The Guardian » 1 day ago
From Anna Wintour’s table manners to Oscar party hijinks, the former editor of Vanity Fair tells all
There are lines in When the Going Was Good, Graydon Carter’s memoir of his swashbuckling career as an editor during the heyday of magazines, that will make any ...
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The Guardian » 4 weeks ago
From youthful curiosity to midlife resignation, the protagonist is buffeted by forces beyond his control in this thrilling exploration of what it means to be aliveSamuel Butler’s 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh carried with it an implied subtitle. In the book of Kings, fr...
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The Guardian » 4 days ago
This account of Dr Crippen’s notorious Edwardian-era killing shifts the focus to the women at the centre of the sordid taleOn the evening of 31 January 1910, two couples dined together at a house in Hilldrop Crescent, on the borders of Holloway, London. The hosts, Dr Crip...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
A classic Yeti romp with 28 possible endings, a Blade Runner-style thriller and more adventures on the Thames with Jessie BurtonBefore video games dangled dopamine hits and a sense of agency, there were Choose Your Own Adventure books, where the reade...
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LA Times » 3 days ago
Here are promising books, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your April reading list...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
Authors and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsWhen HHhH by Laurent Binet came out in 2012, I was scared away by the impenetrable title. I still don’t like the title muc...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
American authors of All Fours and Tell Me Everything are competing for the 30th award alongside four other novels highlighting ‘the importance of human connection’American writers Miranda July and Elizabeth Strout have been shortlisted for the 30th Women’s prize for ficti...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
The author of The Five, about the Ripper murders, turns her attention to another tragically misunderstood victimIn the canon of British true crime, the case of Dr Crippen routinely gets billed as the first “modern” murder. It wasn’t that there was anything particularly or...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
Irish publisher receives award for small presses for Gaëlle Bélem’s There’s a Monster Behind the DoorIrish publisher Bullaun Press has won the Republic of Consciousness prize for small presses with the book There’s a Monster Behind the Door by Gaëlle Bélem, translated fro...
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The Guardian » 3 days ago
Critics say bans would hinder rights as proponents would impose their beliefs on others who don’t share their viewsRightwing groups around the US are pushing legislation that would place new limits on what books are allowed in school libraries in a move that critics decry...
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