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Writing recently in the New York Review of Books, novelist and critic Adelle Waldman wonders about what happened…

Thomas Schlesser is the author of “Mona’s Eyes,” which was a No. 1 bestseller in France and has…

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended Oct. 12 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers…

PORTAGE PARK — A sculpture walk connecting the Jefferson Park and Portage Park business districts will be unveiled…

Calling all bibliophiles and coffee connoisseurs. The most beautiful book cafés in the world have been named –…

Book events Book Passage: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera; 415-927-0960; bookpassage.com. Sept. 24: Leni Zumas discusses “Wolf…

Abby Pucker stood in a warehouse in Fulton Market the other day and explained herself, her role, her…

Following the frenzy caused by Gordy the Seal in May, a new wild animal in Cape Town has stolen…

After my conversation this week with Jeremiah Matthew Davis — the new Oshman executive director and CEO of…

Today “The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle” book signing: 5:30 p.m., Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.,…

“Fagin the Thief,” by Allison Epstein (Doubleday, 2025) Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in…

By now it’s sunk in: Summer vacation is over and school has begun. As the excitement of Day…

Biblioracle on “The Ten Year Affair” by Erin Somers