Now readers can discover books set closest to their hometown with Books Around America, this cool Internet tool, developed by Crossword Solver using Goodreads data. It also spits out a bunch of fun facts, like: Bisbee, AZ, is home to the highest percentage of mystery novels. Bloomington, IN, is apparently where the romance happens. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
Tonight in New York City, the Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the 76th annual Edgar Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
In new documentary Hello, Bookstore, a small Massachusetts shop is observed over an extended period as Covid-19 threatens to close it forever. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
…the 58-year-old “King of Post-Human Acting” will direct a movie adaptation of Elizabeth McCracken’s acclaimed literary romance, The Giant’s House. A 1950s-set love story about “a little librarian on Cape Cod and the tallest boy in the world,” McCracken’s debut novel was a National Book Award finalist back in 1996 and received rave reviews in The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, and elsewhere. Adding to the star-wattage of this project, Oscar-nominated novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby will pen the script. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
A.J. Jacobs on the Joy of Playing With Words. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
The ‘fascinating insight into what was to become an iconic work’ is the only known surviving copy of its kind and is to be auctioned along with a first edition signed by Rowling. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
Bestselling author Don Winslow has announced that the two already-written sequels to his current novel City On Fire will be his last books. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
The novel is described on Amazon as “a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror”. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
The ceremony for the Mark Twain Prize, one of comedy’s top honors, celebrated Mr. Stewart’s achievements on “The Daily Show” and his activism on behalf of veterans and 9/11 emergency workers. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
With a spellbinding, thriller-like presentation supported by painstaking research, Fischer puts forth evidence to try to unravel the mystery of Le Prince’s life and death. Deftly organized facts, coupled with the technical minutiae of filmmaking, reveal fascinating details of Le Prince’s life and the challenges faced in his work, while also exposing the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance. Fischer’s stellar, suspenseful narrative is a work of art unto itself that finally gives Le Prince–and the impact of his often overlooked, cut-short creative genius–his due. Read more
(We earn a small commission if you click above and buy the book at Bookshop.org)
