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Worried about forgetfulness? This Harvard-trained neuroscientist says fear not
A neuroscientist-turned-novelist explains how memory works, and how forgetting is a normal part of life.
What's the strangest thing you've ever found in a book?
Readers shared the wonderful, hilarious, touching and occasionally disturbing things they've come across.
Review: 'Eleanor in the Village,' by Jan Jarboe Russell
NONFICTION: Eleanor Roosevelt and the role New York City played on the future first lady.
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New York Times bestsellers
FICTION1. Ocean Prey, by John Sandford. (Putnam) The 31st book in the "Prey" series. When federal officers are killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team…
What's next for the cast of 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier'?
"The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" ended its first (and hopefully not only) season by tying up all the story lines and posing just enough…
The Wordplay literary festival brings in Shipstead, Oyeyemi and more
The Wordplay literary festival — forced online last year because of COVID-19 — is online again. It will run all week, beginning Monday, with three…
Review: 'Do No Harm' by Christina McDonald
Do No HarmBy Christina McDonald. (Gallery Books, 347 pages, $16.99.)Emma has a wonderful marriage. She's a doctor, burdened with medical school bills but working at…
Review: 'Great Circle,' by Maggie Shipstead
FICTION: Maggie Shipstead's third novel is an expansive account of past and present.
Review: 'Good Night, Earth,' by Linda Bondestam, translated from the Swedish by Galit Hasan-Rokem
The meerkat family gets ready for bed with a few evening yoga stretches. The baby kiwis don't want to go to bed; they bounce around…
Review: 'Finding the Mother Tree,' by Suzanne Simard
NONFICTION: "Finding the Mother Tree" illuminates the career of one of our most brilliant ecologists.
Review: 'See/Saw: Looking at Photographs,' by Geoff Dyer
Nonfiction: In his new essay collection, Geoff Dyer takes a deep, fun dive into modern photographs.
Review: 'Secrets of Happiness,' by Joan Silber
REVIEW: A series of loosely connected characters grapple with money, family and relationships.
'Owls' and 'Sharks' lead the list of Minnesota Book Award winners
Authors Jonathan C. Slaght and Kawai Strong Washburn were among those honored in a virtual celebration.
New York Times bestsellers
FICTION1. The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman. (Viking) The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and…
'Lady Baltimore: The Witch Queens' co-creator Christopher Golden gives insights into excellent series
Most folks are probably familiar with writer/artist Mike Mignola's other universe — the one starring Hellboy and his friends. Fewer people are familiar with Mignola's…
Review: 'The Irish Diaspora,' by Turtle Bunbury
NONFICTION: "The Irish Diaspora" is a tribute to the luck and influence of the Irish across the globe.
Review: 'That Good Night,' by Sunita Puri
That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh HourBy Sunita Puri. (Penguin, 320 pages, $16.99, paperback.)Over the past few decades, Americans have begun to…
Review: 'The Age of Acrimony,' by Jon Grinspan
NONFICTION: Enlightening look at relentless political turbulence of the past.