6 books compete for nonfiction ‘winner of winners’ prize
March 9, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Books that explore subjects from William Shakespeare and The Beatles to the lure of Mount Everest and life inside one of the world’s most secretive states are competing to be named the best-ever winner of Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize.
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March 2, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
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February 23, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
Viola Davis, Paul Simon among finalists for audiobook awards
February 23, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Viola Davis, Paul Simon and Molly Shannon are among the nominees for prizes given for the spoken word: the annual Audie Awards, handed out by the Audio Publishers Association.
The publishers association announced nominees for 26 categories Thursday.
Finalists announced for the Lukas Prize Project book awards
February 22, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Beverly Gage's J. Edgar Hoover biography “G-Man,” Robert Samuels' and Toluse Olorunnipa's “His Name is George Floyd” and Linda Villarosa's study of racism and its effects, “Under the Skin,” are among the finalists for awards handed out by the Lukas Prize Project.
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February 16, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Encore in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin's Press)
2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
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February 9, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
At last: Streisand memoir ‘My Name is Barbra’ coming Nov. 7
February 7, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand's very long and very long-awaited memoir, a project she has talked about for years, is coming out this fall. Viking, a Penguin Random House imprint, will release “My Name is Barbra” on Nov.
Percival Everett, Ling Ma among nominees for critics prizes
February 1, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Percival Everett and Ling Ma, nonfiction by Annie Proulx and biographies of George Balanchine and J. Edgar Hoover are among the finalists for National Book Critics Circle awards.
Julie Otsuka, Ed Yong win Carnegie Medals for Excellence
January 30, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Julie Otsuka has strong memories of libraries from her childhood California — the bike rides with her best friend to the local branch; the soft, firm sound of librarians closing books; the shopping bags she and her friend would fill with science fiction and other stories.
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January 26, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Cabinet of Dr. Leng” by Preston/Child (Grand Central Publishing)
2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ sells 3.2M copies in 1st week
January 19, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry's “Spare” sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide after just one week of publication and will likely rank among the bestselling memoirs of all time.
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January 19, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The House of Wolves” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)
Prince Harry: Memoir is about saving royals from themselves
January 14, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has said he had enough material for two memoirs, but that he held back because he didn't think his father and brother would “ever forgive" him.
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January 12, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “Without a Trace” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)
Review: Janet Malcolm’s quasi-memoir on pictures and memory
January 9, 2023 GMT“Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory,” by Janet Malcolm (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
When Janet Malcolm died 18 months ago at 86, her New Yorker colleague Ian Frazier wrote a eulogy for the magazine noting that the famed and feared journalist had been working on a series of essays based on old family photographs.
Prince Harry says explosive book is a bid to ‘own my story’
January 9, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Prince Harry defended his decision to publish a memoir that lays bare rifts inside Britain’s royal family, saying it's an attempt to “own my story” after 38 years of “spin and distortion” by others.
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January 5, 2023 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
Prince Harry says he wants his father and brother back
January 2, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has said he wants to have his father and brother back and that he wants “a family, not an institution,” during a TV interview ahead of the publication of his memoir.
The interview with Britain's ITV channel is due to be released this Sunday.
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December 29, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
2. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
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December 22, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
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December 15, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday)
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December 8, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “A World of Curiosities” by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
2. “The Boys from Biloxi” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
Biography of poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize
November 18, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book award
British writer Katherine Rundell’s biography “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne” was named winner of the 50,000 pound ($59,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London on Thursday night.
Hernan Diaz, Tanaïs among winners of $50,000 Kirkus Prize
October 28, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Hernan Diaz's novel “Trust,” a postmodern take on wealth, power and reality set in the 1920s and 1930s, has won the Kirkus Prize for fiction.
The awards, presented by the trade publication Kirkus Reviews, include $50,000 cash prizes for winners in fiction, nonfiction and young readers' literature.
Books on empire, migrant crisis up for Baillie Gifford prize
October 10, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Books about Britain’s imperial past and the human face of the present-day refugee crisis are among the finalists for Britain’s leading nonfiction book award, the Baillie Gifford Prize.
Gayl Jones, Tommie Smith among National Book Award finalists
October 4, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Gayl Jones' “The Birdcatcher,” a short, lyrical novel about a writer's trip to Ibiza and the gifted, unstable couple she stays with, is a National Book Award finalist for fiction.
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September 22, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Butcher and the Wren” by Slsins Urquhart (Zando)
Review: A war story, ‘Mosquito Bowl’ defines courage, duty
September 19, 2022 GMT“The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II,” by Buzz Bissinger (Harper)
U.S. Marines training for the invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa didn't know they would face the bloodiest fighting in the Pacific theater of World War II.
George Floyd biography among National Book Award nominees
September 16, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A biography of the late George Floyd and poetry by Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds were among the works included Thursday on long lists for the National Book Awards.
“His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” by Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, was a nonfiction nominee, along with John A.
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September 15, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King (Scribner)
2. “Desperation in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin's Press)
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September 8, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Carrie Soto Is Back” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine)
2. “The Ink Black Heart” by Robert Galbraith (Muholland)
’1619 Project,′ ‘Books of Jacob’ are among Kirkus nominees
September 8, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Fiction by Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk and the book-length edition of the “1619 Project” are among the nominees for Kirkus Prizes, $50,000 honors given in three competitive categories.
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September 1, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Babel” by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
2. “All Good People Here” by Ashley Flowers (Bantam)
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August 18, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Heat 2” by Mann/Gardiner (William Morrow)
2. “The 6:20 Man” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
‘The Butler’ author Wil Haygood wins prestigious book award
August 17, 2022 GMTDAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Writer Wil Haygood, author of multiple nonfiction books chronicling the lives of 20th-century Black Americans including “The Butler,” has won a prestigious book award.
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced Wednesday that Haygood — himself originally from Columbus, Ohio — will receive the Ambassador Richard C.
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August 4, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The 6:20 Man" by David Baldacci (Grand Central)
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July 28, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” by Daniel Silva (Harper)
2. “The 6:20 Man” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
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July 21, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The 6:20 Man” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
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July 14, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Lore Olympus, Vol. 2” by Rachel Smythe (Random House Worlds)
2. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
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July 11, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
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July 7, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
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June 30, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
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June 23, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Hotel Nantucket” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
Review: ‘Cabin Fever’ captures the horror of COVID cruise
June 21, 2022 GMT“Cabin Fever: The Harrowing Journey of a Cruise Ship at the Dawn of a Pandemic” by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin (Doubleday)
Imagine stepping off a dock in Buenos Aires in early March 2020 to board a ship with 1,242 fellow passengers and 586 crew members for a cruise around the tip of South America.
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June 16, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
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June 16, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
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June 10, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
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June 2, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Nightwork" by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s)
2. “The War of Two Queens" by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Blue Box)
Quentin Tarantino book ‘Cinema Speculation’ to land Oct. 25
May 27, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Quentin Tarantino's next book is a nonfiction dispatch from a lifelong movie fanatic.
“Cinema Speculation,” to be published Oct. 25, will center on “The Getaway” and other films from the 1970s that influenced him during childhood.
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May 26, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “In the Blood" by Jack Carr (Atria/Bestler)
2. “22 Seconds” by Patterson/Paetro (Little, Brown)
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May 19, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “22 Seconds” by Patterson/Paetro (Little, Brown)
Yiyun Li wins PEN/Malamud Award for short stories
May 16, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Author Yiyun Li has received one of the top honors for short story writers, the PEN/Malamud Award for “exceptional achievement.”
Li, 49, has published the collections “Gold Boy” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” along with five novels and two nonfiction books.
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May 12, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “22 Seconds” by Patterson/Paetro (Little, Brown)
2. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
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April 21, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Investigator” by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
2. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
Authors Guild’s Banned Books Club highlights censored works
April 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Authors Guild is launching a Banned Books Club, the latest initiative from the literary world in response to the nationwide wave of censorship and restrictions over the past year.
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April 14, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
2. “Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)
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April 7, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
2. “What Happened to the Bennetts” by Lisa Scottoline (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Novelist Megha Majumdar among winners of Whiting Award
April 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar, whose novel “A Burning” was among the most talked about debuts of recent years, is among 10 recipients of a Whiting Award for emerging authors. Fiction writers Claire Boyles and Nana Nkweti, poets Ina Cariño and Anthony Cody and nonfiction writers Anaïs Duplan and Alexis Pauline Gumbs also will receive $50,000 each in prize money.
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March 31, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
2. “The Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich (Atria)
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March 24, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
2. “The Match” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing)
‘Invisible Child’ is among winners of Lukas book prizes
March 23, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Andrea Elliott's chronicle of a homeless girl in New York City, “Invisible Child,” and Jane Rogoyska's investigation into Stalin's atrocities in Poland, “Surviving Katyń,” are among the recipients of awards presented by the J.
Bechdel, Hough, Peters among nominees for Triangle Awards
March 21, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Alison Bechdel, Lauren Hough and Torrey Peters are among the finalists for the 34th annual Triangle Awards for outstanding LGBTQ fiction and nonfiction books.
Two authors honored last week by the National Book Critics Circle, Jeremy Atheron Lin and the late Anthony Veasna So, also were among the nominees announced Monday by the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ people in publishing.
‘The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ wins book critics award
March 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers' “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” her epic novel about racism, resilience and identity named for the influential Black scholar and activist, has received the fiction prize from the National Book Critics Circle.
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March 17, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)
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March 10, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley (William Morrow)
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February 25, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “House of Sky and Breath” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)
2. “Diablo Mesa” by Preston/Child (Grand Central Publishing)
Chelsea Clinton to launch children’s book series this fall
February 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton has a lot of publishing plans — for her own books, and for books by others.
The Penguin Young Readers imprint Philomel Books announced Friday that Clinton has a new picture story, “Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!", coming Sept.
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February 17, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Abandoned in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s)
2. “The Last Thing He Told Me” by Laura Dave (Simon & Schuster)
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February 11, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
Damon Galgut, Colm Toibin among Folio Prize finalists
February 9, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Novels by Damon Galgut and Colm Toibin are among eight books contending for Britain’s Rathbones Folio Prize for literature.
Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning South African story “The Promise” and Toibin’s novel about Thomas Mann, “The Magician,” were on the shortlist announced Wednesday for the multi-genre 30,000 pound ($41,000) prize.
3 authors named winners of Science + Literature awards
February 9, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Foundation has teamed with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to honor books that wed two categories not always in harmony: technology and the arts.
On Wednesday, the two organizations announced the inaugural winners of the Science + Literature awards, $10,000 honors for books, fiction or nonfiction, "that deepen readers’ understanding of science and technology.”
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February 3, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “The Horsewoman” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)
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January 27, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “To Paradise” by Hanya Yanagihara (Doubleday)
2. “The Horsewoman” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)
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January 27, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
1. “One Step Too Far” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton)
2. “The Horsewoman” by Patterson/Lupica (Little, Brown)
Hanif Abdurraqib, Tom Lin receive Carnegie literary awards
January 24, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Receiving a literary prize from the American Library Association is a kind of homecoming for the essayist-poet Hanif Abdurraqib.
“When I was young, I treated the library as a place to pass time, to get lost in books that I could have otherwise not afforded to own, music that I could not have afforded to have,” Abdurraqib, 38, a recipient of an Andrew Carnegie Medal for “A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance,” said in a recent interview,
Free e-book previews new Bissinger, Hamid and other works
January 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A free e-book compilation includes excerpts from upcoming novels by Geraldine Brooks, Karen Jay Fowler and Mohsin Hamid among others.
Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer was released Tuesday by the industry newsletter Publishers Marketplace and includes dozens of previews for fiction and nonfiction.
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January 13, 2022 GMTHARDCOVER FICTION
List of late author Joan Didion’s published books
December 24, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Below is a list of published books, in reverse chronological order, by late author Joan Didion.
Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
December 23, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose precise social and personal commentary in such classics as “The White Album” and “The Year of Magical Thinking” made her a uniquely clear-eyed critic of turbulent times, has died.