SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Field has a lot of thoughts about Free Comic Book Day turning 25 years old in 2026. Yet, one word sums up his feeling perhaps better than any other:

“Gratitude!” says Field, the founder and originator of Free Comic Book Day, which was first held in 2002. “So much goes into making Free Comic Book Day a success — ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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Michael Idov is the author of the spy thrillers “The Collaborators” and this year’s “The Cormorant Hunt,” which are part of a trilogy. A Latvian-born American raised in Riga, Idov is the author of the novel “Ground Up” and the memoir “Dressed up for a Riot.” He won three National Magazine Awards for his work at New York ...Read more

How big are the books of May? So big that one of them features three name-brand authors for the price of one.

That would be the latest from award-winning Francine Prose, whose novel “Five Weeks in the Country” is about a real-life beef between two literary giants. Her book comes out the same day as “Mare,” which is about the intense ...Read more

In the summer of 2007, I went to Colombia to figure out my MFA thesis. I was working on a master’s in nonfiction writing, and after workshopping a series of essays on my childhood and undergraduate days, I got inspired to write a book about why people move.

I’d always wondered what motivated a family to pack up what few belongings they ...Read more

CHICAGO -- If memory serves, when I was starting on organized high school sports teams, my father saw me play football once, basketball twice and baseball not at all. An otherwise attentive and supportive father, he was like most fathers and mothers of his generation, not at all preoccupied with the games the children played.

Times change and ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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There are literally billions and billions of podcasts!

Don’t bother fact-checking that statement; it’s literally not true. It just sometimes feels that way, what with the plethora of content available on the many podcasting platforms, social media live streams and good ol’ YouTube.

The good news for book lovers is that great ...Read more

CHICAGO — As the year moves us closer to the months that we pay homage on Mother’s and Father’s Day to those who birthed us, nostalgic memories inevitably arise.

In Dorothy Roberts’ latest book, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race and Family,” readers glimpse nostalgic moments from the sociologist and law professor�...Read more

Over a clamor of background noise, author Patrick Radden Keefe’s voice somehow sounds clear and calm.

“I’m running around like a crazy person today because the book just came out. So you’re finding me at the bottom of the World Trade Center in a coffee shop,” he says as we connect on April 7, the publication day of his new work of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Reese Witherspoon is hyping AI again, and American authors have a few thoughts.

The Oscar-winning actor and producer, known for spotlighting women's voices through her famed book club, television and screen projects, may have been barking up the wrong tree when she told her social media followers that it was time to learn AI on ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune covered the trial against R. Kelly extensively.

A federal jury in Chicago convicted Kelly in 2022 on child pornography charges for explicit videos he made of himself and his then 14-year-old goddaughter, “Jane.” Kelly was also found guilty of inappropriate sexual relations with Jane and two other teenage ...Read more

Louise Erdrich was getting help with her computer when her daughter discovered something on the hard drive.

A short story.

“‘Love of My Days’ was a forgotten file in my computer, and when I found it again, I was shocked,” Erdrich recalls, crediting her daughter for unearthing the piece about a man who returns to his prairie farm to ...Read more

This month, if you read just one former “Arrested Development” writer’s comic novel about a woman who used to write for TV but has shifted gears, make it “Go Gentle.”

Weirdly, two novels that fit that description are out in the span of a week: “Go Gentle” is by Maria Semple, whose “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” was a ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 4, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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