Books
June 19, 2020
Fernanda Melchor

Review: 'Hurricane Season,' by Fernanda Melchor

FICTION: An electrifying debut from a major new Mexican writer in which the discovery of a corpse triggers tales of hardship and violence.
Books
June 18, 2020
Minneapolis poet Sun Yung Shin (left) edited the collection of essays selected for the statewide book club.

Next book in the statewide book club? A collection of essays on race

"A Good Time for the Truth" will be read and discussed across Minnesota.
Books
June 16, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

Stage & Arts
June 15, 2020

Two Minnesota book artists get a boost from a new $25K award

Books
June 12, 2020

Is art of letter writing actually lost? Readers write about their love for letters

Books
June 12, 2020

REVIEW: 'Honey and Venom,' by Andrew Coté

NONFICTION: An entertaining memoir of an urban beekeeper, which explores how he fell into a job he never meant to have.
Books
June 12, 2020

REVIEW: 'Minnesota's Geologist,' by Sue Leaf

NONFICTION: A fine biography of the geologist who traveled Minnesota by canoe, wagon and horseback to determine what lay beneath.
Books
June 12, 2020

REVIEW: 'The Next Great Migration,' by Sonia Shah

NONFICTION: In a thought-provoking and lyrical book, Sonia Shah makes a case that "invasive species"' are not a bad thing, but a natural and necessary thing.
Books
June 12, 2020

Review: 'Miss Austen,' by Gill Hornby

Books
June 9, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

Books
June 7, 2020
Young woman in a graveyard.

Review: 'Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.' by Joyce Carol Oates

FICTION: In Joyce Carol Oates' latest novel, a family struggles after its patriarch's death.
Books
June 6, 2020

Reviews: 'How the Dead Speak,' by Val McDermid

Books
June 6, 2020
Martha McPhee photo by Ann Billingsley

Review: 'An Elegant Woman,' by Martha McPhee

FICTION: Martha McPhee's fifth novel explores themes of legacy, storytelling, feminism, class and inheritance.
Books
June 6, 2020
Megha Majumdar photo by Elena Seibert

Review: 'A Burning,' by Megha Majumdar

FICTION: An innocent woman becomes the prime suspect of a terrorist attack.
Books
June 6, 2020
Naoise Dolan photo by Maria Bianchi

Review: 'Exciting Times,' by Naoise Dolan

FICTION: A perceptive first novel about a love-struck Irish woman who comically betrays her left-wing politics.
Books
June 6, 2020
A Seattle Little Free Library is packed with useful things.

Bookmark: Little Free Libraries carrying more than books these days

Books
June 6, 2020
Wayetu Moore

Review: 'The Dragons, the Giant, the Women,' by Wayétu Moore

NONFICTION: A powerful, true story of one family's resilience and ingenuity during the Liberian civil war.
Books
June 5, 2020
Mary Logue's newest book is a mystery set in St. Paul and South Dakota.

In her new mystery, Minneapolis writer Mary Logue writes about the Irish immigrant experience

Mary Logue's new mystery looks to the influence of her immigrant grandmothers.
Books
June 2, 2020

New York Times bestsellers

Books
June 1, 2020

Want more of TV's 'Snowpiercer'? Chill out with its stunning graphic novels

Books

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