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U.S. Best-selling Books for Nov. 5

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.) ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

‘Dallas 1963’ twisted by anger

“Dallas 1963” (Twelve), by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis “Dallas 1963” by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis provides a chilling portrait of a city terrified by the electio...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Oct. 29

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf) 2. The Circl...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Hillerman revives Dad’s characters for 1st novel

Leaphorn and Chee return in ‘Spider Woman’s Daughter’

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

A history of a city and its liberal ideals

Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City (Doubleday), by Russell Shorto No guide to Amsterdam is complete without a mention of tulips, canals and legalized pot and pr...

DATE: Oct 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Oct. 22

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf) 2. The Signa...

DATE: Oct 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Book offers juicy peak inside Johnny Carson’s life

Johnny Carson (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Henry Bushkin Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned. “You must never, ever repeat a word from last night,” J...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling books for Oct. 15

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner) 2. The Si...

DATE: Oct 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Canada’s Alice Munro wins Nobel for literature

STOCKHOLM – If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize, Alice Munro probably would win that, too. “Among writers, her name is spoken in hushed tones,” fellow Canad...

DATE: Oct 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

Malcolm Gladwell book cheers underdogs

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (Little, Brown and Company), by Malcolm Gladwell Here are some facts to chew on: About one in three highly s...

DATE: Oct 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

E-books are changing consumer reading habits

David Delk, 47, remembers “the old days,” when his extended family went on vacation carrying three or four bags filled with about 30 books and another 30 magazines. In a digital a...

DATE: Oct 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books

U.S. Best-selling Books for Oct. 8

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores. Fiction 1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner) 2. The Lo...

DATE: Oct 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Books