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- Bestselling books the week of Aug.11, 2016, according to IndieBound What's selling best in independent bookstores across America?
- 'The Underground Railroad' tells a disturbingly real story of slavery
Novelist Colson Whitehead depicts the perversions and horrors of slavery in 19th-century America through the story of the multiple escape attempts of a woman named Cora.
- How much do you know about young adult novels?
From supernatural romance to intergalactic and post-apocalyptic adventures, young adult novels are some of the hottest and bestselling literary works in the world today. Let's see how much you know about these page-turners.
- Why am I always hungry when I read?
I have come to connect reading with food – a bond that grows particularly strong in summer.
- 'Lions' is an evocative novel of place, set on the brooding frontier
Pretty Leigh Ransom and handsome Gordon Walker are in love and planning to head soon to college. But can anyone really leave a town like Lions?
- 'How I Became a North Korean' follows three teens fleeing a dangerous China
Krys Lee combines the stories of three very different characters whose lives intertwine when they ultimately need each other to survive.
- ‘Have you no sense of decency?' - who said it first and why
As Trump faces fire, a look back at the words that shook Joseph McCarthy.
- 'I Shot the Buddah' revisits Siri Paiboun, solving crimes in late 1970s Laos
'I Shot the Buddha' has a chewy heft, in the fine tradition of its 10 siblings in the 'Siri Paiboun' series: history, geopolitics, chromatic characters, genus loci, the human condition, and the pilgrim’s progress.
- 10 best books of August 2016, according to Amazon's editors What are the best books to be released as summer winds down? Check out Amazon's picks.
- Explosive sales for newest 'Harry Potter' tale: 2 million and counting
Harry Potter's appeal continues, with huge sales numbers coming out from the release of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,' a book version of the script used in the West End play.