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Review: 'Redhead by the Side of the Road,' by Anne Tyler
FICTION: A self-described "tech hermit" finds his tightly controlled life starting to unravel.
Olympian Jessie Diggins opens the Wordplay virtual book festival — with a workout
Wordplay will host eight online events every week through May 9.
Bookmark: Daylight saving time means more time to read in bed
Redemption
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 25, the end of the story
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 closes
"Redemption's Run": Chapter 24 continues
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New York Times bestsellers
FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a…
In 'The Oracle Code,' disability advocate gives readers a Barbara Gordon they've never seen
Fans of Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, know the strengths of the character. Her determination, tough-mindedness and eidetic memory led her to be effervescent Batgirl…
REVIEWS: 'Hill Women,' by Cassie Chambers and 'The Third Rainbow Girl,' by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Hill WomenBy Cassie Chambers. (Ballantine Books, 304 pages, $27.)In this engaging memoir, Cassie Chambers honors her eastern Kentucky mountain roots, especially the women in her…
Shelftalker: Bookseller recommends "The Cult of the Constitution"
“The Cult of the Constitution,” by Mary Anne Franks The ACLU’s devotion to free speech and the NRA’s obsession with preventing any and all…
Review: 'The Unseen,' by Roy Jacobsen, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
FICTION: "The Unseen" is a nuanced masterpiece of the connections humans have with the land on which they live.
Review: "Hidden Valley Road," by Robert Kolker
NONFICTION: The true story of one Colorado family's ordeal with schizophrenia.
Review: 'How Much of These Hills Is Gold,' by C Pam Zhang
FICTION: In this stunning debut, C Pam Zhang tells of Gold Rush days from the point of view of immigrant children.
Review: 'American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming,' by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
NONFICTION: A Japanese-American city dweller joins a Midwestern farm crew to understand the city-country divide.
J.K. Rowling starts Harry Potter At Home for housebound families
J.K. Rowling is hoping a dash of Harry Potter will help families confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Minnesota Book Awards moving to YouTube this year
The virtual event is free but viewers are asked to register for the chance to win a set of books.
Dianne Monson, University of Minnesota education professor and writing mentor, dies at 85
The longtime advocate for children's literature stressed that time spent reading for pleasure was related to gains in reading ability.
New York Times bestsellers
FICTION 1. The Mirror & the Light, by Hilary Mantel. (Holt) The third book in the “Wolf Hall” trilogy. After Anne Boleyn’s execution, Thomas…
Reviews: 'Enter the Aardvark,' by Jessica Anthony and 'Thief River Falls,' by Brian Freeman
Enter the AardvarkBy Jessica Anthony. (Little, Brown, 182 pages, $26.)Congressman Alexander Paine Wilson of Virginia opens the door of his Washington, D.C., townhouse to sign…
Bookmark: Authors, readings, launches move to online
From virtual book launches to e-mailed writing prompts to Skyped book clubs to videos of authors reading aloud, readers and writers are finding creative, fun…
'Scandinavian Humor & Other Myths' author John Louis Anderson dies at 72
In the self-published book's first three months in print, it sold 30,000 copies.