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Free 'Buzz Books' e-compilation offers excerpts from dozen of upcoming works

NEW YORK (AP) — New fiction from Christina Dodd and Allie Condie and the latest young adult work from Tracey Baptiste will be excerpted in a free e-compilation that also features dozens of other works scheduled to come out over the new several months
Keanu Reeves to build on his BRZRKR comic book universe with debut novel

Keanu Reeves to build on his BRZRKR comic book universe with debut novel

Keanu Reeves has set down his guns and picked up a pen as co-author of his debut novel. The "John Wick" action star announced he will expand the universe of his BRZRKR comic book series with "The Book of Elsewhere," written with U.K.

Judy Blume to receive lifetime achievement award for 'Bravery in Literature'

NEW YORK (AP) — Judy Blume's latest honor is a new prize named for a former first lady.
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir will be published in October

Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir will be published in October

NEW YORK (AP) — A memoir that Lisa Marie Presley had been working on at the time of her death will be published this fall. The book, currently untitled, was completed with the help of actor Riley Keough , the eldest of Presley's four children.

Small-town Nebraska voters remove school board member who tried to pull books from libraries

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Voters decided to remove a small-town Nebraska school member from office after she tried to have dozens of books pulled from school libraries.
Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules

Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A lawsuit can move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge T.

Yiyun Li's 'Wednesday's Child' among finalists for $20,000 prize honoring short stories

NEW YORK (AP) — Short fiction by Yiyun Li, Bennett Sims and Paul Yoon are finalists for the 20th annual Story Prize, given for the year's outstanding short story collection.

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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled Publishing, LLC) 3. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Publishing Group) 4.
Onetime ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat to release book this spring, 'The Art of Diplomacy'

Onetime ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat to release book this spring, 'The Art of Diplomacy'

NEW YORK (AP) — Former diplomat and White House aide Stuart E. Eizenstat has a book out this spring on some of the country's most consequential treaties and other international accords.
Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story 'The Book of Clarence' is maybe too audacious

Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story 'The Book of Clarence' is maybe too audacious

Somewhere between the sacred and profane, comedy, drama and satire comes “The Book of Clarence,” a retelling of The Greatest Story Ever Told that arrives in theaters appropriately between Christmas and Easter.