From Prince to a romantic comedy to canoeing up north, this month’s books should help us shake off snowy weather.
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Review: What happens when a man accidentally writes his own obituary?
Fiction: “I See You’ve Called in Dead” is a comic novel about tragic events.
AuthoredMaren Longbella
AuthoredMaren LongbellaMarch 25, 2025
Review: A circus comes to town in ‘Freakslaw,’ with violent plans
Fiction: The Scottish-set novel is about people who’ve been made to feel like outsiders. And who want revenge.
AuthoredChris Hewitt
AuthoredChris HewittMarch 25, 2025
Former radio hosts Lori and Julia return, with bonus Lorna Landvik
The popular hosts, who retired their show last year, are hosting a bookish tea party.
March 20, 2025
Review: Can a man’s questions about his sister’s death lead to ‘A Better Ending’?
Nonfiction: After her death was officially ruled a suicide, James Whitfield Thomson becomes convinced it was murder.
March 20, 2025
Review: Characters from Pulitzer Prize nominee ‘The Bright Forever’ return in lovely ‘The Evening Shades’
Fiction: Lee Martin’s small-town novel is a stunner.AuthoredChris Hewitt
AuthoredChris HewittMarch 19, 2025
Bestselling Minneapolis writer wants to help kids find ‘courage’ in tough times
Cori Doerrfeld drew on her family’s experience for her new picture book, “Nellie’s Big Splash.”
March 19, 2025
Review: ‘Twist’ hints that the more we reach out, the more isolated we are
Fiction: Irish writer Colum McCann considers our era of “unfathomable isolation” via a tale about technology and communication.
March 18, 2025
Review: Have we underestimated Yoko Ono all along?
Nonfiction: David Sheff’s “Yoko” dives into the musician/artist/activist’s work and life.
March 17, 2025
Melody Beattie, former addict who wrote bestsellers on rising beyond codependency, dies at 76
The Minnesota native wrote “Codependent No More” in 1986, one of the top self-help books of all time.
March 16, 2025
Minnesota writer Dennis E. Staples drew on casino work for new horror novel
Local fiction: A man’s trip to visit friends in a northern Minnesota casino becomes a battle between good and evil.
March 12, 2025
The book the entire state is reading? ‘Where We Come From,’ by four Minnesota writers.
It’s been chosen for this spring’s One Book One Minnesota.
March 11, 2025
Why are so many new novels set on trains?
Fiction: A trio of books lean into the romance, and danger, of the railroad.AuthoredChris Hewitt
AuthoredChris HewittMarch 11, 2025
