What’s better than a new tale from Minneapolis writer Louise Erdrich? How about 13 new tales?

“Python’s Kiss” collects a baker’s dozen stories, nine of which previously have been published in the New Yorker and elsewhere (each is illustrated with a drawing by the author’s daughter, Aza Erdrich Abe, who also created the cover ...Read more

It’s Abby Jimenez’s world and we’re just living in it.

Specifically, it’s the Abbyverse, which is what the romance writer’s fans dub the fictional world in which all of her characters exist, often recurring from book to book. Characters from the 2025 romantic comedy “Say You’ll Remember Me” pop up in her new “The Night We Met�...Read more

Diamond Forde is the award-winning author of “The Book of Alice.” Her debut collection, “Mother Body,” won the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize, and her work has appeared in Poetry magazine, Boston Review, Great River Review and elsewhere.

An assistant professor at North Carolina State University, Forde holds an MFA from the University of ...Read more

If a character is compared to Icarus early in a book, it’s not going to go well for them.

Soon after Christopher, the main character and narrator of “Lucien,” arrives at Harvard University, a fellow student sees one of his paintings. It includes an angel the classmate assumes is Icarus, so he asks Christopher if he’s familiar with the ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 21, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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Brian Platzer is a middle-school teacher and author of “The Optimists,” among other books.

He was the education columnist for The Atlantic, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and New York Magazine.

Q. Please tell readers about your new book.

“The Optimists” is narrated by Mr. Keating, a retired ...Read more

CHICAGO — Thirteen years ago, at Lane Tech College Prep High School on Addison Street, a school administrator approached an English teacher and told her that he needed all of her copies of “Persepolis,” the widely beloved, best-selling 2000 graphic novel from Marjane Satrapi about her childhood under the oppressive regime in Iran during ...Read more

When a character refers to the dual narrators of “Kin” as “crib sisters,” he’s immediately informed that the correct term is “cradle,” not “crib.” There’s a reason for that distinction, I think.

“Cradle” is the key word, as in “cradle to grave.” Vernice and Annie grew up in a small Louisiana town, both without ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania health expert Ezekiel Emanuel’s casual conversations often evolve into impromptu medical consultations.

People ask Emanuel — an oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy scholar who helped write the Affordable Care Act — how to live healthier.

He said that “incessant asking” inspired him ...Read more

Daniel Poppick has published two collections of poetry, the National Poetry Series-winning “Fear of Description” and “The Police.”

“The Copywriter,” his debut novel, was published recently.

Q. Please tell readers about your new book, “The Copywriter.”

“The Copywriter” is a novel about poets in the workplace. There’s a...Read more

These are challenging times by any metric, but here’s something that’s also true: 2026 is shaping up to be a great year for books.

Some of our most talented writers are delivering novels, nonfiction and poetry in the coming months. If you want to lose yourself in a good book or just take a break from whatever it is you need a break from, ...Read more

Jonathan Miles, author of the novels “Dear American Airlines” and “Want Not,” has just published “Eradication: A Fable.”

As well as fiction, Miles has published essays, journalism and other nonfiction in The New York Times and toured as a musician in Jon Batiste’s band in 2024. Here, he takes the Book Pages Q&A.

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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Years ago, I taught English as a Second Language at a pair of schools in Southern California that drew learners from around the world. The students were an absolute joy, enthusiastic about being in America and eager to learn all about our ways (and, especially if they were young men, maybe pick up a cool curse word or two ...Read more

Pop culture is having a Mitfordmania era.

The Mitford family, midcentury British swells who achieved various levels of notoriety, have been the subject of several recent hits. Released late last year, Mimi Pond’s graphic novel, “Do Admit,” was about both the eccentric family and Pond’s obsession with them. There’s also “The Six,” ...Read more

Although he’s found success as a producer, director and writer (more on that in a sec), Tim Blake Nelson might be best known as an actor who steals scenes with his ability to convey depth and complexity in even the – let’s just say it – weirdest secondary characters.

Think dunderheaded Delmar in “O Brother, Where Art Thou?,” cruel ...Read more