fetched, seem like a place we could just jump into. Find out which universe you’ll land in and which species […]
The new Story Line Books bookstore is scheduled to open in September at the Union Depot in downtown St. Paul. Located in the Head House between Choo Choo Bob’s Train Store and 1881 by Lake Elmo Inn, the bookstore will offer a wide range of genres and a more curated selection of fiction and children’s […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
When she first sleeps with Arnold, Ida is 30, an editor and playwright, married with two young children. Arnold, a 39-year-old academic known for his Brecht translations, is also married – to a woman younger than Ida, with whom he has a three-year-old son – and he insists that he “cannot cope with another separation.” […]
Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her 2019 debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hillerman, not Native American, grew up among American Indians in Oklahoma and published 18 novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Longhorn and Jim Chee. These books, particularly “Skinwalkers,” “The Blessing Way” and “A Thief of Time,” were award-winning and […]
