Movies
April 29, 2019
Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: ENDGAME..Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)..Photo: Film Frame..©Marvel Studios 2019

Comic books should take cue from 'Endgame' – permanent endings rule

Books
April 28, 2019
Joshua Fry Speed and his wife, Lucy, in an 1887 engraving. Speed was Abraham Lincoln's roommate in Springfield, Ill.

Review: Louis Bayard's historical novel puts Abraham Lincoln at the apex of a romantic triangle

FICTION: Two suitors compete for the affection of the future president. One may surprise readers.
Books
April 28, 2019

Reviews: 'Binstead's Safari,' by Rachel Ingalls, and 'The Death of Mrs. Westaway,' by Ruth Ware

Books
April 26, 2019

Twin Cities area book events April 28-May 5

Books
April 26, 2019

Booksellers recommend books: Barnes & Noble on 'Two Sisters'

Books
April 26, 2019
Minneapolis writer Pete Hautman wins an Edgar Award for his middle-grade novel, "Otherwood." Photo by Aslan Chalom.

Minneapolis writer Pete Hautman wins Edgar for best juvenile novel

"Otherwood" took the prize at the Mystery Writers of America ceremony.
Books
April 26, 2019
Visitors to the ABC exhibit pose with their favorite picture-book characters.

Bookmark: New book, and U exhibit, celebrate history and importance of children's books

Books
April 26, 2019

Review: 'Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11,' by Mitchell Zuckoff

NONFICTION: An excruciating narrative of hundreds of the saved and the lost.
Books
April 26, 2019
Ali Smith Photo by Christian Sinibaldi

Review: 'Spring,' by Ali Smith

FICTION: Ali Smith's daring, inventive new novel continues her exploration of the seasons as metaphors for our global politics.
Books
April 26, 2019

Review: 'The Ash Family' by Molly Dektar

Fiction: A young woman finds danger at a commune in North Carolina's mountains.
Books
April 26, 2019
Joan Crosby and her husband, Dick, spent a year in this tiny cabin on Tucker Lake a few miles off the Gunflint Trail.

Review: 'Tucker Lake Chronicle: Thirteen Months in the North Woods,' by Joan Crosby

NONFICTION: An entertaining memoir of 13 months spent in an unfinished plywood cabin in the woods of northern Minnesota.
Books
April 23, 2019

New York Times bestsellers

Books
April 20, 2019

Reviews: 'Neon Prey,' by John Sandford, and 'Early Riser,' by Jasper Fforde

Books
April 20, 2019
At Cream and Amber bookstore in Hopkins, customers can sip a beer while they browse the shelves. Photo by Jessica Holleque

As 3 Twin Cities indie bookstores have closed, 3 have opened

As we head toward Independent Bookstore Day next Saturday, let's assess.
Books
April 19, 2019
Lorna Landvik
Photo by Craig VanDerSchaegen

Twin Cities area book events April 21-28

Books
April 19, 2019

Booksellers recommend: Milkweed Books on 'The Baltimore Book of the Dead'

Books
April 19, 2019

Review: 'Trust Exercise,' by Susan Choi

FICTION: Restless characters shift roles, titles and names in Susan Choi's thrilling fifth novel.
Books
April 19, 2019

Review: "Feast Your Eyes," by Myla Goldberg

Fiction: A woman writes about her artist mother, in the form of an exhibition catalog.
Books
April 19, 2019

Review: 'Everything in Its Place,' by Oliver Sacks

NONFICTION: A final essay collection charts the undying curiosity of a remarkable mind.
Books
April 19, 2019
Ed Bok Lee.

Reviews: Four collections of poetry: Lee Ann Roripaugh, Ilya Kaminsky, Ed Bok Lee and Freya Manfred

POETRY: Collections take on an "annihilatrix" tsunami, trauma and aging with power and insight.

Books

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