What if publishers took a year off so we could all catch up on reading
For a serious reader, these days recall one of the most-quoted opening lines: “It was the best of…
“A Closer Read” Is Harper’s Bazaar’s New Books Newsletter
This past year, I have found myself returning to reading. I’ve always read, of course, but there is…
Hail Mary: Surviving Mothers
As if she knows the dangers of ending up an unreliable narrator, Roy is hardest on herself, hunting…
September 2025 author events: NorCal Book Awards, Greg Anton, Joe Boyd, Michelle Chouinard, John Doll, Vanessa Grubbs, Alvin Lu, Liam O’Brien, Sister Helen Prejean, Mary Roach, Arundhati Roy
Sept. 3 (Courtesy University of Nebraska Press) Chris Haft: The former reporter who covered the San Francisco Giants…
I write when it becomes harder to keep quiet: Arundhati Roy
The subtext of straight talk continues in her latest work centred around the fraught relationship with her mother…
The fall’s 10 most anticipated books, from Pynchon to (Priscilla) Presley
NEW YORK (AP) — Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from…