Books
Review: 'Vanishing,' by Gerard Woodward
FICTION: An artist recalls his life as a magnet for controversy before, during and after World War II in epic.
Books
Minnesota writer Spike Carlsen tells the story of his handmade North Shore cabin
The North Shore land that Spike Carlsen fell in love with was considered nearly unbuildable. This barely slowed him down.
Books
Review: 'Twelve Women in a Country Called America,' by Kelly Cherry
FICTION: Time-haunted short stories travel from Richmond to New Orleans with complicated characters.
Books
Review: 'Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab,' by Steve Inskeep
NONFICTION: "Jacksonland" brilliantly illuminates the transformative and morally suspect seventh president by highlighting his complex relationship with a forgotten Cherokee leader.
Books
Reviews: 'Going Driftless,' by Stephen Lyons, and 'Crossing the Driftless,' by Lynne Diebel
NONFICTION: Two writers explore the wild and hilly Upper Midwest, one by land and one by canoe.
Books
Review: 'Our Souls at Night,' by Kent Haruf
FICTION: Kent Haruf's last novel captures the joys and sorrows of a love affair between seniors in the small town of Holt, Colo.
Books
Review: 'Mislaid,' by Nell Zink
FICTION: A madcap book about mutating identities channels McCullers, Kafka.
Books
Authors get pie and prizes (and pie!)
Poet Barton Sutter emceed the Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards ceremony in Duluth. Read on for the winners...
Books
'Under Ground': Read the latest installment of our summer serial
Immigrant Katka Kovich finds hard work, friendship and love in a 1916 Iron Range mining town on the verge of a historic labor strike.
Books
Review: 'Medicine Walk,' by Richard Wagamese
FICTION: An old soul in a juvenile guise walks readers to his father's ending.
Books
Review: 'The Dig,' by Cynan Jones
FICTION: A tough, unflinching and deeply compassionate novel follows the very different paths of a heartbroken farmer and a brutal badger-baiter.
Books
Review: 'The Jesus Cow,' by Michael Perry, is funny, deep and sympathetic
FICTION: A hilarious tale of tenderness, faith and small-town politics.
Books
Review: 'The Brontë Cabinet: Three Lives in Nine Objects,' by Deborah Lutz, reveals lives of the Brönte sisters
NONFICTION: New book sheds light on lives of Anne, Charlotte and Emily – and the lives of women of that time – through their important artifacts.
Books
Lorem Ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam convallis mi nulla. Morbi nec turpis ac nulla accumsan aliquam. Sed quis dictum lectus. Nunc eu ex augue. Aliquam sodales augue at turpis dapibus, id tincidunt tellus vehicula. Vestibulum porttitor vestibulum dolor, et molestie arcu imperdiet quis. Proin condimentum gravida vehicula. Fusce sodales volutpat molestie. In venenatis libero nec arcu tincidunt euismod sed sit amet neque. Nam eu justo vel odio accumsan feugiat a ac eros.
Books
Meet Megan Marsnik, author of this year's summer serial, 'Under Ground'
Megan Marsnik, author of the novel running this summer in the Star Tribune, grew to love history and writing during her northern Minnesota childhood.
Books
Minneapolis poet Jennifer Willoughby wins Lindquist & Vennum Prize
The annual award from Milkweed Editions carries a $10,000 prize, and publication.
Books
Review: 'England and Other Stories' by Graham Swift offers lonely voices and loss
FICTION: Graham Swift returns to his roots with this collection of 25 short stories – some brilliant, a few too clever by half.
Browse Variety Sections
Around the Region
- Top publisher teams with top maker of bilingual materials
- Nothing compares: Sinead O'Connor memoir coming out in June
- For Japan's star poet Tanikawa, it's fun, not work, at 90
- Aliu lands book deal on how he confronted racism in hockey
- Chris Hillman's musical life from Byrds to Burritos and more
- Apple Books-Top-10
- Chicago 7-year-old raises money for hospital's pandemic gear
- Bob Woodward to take on final days of Trump's presidency
- Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94
- US-Best-Sellers-Books-USAToday
Most Read
- Colm Toibin's 'Long Island' continues the Irish American story he began in 'Brooklyn'
- 12 books to read for understanding, community building, resistance and action
- 'Magpie Murders' creator Anthony Horowitz wrote 'Close to Death' and is a (dopey) character in it
- 'Devil in the White City' author Erik Larson returns with 'The Demon of Unrest'
- Spring's hot gift book features gorgeous found-nature photos
Books
Book news and book reviews of Minnesota and national authors.
