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Nov 13, 2024 | 
lesen.de | James McBride |Haruki Murakami |Naoise Dolan |Jane Austen
I can't recommend this one highly enough ' HARLAN COBEN 'I keep thinking every time I read one of his books, "That's his best book." No. THIS is his best book' ANN PATCHETT'I loved this book' BONNIE GARMUS'Epic . . . Glorious . . . Uplifting' OBSERVERTHE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBARACK OBAMA'S BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKAMAZON. COM NO.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
bookriot.com | James McBride |Erica Ezeifedi
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My colleague Danika Ellis is That One when it comes to number crunching and idea generation, and when I took some time off in June, they had the brilliant idea of looking at book club stats on Goodreads.
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May 8, 2024 | 
audible.com | Dominic Hoffman |James McBride |Ron Silver |Philip Roth
The Jewish diaspora is vast, diverse, and full of stories. Some of the best Jewish authors in recent years have published a multitude of books about everything from love, identity, and history to crime, romance, alternate history, and what it means to come of age in the modern world.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
webwire.com | James McBride |Lauren Groff
In its April 17 issue, TIME unveiled its annual TIME100, the 2024 list of their selections of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Artists category celebrated two Penguin Random House authors!
James McBride, acclaimed author of last year’s runaway New York Times Bestseller THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE (Riverhead Books), is honored.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
christiancentury.org | James McBride |Elizabeth Schrader Polczer |Samuel Wells |Kathryn Reklis
How could anyone not fall in love with a novel inspired by the novelist’s experiences working as a counselor at a camp that created a loving and inclusive environment for children with severe disabilities? The dedication of James McBride’s sixth novel to Sy Friend—who directed the Variety Club Camp for Handicapped Children in Worcester, Pennsylvania, during the four summers McBride worked there as a young man—is one of many reasons to adore the book.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
itsonlyzach.substack.com | James McBride |Andrés N Ordorica |Zach Wilcha
I don’t like to dwell on depressing things too much in this newsletter; generally I see it as a place for positive vibes about the books I want others to read. But this week, even in the midst of a work crisis, I can’t stop thinking of the story of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary 16-year old, Oklahoma student who died after being beaten in a bathroom in their high school.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
bookbrowse.com | Daniel Clowes |Henry Hoke |Nishanth Injam |James McBride
We are proud to announce that BookBrowse has won Platinum in the 2024 Modern Library Awards.
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The PEN/Faulkner Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2024 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The jury—comprising Xochitl Gonzalez, Alan Michael Parker, and Lynn Steger Strong—evaluated 445 eligible novels and short story collections submitted by 205 publishing houses.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
billwolfe.substack.com | Ananda Lima |R.F. Kuang |James McBride |Bill Wolfe
As I was putting together my Top 10 Reads of 2023, I wondered what the writers of those books enjoyed reading last year. And I thought the readers of this blog would probably be interested to learn that too. So I contacted a few dozen writers and asked them if they would share up to five favorite books from 2023 and five books they’re looking forward to reading this year (preferably those being published this year).
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
cnbc.com | James McBride |Benjamin Labatut |Matthew Desmond |Safiya Sinclair |Nicolas Vega
Barack Obama's year-end list of book recommendations is here. The list of 15 titles — 11 new and four carried over from his summer recommendations — features various genres, including fiction, history and memoir. "If you're looking for a new book over the holidays, give one of them a try," Obama wrote. "And if you can, shop at an independent bookstore or check them out at your local library."Of course, there's also a third way to check out Obama's recommendations: audiobook.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
stltoday.com | James McBride
Here are the bestsellers from Publishers Weekly for the week that ended Dec. 9. HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Iron Flame”Rebecca Yarros2. “Fourth Wing”Rebecca Yarros3. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: A Novel”James McBride4. “The Exchange: After The Firm”John Grisham5. “Fourth Wing (Special Edition)”Rebecca Yarros6. “The Little Liar: A Novel”Mitch Albom 7. “Holly”Stephen King8. “Alex Cross Must Die: A Thriller”James Patterson9. “The Serpent & the Wings of Night”Carissa Broadbent10.
