This week’s bestselling books – September 12
FICTION 1 The Vanishing Place by Zoe Rankin (Hachette, $37.99) There is a certain kind of… topical resonance to Rankin’s…
‘The Shooting of Charlie Kirk’: Mysterious book on Trump ally’s murder surfaces online; published day before attack
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and close ally of US President Donald Trump, was fatally shot Thursday…
Celebrate ‘Inspiring Women of Indiana Sports’ in a new IndyStar book
Years before women’s sports were trendy, Indiana was producing pioneering female athletes. Cheryl Treworgy set a marathon world…
Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate | Fiction
Does a novel need a factchecker? Not for the kinds of truths that Amin, the scruffy protagonist of…
Memory Care Residents Bring Stories and Smiles to Classrooms
A group of Grace Point Place residents brought their love of literature to the classroom this week, sharing…
Elsie Silver on ‘Wild Card,’ Saying Goodbye to Rose Hill, and Moving Publishers
*This interview includes spoilers for Elsie Silver’s Wild Card* It feels right that Elsie Silver‘s latest book, Wild…
Toni Jordan spent her childhood at the greyhound track, inspiring her new novel Tenderfoot
Toni Jordan may have published eight novels to date — including her 2008 debut, Addition, longlisted for the…
TikTok’s #BookTok expands to Spotify’s audiobook branch
“Cozy crime” book recommendations have long-since popped up on the TikTok feed of Spotify’s audiobooks editorial manager, Roshni…
Who is Anastasia J. Casey? Mysterious book titled ‘The Shooting of Charlie Kirk’ raises questions
Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative political activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was fatally shot while…
This modern classic is like The Bell Jar — but Scottish
I can’t remember when in the 1990s I read Janice Galloway’s searing debut novel, The Trick Is to…
A citywide celebration of stories, ideas and imagination – The Irish Times
Dublin is a city that lives and breathes literature and from November 5th to 9th, it will transform…
Ghosting a daughter in Jeannie Vanasco’s ‘A Silent Treatment’
Plenty of memoirs have been written about fraught relationships between mothers and daughters, but few are as disturbing…