Books
August 6, 2018

Review: 'Empty Set,' by Veronica Gerber Bicecci, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney

FICTION: Mexican artist's metafictional debut offers a fascinating puzzle.
Books
August 4, 2018

Twin Cities area book events Aug. 5-12

Books
August 3, 2018
Peggy Orenstein

Club Book to bring in David Grann, Peggy Orenstein and other writers for fall season

The Club Book lecture series brings in David Grann, Peggy Orenstein and other writers.
Books
August 3, 2018
May 30, 1937 Mrs. Louise Thaden, winner of the Bendix and Harmon Trophies last year, beside the plane in which she set a new speed record for women at

Review: 'Fly Girls' by Keith O'Brien

Nonfiction: Female pilots of the 1920s and '30s fought dangers and sexism.
Books
August 3, 2018

Review: 'If You Leave Me,' by Crystal Hana Kim

FICTION: Crystal Hana Kim's debut novel boldly explores personal and national turmoil.
Books
August 3, 2018

Bookmark: 4 summer books you might have missed

Books
August 3, 2018

Review: 'The Third Hotel,' by Laura van den Berg

FICTION: A woman thinks she sees her husband in Havana — five weeks after he died in New York.
Books
August 3, 2018

Readers recommend books: 'The Grapes of Wrath'

Books
August 3, 2018
Joshua Mattson Photo by Sundus Al-Bayati

Review: 'A Short Film About Disappointment,' by Joshua Mattson

FICTION: In the near future, a young man's film critiques reveal the sad details of his life.
Books
August 2, 2018
Sally Field has written a memoir, "In Pieces."

Sally Field & Dessa anchor an eclectic lineup of authors for Talking Volumes at Fitzgerald Theater

Oscar winner and local hip-hop star join Rebecca Traister, Leif Enger and Alexander McCall Smith.
Books
August 2, 2018
Dan Brown, the author of "The Da Vinci Code" and "Origins," at home in Rye Beach, N.H.

'Da Vinci Code' author Dan Brown's code for thriller novel success

In the bestselling novelist's latest thriller, "Origin," science threatens to kill off God.
Books
August 2, 2018
Ron Chernow at his home in Brooklyn.

'Hamilton' biographer comes to St. Paul with another poignant portrait

"Hamilton" biographer sets his sights on another U.S. icon, but don't expect a Broadway musical.
Movies
August 2, 2018
DF-16611 - L-R: Chubs (SKYLAN BROOKS), Zu (MIYA CECH), Ruby (AMANDLA STENBERG) and Liam (HARRIS DICKINSON) in Twentieth Century Foxís THE DARKEST

Mini reviews of 'McQueen,' 'The Darkest Minds' and 'Love, Cecil'

Books
July 31, 2018

New York Times bestsellers

Books
July 29, 2018

Reviews: 'The Shortest Way Home,' by Miriam Parker, and 'That Kind of Mother' by Rumaan Alam

Books
July 28, 2018
The highly organized basement library of Tadhg Mac an Bháird of Anoka.

Readers offer sensible ways to organize their books

Would you arrange your books with the spine facing in? Here's what readers had to say.
Books
July 28, 2018

Twin Cities area book events July 29-Aug. 5

Books
July 28, 2018

Readers recommend books: Novels by Kate Morton

Books
July 27, 2018

Review: 'Nothing Good Can Come From This,' by Kristi Coulter

NONFICTION: Kristi Coulter's wry memoir unpacks one woman's relationship with alcohol.
Books
July 27, 2018

Review: "The Poisoned City," by Anna Clark

NONFICTION: How activism, investigative journalism and science forced officials to confront a disaster.

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