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Auction House's Harry Potter Book Is Its 'Biggest Find'

First edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone set to sell for up to $50K

(Newser) - The family of a deceased man in Britain has received word of a small consolation—they may soon be up to $50,000 richer, thanks to a rare JK Rowling book found among his belongings. The BBC reports that a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...

Book NFL Player Was Reading During Game Shoots to No. 1

Self-help book Philadelphia Eagles' AJ Brown had on sidelines is now very popular on Amazon

(Newser) - AJ Brown brings what he calls the "recipe" to every NFL game he plays in, though no one has seemed to notice until now. On Sunday, however, the Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver was spied reading his favorite self-help book on camera during his team's 22-10 playoff victory against...

Here Are Some of 2024's Most-Borrowed Books

NPR looks at data from 18 libraries across the country

(Newser) - Public libraries have been releasing their end-of-year lists, and NPR took a look at 18 of them to see what some of the most-borrowed books of 2024 were:
  • Popular across the country: Kristin Hannah's The Women, Rebecca Yarros' Fourth Wing, Emily Henry's Happy Place
  • Most popular in New
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2024's Best Audiobooks
The Best Audiobooks of 2024
Dec 25, 2024 9:31 AM CST

The Best Audiobooks of 2024

Books that gain a little something when read aloud

(Newser) - For those looking variously for a very last-minute gift or just a little post-holiday recuperation, Laura Miller over at Slate runs down the top audiobooks your money or your Audible credits can buy. A look at her favorites, and the people narrating them:
  • The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, narrated
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Pope: I Survived 2 Iraqi Assassination Plots
Pope: I Survived 2 Iraqi
Assassination Plots
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Dec 18, 2024 3:54 PM CST

Pope: I Survived 2 Iraqi Assassination Plots

Autobiography reveals alleged suicide bombers were killed amid 2021 papal visit

(Newser) - Pope Francis survived not one but two assassination plots during his 2011 trip to Iraq, the first ever by a pope, according to excerpts from his upcoming autobiography, also the first ever by a pope. Francis traveled to Mosul, the former de-facto capital of the Islamic State, at a time...

Book That May Have Inspired Shooter Climbs Bestseller List

Jay Feinman's Delay, Deny, Defend examines how health insurers deny claims, boost profits

(Newser) - A book with the title Delay, Deny, Defend, words similar to those found on shell casings at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed, is now climbing Amazon's bestseller list. Rutgers Law School professor emeritus Jay Feinman's 2010 book Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don'...

Bill Gates Wants You to Read These 5 Books

They helped him make 'sense of the world' in 2024

(Newser) - The book lists keep coming , with Bill Gates now weighing in on the the reads he "enjoyed" in 2024. The billionaire Microsoft founder, who unveiled the list of four recommended books plus a bonus read on his blog , wrote the four "are, in one way or another, about...

See the New York Times' Best Books of the Year

Novels by Miranda July, Kaveh Akbar make the list

(Newser) - In the wake of the Washington Post's unveiling of its best books of the year , the New York Times is out with its own list of the 10 best books, split into fiction and nonfiction, just two of which appear on the aforementioned list. All "made lasting impressions,...

Washington Post Picks the Best Books of 2024

Novels by Claire Messud and Percival Everett make the cut

(Newser) - It's that time of year when best-of lists begin to percolate, and the Washington Post is among the first with its list of the top 10 books of 2024. The unnumbered list is split between fiction and nonfiction. The list: Fiction
  • Colored Television by Danzy Senna
  • James by Percival
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National Book Award Finalists Are Out
Here Are Your
National
Book Award
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Nov 21, 2024 12:00 AM CST

Here Are Your National Book Award Winners

Percival Everett wins for James

(Newser) - Percival Everett's James, a daring reworking of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has won the National Book Award for fiction. Jason De León's Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling won for nonfiction, the AP reports. The prize for young people's...

Clinton on Lewinsky Affair: 'I Live With It All the Time'

In memoir, ex-president says he wishes intern he had sexual relationship with 'nothing but the best'

(Newser) - Bill Clinton is gearing up for a book tour , ahead of Tuesday's release of his new memoir, Citizen: My Life After the White House . One snippet is already circulating and drawing attention, however, after the Guardian perused an advance copy: the former president's remarks on Monica Lewinsky, the...

Report Finds 'Dispiriting' Drop in Kids Reading for Pleasure

Number has dropped sharply in recent years, UK's Nationan Literacy Trust says

(Newser) - "For a report focused largely on reading enjoyment, much of this is not an enjoyable read," a report from the UK's National Literacy Trust states. The report found that the proportion of children 8 to 18 years old who enjoy reading in their spare time has fallen...

In a World Run on 'Vibes,' Undergrads Balk at Reading

And it doesn't seem as if this writing professor blames them, per his op-ed for the New York Times

(Newser) - Jonathan Malesic teaches writing at Southern Methodist University, and in the early 2010s he was assigning his students nine books a semester to read. Now, more than a decade later, after COVID and the full-fledged arrival of AI, "that reading list seems not just ambitious but absurd," he...

In Posthumous Memoir, Navalny Shares the 'Important Thing'

Acceptance is key, late Russian dissident writes in Patriot

(Newser) - In a memoir released eight months after he died in prison, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for while also acknowledging he wished he could have written a very different book. "I so much do not want my book to be...

Court Suspends Panel That Decided History Book Is Fiction

Recent decisions by Montgomery County's citizens review board have been stayed

(Newser) - The Texas review board that mandated public libraries move a book about the mistreatment of Native Americans to the "fiction" section has been suspended, as have all of its recent decisions, in response to widespread pushback. That means historian Linda Coombs' Colonization and the Wampanoag Story will be returned...

Texas Board Reclassifies Indigenous Book as 'Fiction'

Move comes after Montgomery County removed librarians from the process

(Newser) - A review board in Texas has made the controversial decision to reclassify a book about a Native American tribe from nonfiction to fiction in a public library. The move regarding Colonization and the Wampanoag Story came after Montgomery County stripped the review board of librarians, reports LoneStarLive.com . The rationale...

Melania on 2020 Election: 'It Was a Mess'

Former first lady dishes on that, her first encounter with husband, son Barron, and more in new book

(Newser) - Melania Trump's new memoir, Melania , dropped on Tuesday, and the reviews range from describing it as one of "graceful grievance" to calling it "truly bad" and "deeply weird." The former first lady's remarks about her stance on abortion rights earned attention before the 256-page...

Woodward: Trump Secretly Sent Putin COVID Tests

'I don't want you to tell anybody,' the Russian leader reportedly told him

(Newser) - Bob Woodward has a new book coming out, one that covers national and international affairs, and outlets have begun offering highlights. The Washington Post , for example, zeroes in on Woodward's assertion in War that then-President Trump secretly sent COVID tests to Vladimir Putin in 2020 for his personal use....

English Class in America Is Now Reading 'in Baby Form'

Kids across America are reading fewer novels in school; not everyone is happy about it

(Newser) - Chris Stanislawski didn't read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Much of the reading material at Garden City Middle School on Long Island was either abridged books or online texts and printouts, he said. "When you're given a summary of the...

Want to Reread a Favorite Book? Rethink That
Loved That Book?
Never Read It Again
OPINION
Sep 15, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Loved That Book? Never Read It Again

Oscar Schwartz advocates for the joys of diving in to beloved reads intensely—and only once

(Newser) - Nearly everyone has experienced the joy and satisfaction of finishing an excellent book—but for "rereading evangelists," who tend to gravitate toward the classics, "one time through, for the great books, is not enough." Oscar Schwartz says we should maybe rethink that, writing for the Paris ...

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