Beloved Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo launches yet another winning series
The fairy tale is about five puppets who exert a powerful pull on the people who possess them.
Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri translates herself in 'brilliant' 'Roman Stories'
FICTION: A compelling collection of nine stories about lives under pressure in the eternal city.
Small-time thugs and big-time crooks hole up at a Minnesota lake in 'America Fantastica'
FICTION: Tim O'Brien's latest is a crime romp that recalls Carl Hiaasen.
Respectful biography of 'Madonna' has insights but never gets into the groove
NONFICTION: Mary Gabriel's insider book is a mixed bag of research and platitudes.
Former City Pages writer examines the life and work of Lou Reed in bio
NONFICTION: Will Hermes' beautifully crafted biography illuminates the life and times of a rock-and-roll outlaw.
If Sinclair Lewis isn't the best Minnesota author, who is?
Inspired by a new list, we're curious about your favorites. Louise Erdrich? Kate DiCamillo? Marcie Rendon?
Review: Talking Volumes writer Viet Thanh Nguyen says he's 'A Man of Two Faces'
NONFICTION: The Pulitzer Prize winner examines the double bind many immigrants find themselves in.
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Review: 'Differ We Must' depicts a president — Abraham Lincoln — under pressure
NONFICTION: Steve Inskeep summons a pragmatic, moral politician who listened to, learned from and worked with his critics.
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When a killer stalks 'Bright Young Women,' why do their stories get lost?
FICTION: Jessica Knoll's novel, inspired by Ted Bundy's crimes, puts the women at its center.
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Supposedly scary, 'The Night House' just tries too hard
FICTION: The latest from Jo Nesbø is a change of pace, for better and mostly worse.
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Review: Scary new book is a sequel to Shirley Jackson's 1959 'The Haunting of Hill House'
FICTION: Elizabeth Hand's "A Haunting on the Hill" keeps the scares coming in a creepy, deserted mansion.
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Benjamin Percy and Nathan Hill talk books, Minnesota
They're debuting novels "The Sky Vault" and "Wellness."
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Talking Volumes author Ann Patchett on Kate DiCamillo, 'Cats' and the novel that went disastrously wrong
The best-selling author says all her books are about the same thing.
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A huge lie tests the friendship of two men who love one woman in Ron Rash's 'The Caretaker'
FICTION: A gripping novel about a shocking act of deception that keeps two lovers apart during the Korean War era.
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Could you be Minneapolis' first poet laureate?
Now hiring: The city and the Loft are searching for an advocate for poetry.
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Generational trauma dogs a family in 'ardent, ambitious' 'The Unsettled'
FICTION: A mother and son struggle to create new lives in Ayana Mathis' novel.
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Four girls go to the beach but just three come back in novel 'Penance'
FICTION: An insightful look at the causes and consequences of our true crime obsession.
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Despite poverty and a few missteps, 'This Indian Kid' turned out pretty well
NONFICTION: Star Tribune copy editor Eddie Chuculate's memoir is the "charming" tale of a triumph over long odds.
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7 shocking books about real-life fires — in Hinckley, Minn., Chicago and Montana
NONFICTION: Scott W. Berg's "The Burning of the World," about the Great Chicago Fire, joins an exceptional list.
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'Of Time and Turtles' has lots to teach us about compassion and nature
NONFICTION: Sy Montgomery's tale of turtle rescues is a cousin to her "The Soul of an Octopus."
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A historical look at the men and women who helped us understand pandemics
NONFICTION: Simon Schama's "Foreign Bodies" eloquently maps the historical breakthrough of epidemiology.
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A formerly enslaved woman gets her revenge in 'Beyond the Door of No Return'
FICTION: Notebooks left behind by a French botanist shed light on a dark period in Senegalese history.
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Murder-solving octogenarians solve crimes in 'The Last Devil to Die'
FICTION: Richard Osman's "Thursday Murder Club" series keeps getting better.
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A mother and child desperately search for shelter after the Civil War in 'Night Watch'
FICTION: The chaos of war is reflected in the lives of Jayne Anne Phillips' memorable characters.
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Want a great fall read? Check out 'North Woods'
FICTION: Daniel Mason's book is a playful, inventive history of a Massachusetts house.
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Minneapolis mystery author uses humor to counter the brutality in her books
Jess Lourey's latest thriller is "The Taken Ones."
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Doctor-turned-author Abraham Verghese is back with an epic novel and a Talking Volumes appearance
"The Covenant of Water" flows from the lives of Verghese's family matriarchs, plus his beliefs formed over a lifetime in medicine.
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