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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. Lethal Prey by John Sandford (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.) 3. Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing) 4.

MONTREAL — Bookings on cross-border routes are down significantly across the industry amid Canadians' new-found aversion to U.S. destinations, Air Canada says.

It takes more than a little verve to write a story based on the iconic characters created by F. Scott Fitzgerald in perhaps the 20th century’s most famous American novel, but Claire Anderson-Wheeler has done just that with “The Gatsby Gambit.

The modern fairy tale is a tricky thing, what with phones and cities and all the trappings of now that tend to suck the magic out of a story and make it impossible to suspend disbelief. But Natalia Theodoridou’s debut novel aces the assignment.

Istvan, the protagonist in David Szalay's new novel “Flesh,” is a character who reveals little in his conversations with others. His clipped responses to questions are akin to the frustrating conversations adults have with teenagers.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Education officials in Newfoundland and Labrador recently ordered the destruction of thousands of textbooks because they contained inaccurate information about the province's Indigenous population.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest “Hunger Games” novel sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide during its first week, the biggest opening ever for Suzanne Collins' blockbuster series. “Sunrise on the Reaping” sold 1.2 million copies in the U.

An upcoming memoir by retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has a new title and release date. Kennedy's book also will come out as a single publication, not in two volumes, as once planned.

NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie has a collection of novellas and short stories coming out this fall, his first published fiction since being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized in 2022.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Episcopal bishop who in January angered President Donald Trump has a deal for two books for young people. Both are based on the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s best-selling “How We Learn to Be Brave.