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Review: Tragedies pile up in Wally Lamb’s new novel, but will readers care?

Fiction: “The River Is Waiting” is a conventional white-dude-goes-to-prison book with the expected plot points.
In Greek mythology, Icarus tries to fly on waxed, feathered wings too close to the sun and falls into the sea. In "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," thought to be by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Icarus is at lower right. The painting is referenced in W.H. Auden's poem named after a Brussels museum. In the poem, Auden reflects on how big things can happen as others remain unaware or indifferent.

'Day of the Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies at 86

Frederick Forsyth, the British author of ''The Day of the Jackal" and other bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness, his literary agent said Monday. He was 86.
June 9, 2025

24 terrific books for the beach, cabin or lawn chair you’ll want to read this summer

A comfy chair, sunglasses, an Arnold Palmer and these 24 books — from S.A. Cosby, Rachel Joyce, “one of the best books of the year” and more — are your ticket to a great season.
June 6, 2025

Ever wonder why the Northwest produces so many serial killers?

Nonfiction: New book from Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser offers chilling theories.
June 5, 2025
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Review: That time a politician was caned and almost killed on the Senate floor

Nonfiction: “Charles Sumner” is an engrossing new biography that shows Congressional incivility is nothing new.
By John L. Magee (c.1820ñc.1870) - Lithograph reproduced here, Public Domain
A lithograph cartoon depicting Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate chamber.

Review: Novel from England sheds light on an injustice in family law

Fiction: Inspired by actual cases, “A Family Matter” is about family secrets and a lesbian mother who loses custody of her daughter.
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National Book Award winner Susan Choi's new novel is 'Flashlight'

Fiction: The award-winning novelist’s new book is more ambitious but not as compelling.
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Minneapolis writer Kathleen West’s new novel is fun. Her mom approves.

Local fiction: “Making Friends Can Be Murder” is a cozy mystery, set at familiar Twin Cities locales.
May 28, 2025
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A wild Uber ride with a psychic gave Minneapolis writer her novel’s ending

Local fiction: Megan Giddings’ “Meet Me at the Crossroads” is about a family and two sisters who make wildly different choices.
May 27, 2025
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Review: Taylor Jenkins Reid follows ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ with ‘Atmosphere’

Fiction: A queer love story unfolds amid the exciting early years of NASA’s space shuttle program.
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Review: Book asks what really went down in ‘Charlottesville’

Nonfiction: A perceptive analysis of a 2017 white nationalist rally — and what it means for the U.S. now.
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